Senate Democrats plan to question FBI Director Kash Patel over recent agency firings and his social media posts during the Charlie Kirk assassination investigation.
America feels broken, from our conversations to our communities to our politics. Charlie Kirk‘s assassination was a tragic reminder of just how fragile our civic life has become. Regardless of political views, his death crossed a line that must never be crossed. Violence is not debate, protest, or even dissent. It’s the rejection of democracy, […]
How much is a university degree worth nowadays? According to most Americans, not much. New findings from Gallup show that the perceived importance of going to college has reached a new low. Only a third (35%) of U.S. adults think that a college education is “very important,” compared with 40% who say it is “fairly important” […]
Postal deliveries from around the world to the United States have plummeted by 80 percent since President Trump lifted the “de minimis” exception that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs, a United Nations body has found. The Universal Postal Union (UPU), a U.N. agency that works on global postal...
President Trump said Sunday he’s ready to move forward with the second phase of sanctions against Russia amid stalled peace talks to end the war with Ukraine. “Yeah, I am,” Trump told a reporter, who asked whether he’s ready to move forward with Phase 2 of the sanctions. Trump has bristled at the suggestion he has not...
Most Americans oppose President Trump deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and other cities, according to a new poll. In the CBS/YouGov poll, 57 percent of respondents said they are against “Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to” the nation’s capital, while 43 percent backed the decision. The same poll found 58...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said his new engagement has brought him “deeper joy” than he’s ever experienced before in his life. “We have had a blessing, for a long time now, to grow our relationship. This is, again, as my mom tells me, perhaps the biggest blessing I've received in my life, to meet somebody...
The Fourth Amendment protects people's privacy, but in the digital age, the government can purchase personal data from private companies without a warrant, posing a threat to democracy and requiring a single privacy standard for both private companies and the government.
President Trump on Sunday defended Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has come under increasing criticism from Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill over his handling of vaccines and other issues. Trump has given somewhat conflicting messages over the last several days about Kennedy, defending his Cabinet member while also defending...
President Trump on Sunday said he’s “not going to war” with Chicago despite his recent social media post that depicted the city in an apocalypse and hinted at impending war. Asked whether he was “threatening to go to war with Chicago,” Trump told reporters, “We're not going to war. We're going to clean up our...
Two tickets were able to match the Powerball jackpot-winning numbers drawn Saturday. While we know where the tickets were sold and how much they've won, will we ever know who is holding those tickets?
President Trump and Elon Musk have sabotaged Social Security by decimating its workforce and replacing experienced staff with AI chatbots, causing delays and frustration for those trying to access their benefits.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party, on Sunday ruled out running for president in the 2028 election. Moore — who has emerged as a formidable opponent of the president in recent weeks — was asked in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” whether he plans on...
Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), whose district includes 180 miles of the southern border, said Democrats are ready to commit to immigration enforcement as part of an agreement to provide a pathway to citizenship. In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” moderator Chris Stirewalt noted that Democrats ceded the upper hand on the issue because...
Americans are on their own, pushed to web-based information to make decisions without the ability to discern fact from falsehood, putting children and adults in harm’s way.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the impact of President Trump's tariffs on U.S. manufacturing jobs, as leaders in the industry call for an end to the tariffs, arguing it's "been a couple of months." Since April, manufacturing jobs have fallen by 12,000 and are now down by 42,000. Businesses have complained for months since Trump announced sweeping...
