Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world...
Federal officials warn New Jersey sanctuary policies could release man accused of sexually assaulting teen, sparking heated immigration enforcement debate.
The U.S. is temporarily removing sanctions on Russian oil currently stranded at sea, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced late Thursday — the latest move by the Trump administration attempting to stymie soaring energy prices amid the war with Iran. Bessent wrote in a post on the social platform X that the "narrowly tailored" measure "will...
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration must secure funding for a consumer watchdog agency or risk violating an existing court order barring its shuttering, rejecting a novel legal argument from the government. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) must continue to request...
The CIA reportedly conducted a drone strike on a Venezuelan port facility last week, an attack that President Trump revealed during a radio interview on Dec. 26, marking the U.S.’s first known land strike inside the country amid its mounting pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The CIA struck a remote dock on the...
For years, there has been a debate about where the Democratic Party should go. One side is the wants the party to embrace democratic socialism; the other side supports the neoliberal framework that helped destroy America’s middle class, weakened unions and left rural America feeling abandoned. What both sides consistently don’t see is that the...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi criticized a record U.S. arms sale to Taiwan on Tuesday, as his country conducts military drills around the island. The Trump administration on Dec. 17 announced the sale of more than $11 billion in weapons to Taiwan, which was approved by the State Department. “In response to the continuous provocations...
A high-ranking Russian official issued a thinly veiled threat against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, doubling down on unsubstantiated accusations that Ukraine tried to target Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in a drone strike. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who now sits on Russia’s security council, accused the Ukrainian leader of “trying to derail the settlement...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied claims that Kyiv tried to attack Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence, calling the accusation “complete fabrication” intended to undermine progress toward peace. In Monday post on social platform X, Zelensky warned that the accusation could be a false pretext used to justify future attacks against Ukraine. “Russia is at it...
The U.S. health care system is unable to progress in pricing transparency due to the fact that most patients do not have a financial incentive to care about prices, as someone else is paying the bill.
