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Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed spoke out after prominent political commentator Hasan Piker recently admonished pro-Israel Americans, particularly Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss, amassing criticism from other Democratic lawmakers. The controversy stems from a recent stream where P...
President Trump vowed to increase tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel to 50 percent starting Jan. 1, as the countries edged toward a full-blown trade war.
Campaigners accuse ministers of trying to grab headlines with announcement before a working system is readySurvivors of violent crime and families of victims have criticised the UK government for announcing “world first” plans to introduce restriction zones for serious offenders freed from prison wi...
What a new study of mealtime screen time does—and does not—say.
President Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon will host students and parents at the White House on Monday for a Rose Garden event highlighting the administration’s school choice push as a new academic year begins. Trump is expected to tout the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which expanded schoo...
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump on Monday, reviving his push to remove the president from office as Democrats debate how aggressively to confront Trump ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Green’s resolution is aimed at impeaching Trump for high cri...
President Trump faces one of the last major primary tests of his endorsement power on Tuesday in Oklahoma, where his pick for governor is battling in a tough runoff. His pick, Republican Mike Mazzei, finished less than a percentage point behind rival Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond (R) i...
A federal judge said the indefinite pause, which affected nationals of countries in every corner of the globe, ran afoul of antidiscrimination protections.
Canada vowed to match 50% US tariffs after talks broke down over the weekend.
The U.S. is experiencing one of the steepest and most widespread crime declines in modern history. Researchers aren't exactly sure why — but they have theories: Early research points to a mix of factors — declining alcohol and drug use since the COVID pandemic, AI-fueled policing technology that's m...
WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good morning and happy Monday, readers! We hope you all had a great weekend. If you were in the D.C. area over the weekend, there was plenty to see, including catching the nation’s capital’s first-ever Indy 500 race, with Kyle Kirkwood securing the win. Here’s what we have f...
The next presidential election is more than two years away, but several women are already mentioned as possible candidates.
Drivers are dashing around the National Mall at speeds expected to exceed 185 mph.
The Democratic Socialists of America platform aims to upend the status quo. That can mean a bumpy ride for those trying to win in the short term.
President Donald Trump hit back at Canada’s Mark Carney in an escalating trade war by threatening a 50% tariff on cars, trucks and steel from Canada.
President Trump said tariffs on Canadian automotive and steel imports will rise to 50% on Jan. 1, 2027, in a social media post.
Democratic Socialists of America's Charleston chapter offers childcare training to grow "budding comrades," sparking indoctrination accusations.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who faces a tough reelection race this November, blasted President Trump’s latest tariff threats against Canada as a “mistake,” arguing that the United States and especially her home state have a “beneficial” trade relationship with Canada. “I still think imposing new t...
A summary from Reuters (Jonathan Stempel) Friday: A federal judge on Friday dismissed major portions of a Ben & Jerry's lawsuit… The post Ben & Jerry's Lawsuit Over "Social-Mission"-Related Contract Related to Its Earlier Sale appeared first on Reason.com.
From L.A. Times (Rebecca Ellis) Wednesday: As part of an insurance dispute over a fire-damaged Carson home, attorneys for State… The post AI Hallucinations in State Farm Insurance Outside Lawyers' Filings appeared first on Reason.com.
JD Vance told Maine voters that Canada treats Chinese goods more fairly than Maine farm products, blaming Ottawa for derailing trade talks.
Vanitas Still Life with a Skull, a Book and Roses, c.1630, from the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm. | Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images Americans want to soak the rich. But few have strong opinions about precisely how. Indeed, even among our nation’s most impassioned class war...
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, a candidate in Tuesday’s GOP runoff for the Sooner State’s governor, said on Sunday that President Trump is “wrong” on tariffs and his beef import plan. “I think Oklahoma and I are supportive of President Trump and many of his policies. I do think the majo...
Wealth distribution in the US has rendered the Federal Reserve’s usual tools less effective
NPR's Leila Fadel asks New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker for his analysis of President Trump's foreign policy.
The U.S. and Canada have wrangled for decades over trade, and somehow, they still managed to remain friends, allies and trading partners.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, met with President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, reports indicate.
Democratic presidential hopefuls are scrambling to seize on the growing public backlash against AI. But none will go as far as Bernie Sanders and his recent call to halt the technology's development.Axios asked nearly 20 Democrats who are seen as potential White House contenders whether they support...
The Senate Leadership Fund says it raised over $500 million to defend the Republican majority in 2026 midterm elections, setting a new record.
Plus: the U.S. hits Canada with 50 percent tariffs, a federal judge voids Trump’s visa ban, and Dan Sullivan endorses Dan Sullivan in race against Dan Sullivan.
Section 338 is a long-defunct part of the notorious Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is going to “come to the table” on trade because tariffs against the U.S.’s northern neighbor will be “devastating.” “To think that they’re going to go to war with Donald Trump and actually win that war with the...
Occupational licensing raises costs and limits mobility without improving safety.
The meeting came with Democrats expected to take control of the House in the November elections, which would put Jeffries in line to become the next House speaker.
America's path to lower inflation depends in part on trade wars and actual wars becoming less economically disruptive. In recent days, both have taken turns that threaten the opposite.Why it matters: A period of relative calm on those fronts is now giving way to renewed tensions, with Canada, China ...
Canadian opposition leader Pierre Poilievre pressed his country’s prime minister, Mark Carney, to reconvene the Canadian Parliament amid trade tensions with the U.S. “As Canadians are vulnerable to an escalating trade war with the United States, Parliament must be reconvened. Canadians deserve answe...
President Trump is deploying his Cabinet not only across the country to promote his agenda in an election year but also across social media algorithms. An early adopter of TikTok, the president created his own campaign account in 2024, and the White House made its first official account last year. N...
The African National Congress’ 2026 local government elections manifesto pledges free basic services to nearly 30 million people.
Mike Johnson rallied supporters in New Jersey for Tom Kean's re-election, calling the 7th Congressional District a top-three race for House control.
The president is calling foreign leaders with a timeline.
Primaries have trended progressive, and whether that proves to be a winning formula at the statewide level will be among the defining questions of this cycle.
“I think the last thing we need right now, as our economy is getting back on its feet, is a trade war with Canada,” the former vice president told CNN.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new proposed rule for H-1B visas on Monday that would charge a $103,265 fee for all workers seeking to gain employment in the U.S. subject to the annual statutory cap. Notice of the proposed rule says the fee would be used for the federal governmen...
The State Department's new Birth Tourism and Prevention Task Force has already revoked more than 750 visas as officials track travel patterns worldwide.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Sunday slammed the new tariffs on Canada from the Trump administration, claiming that President Trump “is destroying the relationship with one of our country’s strongest allies.” “Since Day One, Donald Trump has chosen chaos and cruelty — and by doubling down on...
Resurfaced clips show Angie Nixon backing abolishing the Electoral College, ranked-choice voting, and same-day registration in her Florida Senate bid.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday said the U.S. attacked Ottawa with tariffs, escalating a trade war that will impact residents on both sides of the border. “In recent days, the United States proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair, and undermined the net benefits for Canada and ...
Sen. Darline Graham campaigned with President Donald Trump in Myrtle Beach on Friday; Rep. Ralph Norman has criticized her debate performance.
The White House already has a nuclear-proof facility buried deep underground and built in secret after 9/11.
President Donald Trump on Sunday proclaimed that his endorsement power is “stronger than ever,” ahead of several pivotal primary runoff elections set for this week that he has become involved in. Trump highlighted data he said showed candidates he has endorsed during the 2026 political cycle have h...
President Trump hit back at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday, threatening to hit imported cars, trucks, auto parts and steel with 50 percent tariffs. The new tariffs would take effect on Jan. 1. “Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years,” he wrote on Truth Soci...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Monday that the U.S. will impose punishing sanctions on countries and entities that do business with Iran — an attempt to bring the country to heel absent renewed military strikes. Why it matters: The plan, dubbed an "economic D-day," is aimed at ratchet...
A plan to lower tariffs on imported beef and trade tensions with Canada have compounded some G.O.P. worries about a central issue in the midterms.
Oklahoma voters are heading to the polls Tuesday for the state’s gubernatorial Republican primary runoff, as President Donald Trump-backed Mike Mazzei takes on Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who has spoken out against the president’s tariff agenda. Mazzei finished less than 1 percentage point be...
President Trump on Sunday boasted his endorsements are “stronger than ever,” despite some prominent losses in recent primaries. “My Endorsements are stronger than ever — Not to mention the fact that good people are getting elected that never had the chance,” the president wrote in a Sunday evening T...
In a post on social media, President Trump threatened to raise tariffs on Canada for imported cars, trucks, automobile parts and steel after Canadian Prime Minister Carney said he would retaliate economically. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports from the White House on the escalating trade tensions.
As last week's Florida primaries suggest, the Sunshine State is the new ground zero for the roiling internal civil wars that have dominated both parties for years.
US and Canadian officials traded blame after the two sides failed to reach a trade deal Friday, teeing up a damaging trade war that could threaten broad swaths of both economies.
As campaigns prepare for the crucial fall stretch ahead of the midterm elections, the word “radical” is being slung against candidates on both sides of the aisle. It’s happening as both parties are pulled from the political center, and it’s being used by Republicans against Democrats and Democrats ...
US President Donald Trump pledged to double the automobile tariff on Canadian vehicles and parts starting next year, escalating the spiraling trade fight between the two economies.
The Trump administration calls this "economic D-Day" on Iran. Iran vows to respond to fresh sanctions in a "seismic manner."
Abdul El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker after the Twitch streamer's comments about Jewish Americans sparked a bipartisan backlash.
ICE Los Angeles Field Office Director Thomas Giles reveals how California sanctuary policies force officers into dangerous public confrontations.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a maximum pressure campaign of sanctions against Iran on Monday, dubbing it “Operation Outcast.” He said sanctions would be announced imminently as the Trump administration ramped up its pressure campaign against Iran. The move could also put China in the c...
House Democrats are spotlighting recent financial disclosure forms showing that the president’s brokers made massive investments in the oil and gas industry. The post As gas prices spike from the Ira...
Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government is still working on options for retaliating against US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Canadian goods, but added that he’s willing to continue trade talks if the US adopts the “right attitude.”
The meeting comes with just months to go before midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for the remainder of Trump’s term.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered one of the starkest warnings yet from a Republican to the AI industry, saying data center companies "dug their own grave" and deserve the backlash they're facing after failing to win community support.Why it matters: Abbott is the latest governor to sharply change co...
Susan Collins skips JD Vance's Maine visit while opposing Trump's 50% tariffs on Canada and new postal service rules restricting mail-in voting.
Rep. Al Green (D-TX) introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, targeting the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts through Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. Green accused Trump of abusing his presidential power under Article 2 ...
Former Anchorage Mayor Dan A. Sullivan endorses incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan over a third Dan Sullivan accused of being a Democratic plant.
Michigan House of Representatives candidate William Lawrence was arrested in 2013 for resisting police during an Enbridge Line 5 pipeline protest.
Public safety is not measured only by the number of people sent to prison.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said Sunday he is “very confident” in Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) winning her GOP primary runoff for Senate in the Palmetto State this week. During an appearance Sunday on “Meet the Press,” NBC News’s Kristen Welker pressed Scott on his level of confidence in Graham’s victor...
Lindsey Graham voted to certify the results of the 2020 election. Would his sister? The appointed senator apparently doesn’t want to talk about it. The post Darline Graham refuses to say if she would ...
We’d be better off trusting a monkey to fix our federal deficit.
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. The post Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.24.26: Darline Graham faces uncertain fate in primary appeared first on MS NOW.
Senate Republicans, including Tom Cotton and Tim Sheehy, push back on Trump's plan to import 300,000 metric tons of foreign ground beef to lower prices.
Bloomberg's Josh Wingrove breaks down the dissolution of US-Canada trade talks as Canadian leaders signal they do not expect a trade deal to take shape before the 2026 midterm elections. (Source: Bloomberg)
The president recently boasted, “The farmers are doing very well.” There’s overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The post Effects of DOGE cuts add to farmers’ many Trump administration woes appeared ...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said President Donald Trump can “kiss my a**” on Monday after the latter threatened to impose 50% tariffs on cars, trucks, automotive components, and steel imported from Canada into the United States starting next year. Trump announced the new tariff threat on Truth Social ...
Zohran Mamdani opposes Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn's push to add voting members to the Brooklyn Democratic Party executive committee before a fall vote.