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Intercept staffers discuss the themes emerging this midterm election season. The post “Me Too” Comes Back To Congress appeared first on The Intercept.
In today’s newsletter, Joe answers reader questions and catches you up on the best of “Morning Joe” from the week. The post The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: Friday edition appeared first on MS NOW.
On July 4, 2020, Guo Wengui stood next to Steve Bannon on a bobbing boat in New York Harbor, with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop, to announce the launch of the “New Federal State of China.” Guo—a...
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy this week blasted the MAHA PAC as a “moral and ethical mess.”
Fault lines over who is in charge of regulation are already emerging, with several frontline Democrats leading the charge on reining in the companies.
It’s a blow to a key part of his immigration policy, though asylum cases could stay blocked until the Supreme Court weighs in. The post Appeals court rules Trump’s asylum ban at southern border illega...
“Back in 2017, I made a ton of pussyhats,” Catherine Paul told me. “I just knitted pink hats like there was no tomorrow.” At the time, Paul appreciated “the way that craft could be part of a demonstr...
Everybody wants to talk to the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee. He says few in GOP leadership actually want to work with him to extend an expiring spy power.
A race for statewide office in Indiana could chart the way forward for national Democrats.
The gathering in Colombia marks a breakaway effort to accelerate climate action after years of plodding progress under the United Nations.
The veto, Mamdani’s first, exacerbates tensions with Council Speaker Julie Menin, who may move to override him.
The effort is one of the first and most prominent examples of Kirk helping the Trump administration keep its coalition together in her new role.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Republican lawmakers are attempting to shield big oil from having to pay for its c...
Military contractor Palantir has been paid more than $130 million by the IRS to analyze sensitive federal databases. The post Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining appear...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani interacts with children during a visit to Learning Through Play Pre-K on April 18, 2026, in the Bronx. | Angelina Katsanis/Pool/Getty Images After a historic victo...
The 2015 Iran nuclear deal that Trump scrapped took years of painstaking diplomacy to pull off. His prediction of walking all over Tehran hasn’t panned out. The post Trump can’t negotiate a better Ira...
President Donald Trump has changed his timeline on Iran repeatedly, and Republicans continue to stand by. The post As Trump’s Iran war drags on, Republicans urge patience appeared first on MS NOW.
The move likely clears the way for a confirmation vote on Kevin Warsh to become the next Fed chair.
The president’s nod for GOP candidate Anthony Constantino hasn’t shaken support for the establishment favorite.
The frustrations follow yet another redistricting setback for the GOP, which has Republicans in Congress and members of the Trump administration blaming one another for not doing enough.
Ha ha ha, good one! | Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images When I think of the difference between Donald Trump’s first term and Donald Trump’s second term, the image that stands out most is the presi...
Senator Elizabeth Warren says inquiry into current Fed chair Jerome Powell stopped just for ‘Senate Republicans to install Trump’s sock puppet Kevin Warsh’Sign up for the Breaking News US emailWhen Pe...
The post Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash appeared first on ProPublica.
In theory, it has become miraculously easy to avoid getting HIV in the United States today. | Xinmei Liu for Vox Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor ab...
The president went after the Fed chair with a vengeance, trying everything to get Powell to yield. But he didn’t. The post Trump’s case against Jerome Powell collapses, proving the value of fighting b...
The Justice Department’s critics have suggested the SPLC case was cooked up for political reasons. The president just bolstered the accusations. The post Trump says a bit too much in his weird rant ab...
Twenty donors to the Southern Poverty Law Center said the alleged “fraud” being prosecuted in their name was exactly how they hoped the group would spend their money. The post “We Knew They Were Payin...
The ruling gives the government four weeks to compile records, as the administration signals a potential thaw with the AI firm amid the ongoing legal fight.
Colorado Sen. Gary Hart acknowledges the crowd of volunteers gathered at the official opening of "The Friends of Gary Hart" national campaign office in Denver on February 2, 1987. | Bettmann Archive/G...
“Deadline: White House” legal analyst Jordan Rubin answers your questions about the Supreme Court, Trump administration lawsuits and other issues. The post Ask Jordan: Is there a double standard with ...
It appears the vaunted White House initiative is off to a slow start, which is problematic for a couple of key reasons. The post With just one approval, Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ program is off to an embarr...
Exclusive: Emails and internal memos reveal concerns immigration enforcement is interfering with police workLaw enforcement and local government officials across the US have over the last year express...
We assembled a group of the continent’s leading thinkers to assess the threats: their warnings are stark, but the remedy is within reachCaught between Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Donald Trump’s US and Xi...
The mother's story is a stark example of how immigration policy can change drastically with each administration — and transform the lives of immigrants.
A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that immigration laws give people the right to apply for asylum at the border, and the president can't cir...
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The more the evidence tells the president’s team that 2020 election theories are wrong, the deeper it digs in against reality. The post Team Trump turns on contractor after it failed to bolster electi...
Developments in Berlin and Tokyo show how far the strategic environment has shifted in response to authoritarian threat and American unpredictabilityWhen Donald Trump hosted Sanae Takaichi, the Japane...
The memo arrives at a time when China is challenging U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence, an area where the White House says the U.S. must prevail to set global standards and reap economic and m...
The FBI director was arrested twice in his youth for alcohol-related incidents that he said were “not representative of my usual conduct.” The post Kash Patel Got Arrested for Public Urination After a...
The decision removes an obstacle to Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Powell, Kevin Warsh. The post Trump DOJ drops probe of Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell appeared f...
A U.S. negotiator warned other countries in a closed-door meeting that efforts to rein in climate pollution from ships has "no prospect" of success.
Following a Supreme Court ruling that struck down several Trump administration tariffs, importers have begun applying for their share of $166 billion in refunds. As our economic policy reporter Tony R...
Name the deadliest of sins – cruelty, deceit, avarice – and Trump will both exhibit them and celebrate themIt’s no accident that the figure emerging as the global challenger to the might of Donald Tru...
White House says its Middle East envoys will meet Tehran’s foreign minister in IslamabadMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump is sending his Middle East envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner ...
Trump’s DoJ says it is taking steps to ‘strengthen the federal death penalty’ in opposition to Biden-era policiesThe US justice department announced on Friday that it is taking steps to “strengthen th...
U.S. officials have announced a sweeping crackdown on Southeast Asian cyberscam operations as part of what U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro characterized Friday as a "new theater of war" launched by the Tr...
When Nazir Khan picked up the phone on Wednesday, he was a bit delirious. Hours earlier, he’d had his first bites of food after a twelve-day hunger strike. Alongside two other Minneapolis community or...
Headlines for April 24, 2026; Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Killed in Israeli Strike, Medics Blocked from Saving Her Under Rubble; NYC Councilmember Chi Ossé Calls for End to “Deed Theft” After Arre...
The unlikely duo will both attend a wreath laying at the 9/11 memorial in downtown Manhattan on Wednesday.
Calley Means remained president of a company that relied on health savings accounts last year as the Trump administration developed policies to expand them.
In 2024, the president made significant inroads with Hispanics. But in a competitive Arizona congressional district, voters now express dismay at his feud with the pope.
Executive order to speed access to psychedelic treatments likely to have limited legal impact despite high-profile pushThe Trump administration issued an executive order earlier this month to accelera...
Late-night hosts looked forward to Trump attending his first White House correspondents’ dinner as presidentLate-night hosts imagined an alternative White House correspondents’ dinner roast and recapp...
The climate crisis is accelerating the frequency of devastating events across the world, displacing millions and disproportionately affecting womenThe water mark on Naira Santa Rita’s wall told the st...
Foreign ministry calls remarks of rightwing podcast host shared by Trump ‘uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste’The Indian government has denounced a social media post shared by Donald Trump tha...
Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran warUK politics live – latest updatesDowning Street has been forced to insist that Britain...
The talks planned for Saturday come as much of the world is on edge over a war that has snarled crucial energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, clouded the global economic picture and left thousa...
It's a scenario that is playing out again and again as the House and the Senate fracture and careen from one crisis to the next.
The figure could be even higher if costs for the Trump administration’s CIA operations were included, researchers said.
Trump’s assault on refugees is coming for Afghans left stranded in Qatar since the 2021 US withdrawal.
The Pentagon is the world’s largest fossil fuels consumer, with a larger carbon footprint than most countries.
President Trump’s nominee to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve wants to overhaul the central bank, including its more than $6 trillion balance sheet.
Mr. Blanche’s actions are meant to demonstrate progress on the president’s priorities, chief among them payback.
The Justice Department also reauthorized the use of a death penalty drug, and will seek to shorten the length of some legal appeals.
Members to plan how to assist each other in event of attack as transatlantic alliance faces worst crisis in its historyBrussels officials will draw up a plan on how to use the EU’s little-known mutual...
Film sequel reveals how luxury brands have turned the tables on once-dominant magazine editorsThe National Gallery was the grand setting for the party that followed The Devil Wears Prada 2’s London pr...
‘Coalition of the willing’ gathers in Colombia to try to bypass petrostate blockages of Cop summits and chart fresh pathThe world’s first Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference, co-hosted by ...
In this week’s newsletter: Experts are predicting a stronger version of the weather pattern this year, which could supercharge extreme events and see temperature rises breach 1.5C• Don’t get Down to E...
Philip Rycroft says promises on issues from economics to immigration have not lived up to expectationsBritain should start talking about rejoining the EU, according to a former senior civil servant wh...
Utah's Great Salt Lake has been labeled an "environmental nuclear bomb" and it has the attention of the president of the United States.
Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. blockade of Iranian shipping will continue "as long as it takes" to accomplish America's "bold and dangerous" missio...
The arrival of the USS Bush is the first time three US carriers have been in the Middle East since the Iraq War.
Just a minute before, Hegseth bragged that soldiers are empowered to enact “maximum violence” under his leadership.
The charges come as watchdogs and legal experts point to unprecedented corruption within the Trump administration.
Laura Spivak, an organizer with Washington County Indivisible, has spent the past few months trying everything to stop the construction of an ICE detention warehouse only five miles from her home. “W...
By suing The Atlantic for defamation, the FBI director is leveraging one of Trump’s legal tactics to tamp down free speech. The post Kash Patel Is Using MAGA’s Favorite Tool to Muzzle the Free Press a...
Hung Cao, known as a partisan firebrand, has built credibility inside the Pentagon.
Paolo Zampolli epitomizes why so many people hate the Trump administration. Zampolli serves as Donald Trump’s US special envoy for “Global Partnership” and is mired in controversies over this year’s W...
The bank is the only major institution to keep ties with ICE since 2019, the De-ICE Citizens Bank movement has noted.
A state senator who attended the January 6 attack is proposing a change to the legal definition of a riot.
“We do not want ICE cages in our communities,” said the Michigan lawmaker.
In recent months, Stephen Miller has been deploying bureaucratic weapons to make life more difficult for immigrants.
Donald Trump in the Oval Office after signing an executive order on marijuana rescheduling on December 18, 2025. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter ...
While testifying in support of the Department of Health and Human Services’ budget before Congress this week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attacked home-and community-based services, a Medicaid...
The US Army announced this week that it has successfully 3D-printed a drone-based warhead prototype, and successfully used that weapon to make something explode. In a press release, the military calle...
The amendment would have mandated that Americans pay similar prices for medications as people in many wealthy nations.
John Phelan firing caused by poor relationship with Pete Hegseth and slow movement on shipbuilding, sources saySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe Trump administration fired its top n...
And J. D. Vance less and less
Iran qualified for the World Cup, and intends to send its players to the tournament this summer.
Recent polling shows that half of American voters view Trump as a racist.
A global food crisis is unfolding amid “the worst debt crisis on record” for developing countries, says Adam Hanieh.
The president talks to Americast’s Sarah Smith about Starmer, the King and Iran.
President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday.
Three congressional candidates wagered on the outcome of their own elections on Kalshi, according to the prediction market, which said Wednesday that it fined and suspended the men from their platform...
Two days after President Trump extended his two-week ceasefire with Iran, the prospect of talks is giving way to more tensions and brinksmanship from both sides. Iran released video of forces taking c...
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a deal with drugmaker Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products as part of the White House's signature drug pricing initiative.
Analysts cite the debilitating impacts of hunger and the scarcity of jobs as key explanations.