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Oregon AG to Trump: There’s no rebellion here

Dan Rayfield is Oregon’s attorney general — and the latest state-level politician to be thrust into the national spotlight by a legal clash with the Trump administration. In this...

Trump deserves huge credit for achieving peace in Gaza, but marred the moment with his campaign of retribution

President Trump has brokered a historic peace deal in the Middle East – though fanfare over the breakthrough may be marred by the prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Review of ‘Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson’ by Leo Damrosch

With his tall, thin body and his long arms and legs, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) looked more like a bag of bones than a world-famous Scottish author. It was his eyes, though, which suggested his literary genius. His friend Mark Twain called them “Stevenson’s special distinction and commanding feature.” His wife, Fanny, said, “Behind them, […]

Cartel man

Martin Suarez opens his dramatic account of his life as an undercover FBI special agent assigned to infiltrate Colombian drug cartels from 1988 to 1994, Inside the Cartel: How An Undercover FBI Agent Smuggled Cocaine, Laundered Cash and Dismantled a Colombian Narco Empire, with the August 1994 attempt on his life. “The assassin pointed his […]

Taylor’s Swift’s frozen pedestal

In the time between the release of Midnights, her October 2022 mega-blockbuster, and Dec. 8, 2024, when the “Eras Tour” closed in Vancouver, Taylor Swift achieved a level of success beyond what nearly any sane human mind could process. Just as anyone with a normative experience of reality cannot not know what it’s like to […]

FDA commissioner on new COVID-19 vaccine rules: ‘Can’t be blind’

"It's really healthy to open up a discussion, an honest scientific discussion, uncensored, on the evidence on the COVID-19 vaccine."

Trump Fed chair candidate: ‘We need to start cutting rates’

Federal Reserve board member Christopher Waller, one of President Trump's potential picks to chair the central bank, said Thursday the Fed must begin cutting interest rates at its next meeting. In an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box," Waller expressed concerns about how quickly the weakening U.S. job market could fall apart if the Fed doesn't...

No, our museums cannot just ‘move on’ from slavery — Christmas shows us why

Trump's call to downplay the horrors of slavery is a red flag moment, as evidenced by the microhistory of Christmas on plantations, which reveals the continued physical and verbal abuse, slave trading and other horrors of slavery during the holiday season.

Shein announces probe after appearing to use Luigi Mangione as a shirt model

The product listing, which is no longer active, featured an image that appeared to show a man resembling Mangione modeling a short-sleeve shirt.

Live updates: Jeffrey Epstein survivors speak out on Capitol Hill; Polish president arrives at White House

LIVE Video: Massie, Khanna press DOJ for transparency alongside Epstein victims Lawmakers are settling back in on Capitol Hill as they stare down a hefty legislative agenda and a looming government shutdown. Business on the docket includes efforts to release files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, as well as fraught funding negotiations amid President...

Google stock soars to record high after court halts breakup plan

Shares of Google's parent company soared to an all-time high Wednesday, a day after a federal court derailed the Justice Department's (DOJ) attempt to break up the internet giant. Alphabet stock was up more than 8 percent shortly before noon Wednesday, breaking its previous record share price of $205. Shares of the company — which...

C-SPAN inks deal with YouTubeTV, Hulu

C-SPAN has reached agreements with YouTube TV and Hulu to bring the government access network to the pair of streamers starting this fall. The three C-SPAN channels — C-SPAN, C-SPAN2, and C-SPAN3 — will all join YouTube TV’s base package lineup this fall, while YouTubeTV will also carry the network’s coverage of "America 250" celebrations and...

The EPA’s proposed air standards repeal is a gift to the coal industry

EPA’s own analysis shows that industry will pocket the cost savings due to the repeal, leaving everyday Americans nothing but dirtier air.

Loomer convinced Trump aides to cancel meeting at intelligence agency, says Democratic senator

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said a planned meeting with career intelligence officials was spiked by the Trump administration after far-right activist Laura Loomer complained about the event. Warner, in a late Tuesday statement, said the administration made a “nakedly political decision” to cancel his meeting with employees at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) alongside its...

Lab-grown meat ban takes effect in Texas

Texas has officially outlawed the sale of lab-grown meat in stores and restaurants, becoming the seventh state to enact such a ban since the federal government authorized the products in 2023. The ban has been hailed by the state's traditional meat and livestock industries. "This ban is a massive win for Texas ranchers, producers and...

Haberman: ‘Trump has never been transparent about his health’

President Trump “has never been transparent about his health,” The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman said Tuesday in the wake of recent discussion surrounding the president's health on social media. “President Trump has never been transparent about his health. He was much sicker with COVID than the White House said in 2020. You know, they...

GOP leaders urging Republicans not to sign Epstein discharge petition

House GOP leaders are urging their members to steer clear of the discharge petition aiming to force the Trump administration to release all the government files on Jeffrey Epstein. In a closed-door meeting in the basement of the Capitol, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) called on GOP lawmakers to instead support the efforts of the Oversight...

Unemployed workers outnumber available jobs for first time since 2021

The number of job openings decreased by more in July than economists were expecting as the labor market recalibrates in response to President Trump’s trade war and immigration crackdown. Open jobs in the monthly JOLTS survey fell to a rounded 7.2 million, down from 7.4 million in June, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. Economic forecasts...

DC mayor authorizes local, federal coordination beyond Trump emergency

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) signed an order on Tuesday authorizing coordination between local police and federal forces extending beyond President Trump’s declared emergency in the nation's capital. The top priorities for the joint effort will including homelessness and encampments, beautification, and finance and economic resilience, according to a release from Bowser’s office. The...

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