The far-right Alternative for Germany party surged to a resounding victory in a regional election Sunday, but fell a little short of winning a majority in its quest to form the country's first far-right state government since World War II.
An armed assailant lunged at the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Amy Acton, on Sunday during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair, injuring several people, campaign officials said.
President Trump on Sunday posted a map of New Mexico labeled "New America" following the spread of a since-debunked online hoax claiming he had signed an executive order renaming the state. The map Trump shared on Truth Social showed a large "X" over "Mexico" in the state's name, with the word "America" labeled below it....
The White House has informed the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that it is withdrawing Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) nomination to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, reflecting how critical her vote is in the House to passing President Trump’s agenda. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair James E. Risch (R-Idaho) received...
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) on Thursday defended asking at a congressional hearing whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was drinking before sharing military attack plans in a Signal group chat of top-level national security officials, which mistakenly also included a prominent journalist. In an interview with CNN anchor John Berman, Gomez said he asked about the...
A lawyer for a detained Ph.D. student at Tufts University has filed an emergency motion requesting the government produce her. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, is a Turkish national who was detained Tuesday by agents from the Department of Homeland Security. Video circulating online shows six masked people taking away Ozturk’s phone as she yells and is...
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and ranking member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) have sent a letter to the Defense Department’s acting inspector general demanding more information about a Signal chat on which senior Trump officials apparently discussed military attack plans. Wicker and Reed noted that the chat on Signal, a commercially available communications...
The Trump administration says it has restored funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Open Technology Fund after the groups sued. The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) had cut off the funding as part of the administration’s broader effort to eliminate the agency, which also oversees Voice of America. In a pair of new...
Only decisive, bipartisan action can restore faith in the fairness of our courts and prevent systemic collapse — whether under Trump or any future leader prepared to push even further.
Rep. Ritchie Torres has proposed legislation, the "HOUTHI PC SMALL GROUP Act", which would make it illegal for officials to use an outside messaging platform, such as Signal, to discuss classified information and would penalize violators with up to five years in prison and fines up to $250,000.
The University of Alabama says one of its doctoral students has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), adding to the growing list of foreign students targeted by the Trump administration. “The University of Alabama recently learned that a doctoral student has been detained off campus by federal immigration authorities. Federal privacy laws...
Third Way, a center-left think tank, argued that President Trump needs to be criticized over one of his largest issues: the economy. “All presidents are vulnerable on the economy but none more so than Trump. He repeatedly pledged, ‘Starting the day I take the Oath of Office, I will rapidly drive prices down, and we...
President Trump on Thursday doubled down on his criticism of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, calling him "disgraceful" after the judge was named to oversee the case involving a Signal group chat where Trump administration officials allegedly leaked war plans to The Atlantic's top editor. Boasberg has most recently been in the spotlight for his...
