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Finally: A bit of rare honesty on Gaza from The New York Times

What do you know? The New York Times just exposed its readers to some rare honesty about Gaza — running an 1,878-word plea from a native Gazan for  Hamas...

Ex-New York Gov. George Pataki says he has lung condition caused by 9/11 attack

Former New York Gov. George Pataki said this week that he has a lung condition caused by exposure at ground zero of the Sept. 11 terror attack.

Economy sounds warning bell for Trump, GOP in midterm elections

Less than two years after voter anger over inflation ushered President Trump into the White House, those same economic anxieties threaten to cost his party its House and Senate majorities and derail his agenda.

Trump-a-palooza: GOP throws midterm convention to boost voter turnout in November

The Republican Party opens its first-ever midterm convention this week, looking to spark sorely needed energy and a bump in the polls for GOP candidates.

Lauren Boebert sees Flock cameras as frightening expansion of the post-9/11 surveillance state

Rep. Lauren Boebert has joined the ranks of political leaders who want to rein in the growing use of Flock license plate readers on public roads.

Trump must tread lightly with Arab leaders in peace talks 

If the primary goal of the Trump administration is to quickly address issues in the Middle East and prevent further wars and instability, placing additional pressure on Arab countries might actually backfire.  

Misguided anti-racism campaign cancels college Sondheim production

Theater is a potent medium for showing us the truth of what people do to one another.

Bernie Sanders: Musk calling Mark Kelly a ‘traitor’ is ‘beyond the pale’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the country is getting “sick and tired” of tech billionaire Elon Musk and slammed Musk’s accusation that Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is a traitor for visiting Ukraine as “beyond the pale.” “It’s disgusting,” Sanders said of Musk's criticism of Kelly, a decorated former naval aviator. “Kelly is a military guy...

A minerals agreement with Ukraine would be a bad deal for America 

Giving Americans an “economic upside in the future of Ukraine” will never be worth the security downsides.

Trump says he’s buying ‘brand new’ Tesla to support Musk

President Trump said he would be buying a “brand new” Tesla to support his senior adviser Elon Musk, as the stock market shows shares of the electric car company tumbling. “To Republicans, Conservatives, and all great Americans, Elon Musk is ‘putting it on the line’ in order to help our Nation, and he is doing...

‘Very scary’: Scholars in US and abroad stuck amid State Department funding freeze

The funding freeze has sparked panic among thousands of scholars who area stranded outside their home countries without clarity on the future of their programs or the money needed to support themselves.

Project 2025: You can’t say Trump didn’t warn us

Project 2025, a 922-page blueprint for a second Trump administration prepared by the Heritage Foundation, has been implemented by Trump's administration, including firing 30,000 federal employees, shutting down the Department of Education, gutting the Environmental Protection Agency, and imposing tariffs on major trading partners.

US-Canada products are 99 percent tariff-free: Canadian ambassador to US

Canada's ambassador to the United States said 99% of products traded between the two nations are tariff-free.

Comparing Putin’s military aggressions with Hitler’s 

Russian President Vladimir Putin's desire to reclaim the territory of the former USSR and his aggressive military buildup and propaganda efforts are similar to those of Hitler. The push for a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia is seen by some as a way to allow Putin to regain control of the territory he has invaded

Morning Report — Trump stirs economic uncertainty

In today’s issue: President Trump marked 50 days in office Monday confronting a grim report card that raised new doubts about his tariff policy and his theory that chaos improves leadership leverage. Financial markets, reflecting investors’ fears, sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down nearly 900 points Monday while the Nasdaq composite suffered its worst...

Trump’s approval dips amid concerns over economy: Poll

President Trump’s approval rating has dropped a few points since he first took office, with voters increasingly expressing concerns over the state of the economy, according to a new poll.  The Emerson College Polling survey released Tuesday, just after the 50-day mark of Trump’s second term in office, found 47 percent of voters approve of...

House Rules Committee advances GOP’s stopgap ahead of shutdown deadline

The House Rules Committee voted Monday night to advance the GOP's bill to avert a government shutdown, dispatching the measure to the full chamber for consideration ahead of Friday's deadline. The panel voted 9-3 to adopt the rule, which governs debate on the legislation. The successful vote sends the measure to the House floor for...

Larry Summers: Odds of a recession ‘close to 50/50’

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Monday that the odds of a recession are “close to 50/50.” “I told [Kasie Hunt] @CNN today, I think there is a real possibility of a recession,” Summers said in a thread on the social platform X. “I would have said a couple of months ago a recession was...

D.C. Mayor calls out ‘$1.1 billion problem’ in House GOP stopgap plan

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) on Monday sounded alarm over what she described as a "$1.1 billion problem" in a plan rolled out by House Republicans to keep the government funded beyond a Friday shutdown deadline and into September. In remarks outside of Congress on Monday afternoon, Bowser called on lawmakers to change the...

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