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AOC at Munich Security Conference accuses Trump of authoritarianism that puts the world at risk

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez trod onto the international stage Friday at the Munich Security Conference, where she condemned America's president as an authoritarian and a hypocrite.

Missing the story between the lines

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburghers expected to have to dodge ice-covered sidewalks and piles of snow along Commonwealth Place. Two weeks after a winter storm dropped several inches in the region, the city was still struggling to clean up its remnants. But it was the poop, piles and piles of it, littering the sidewalks in front of […]

Chancellor Merz has earned the Trump administration’s ear

Addressing the Munich Security Conference on Friday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested that “a deep divide has opened between Europe and the United States.” While Merz called for both American and European actions to “repair” the trans-Atlantic alliance, his speech was notably critical of the Trump administration. The blame for the current malaise in trans-Atlantic […]

Real wages up 1.9% in Trump’s first year back in office

Despite the constant and steep vicissitudes throughout his first year back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump has ended it with a Goldilocks economy. After four years of former President Joe Biden’s unprecedented fiscal expansion stoked the worst inflationary crisis in 40 years, annual consumer price index inflation fell from 3% to 2.4% in […]

Ocasio Cortez says ‘unconditional’ US aid to Israel ‘enabled a genocide in Gaza’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday said that "unconditional" U.S. aid to Israel in its war with Hamas "enabled a genocide in Gaza," criticism that implicates the Biden administration's Middle East policy. Ocasio-Cortez was answering a question from a Haaretz reporter while attending the annual Munich Security Conference regarding whether a presidential candidate in 2028...

Trump floats executive order on voter ID if SAVE Act stalls in Senate

President Trump on Friday indicated he will issue an executive order seeking to require voters to present proof of citizenship if the Senate does not pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, which passed in the House this week. "There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or...

Crypto makes midterm moves

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Crypto industry wades into midterm elections The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up its spending ahead of the midterm elections after accumulating a massive war chest in the wake of several key wins in 2024. © Andrew Harnik, Associated Press The industry’s leading super PAC network, Fairshake, had more...

NAACP threatens to sue Musk’s xAI over Mississippi gas turbines powering data center

The NAACP on Friday threatened to sue Elon Musk's AI company xAI, claiming that gas turbines powering a company data center are polluting communities in Mississippi and Tennessee. "Our communities are not playgrounds for corporations who are chasing profit over people. xAI’s first data center is already creating pollution for Mississippi’s neighbors in Memphis —...

House Democrats accuse DOGE of ‘breaking the government’

A new report from House Democrats concludes that President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was “nothing short of a catastrophe.” The 47-page report, published Thursday by Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, argues that DOGE’s interest was to serve Trump’s wealthy allies rather than to reduce costs for the federal government...

Farm bill pesticide measure sure to anger MAHA

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Farm bill pesticide measure sure to anger MAHA Republicans are using the farm bill to take another swing at passing legislation to protect pesticides, something sure to anger their allies in the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement. © AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File...

Schumer’s ‘E. coli’ burger photo resurfaces after another Dem’s grilling skills get torched: ‘What is that?’

Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger is being mocked for a photo of her grilling, with many on social media expressing alarm and disgust over the meat over the fire.

Rubio steps into Munich spotlight as Trump leans on him to carry Vance’s populist message abroad

Marco Rubio attends Munich Security Conference following Vice President JD Vance's controversial 2025 speech that stunned European leaders and criticized democratic values.

Trump ousts judge-installed prosecutor; constitutional expert says Article II leaves no doubt

Trump fired court-appointed prosecutor Donald Kinsella, escalating a constitutional battle over who controls U.S. attorneys in an ongoing dispute.

Texas Dem Senate primary fractures over race rhetoric as ‘mediocre’ jab, ‘oppressor’ remarks ignite backlash

Texas Democratic primary erupts in racial rhetoric as candidates clash over identity politics, with Republicans calling it "wokeness at its worst."

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