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Platner is finished. Does the same fate await the out-of-state consultants who recruited him?

When Daniel Moraff showed up on Graham Platner's doorstep last summer, the oyster farmer had a message for the young political operative who had traveled to the Maine coast...

In defense of nepotism in the US Senate

Before July 13, almost nobody had heard of Darline Graham Nordone, but now she is a U.S. senator. How did she get the job? By being the sister of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who held the seat until his death on July 11. This reeks of nepotism. Critics say it looks like a hereditary monarchy, […]

Socialism doesn’t build

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) again acquiesced to her socialist overlords this week when she issued the nation’s first statewide moratorium on data center construction. Hochul was immediately thanked by socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who is pushing her own national data center ban in Congress. Hochul’s infrastructure-development moratorium comes just weeks after she agreed to […]

Firing of top prosecutor in Seattle tests limits of Trump’s power

The Trump administration’s latest firing of a U.S. attorney is intensifying the Justice Department’s assertion of presidential control over prosecutorial picks. Roger Rogoff was sacked Wednesday as the top federal prosecutor in Seattle after a panel of 17 judges appointed him. The firing made good on the warning from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that the...

House GOP floats reconciliation 4.0 amid disappointment at 3.0 plan

House Republican leaders are already starting to float reconciliation 4.0 — even with a third party-line budget bill barely out of the gate and facing an uncertain future. The idea for a fourth bill that utilizes the special process that enables budget-related legislation to get through Congress with only Republican votes comes as many House...

OPEC+ companies slightly boosting production as oil prices slide

A group of oil-exporting countries has agreed to a modest increase in oil production, though current prices are already relatively low. Seven OPEC+ nations have said they will increase their production goals by 188,000 barrels per day. The participating countries are Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman. Multiple nations in the Middle...

Trump rips ‘a little bit suspect’ FIFA referee who gave Balogun a red card at World Cup

President Trump offered stark criticism from the White House on Monday of the World Cup referee who gave a red card to U.S. men’s soccer star Folarin Balogun, saying he was "a little bit suspect if you check his past." FIFA referee Raphael Claus, who gave Balogun the red card after a video review suggested...

A win-win plan to de-politicize the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is on the verge of becoming a political football. Congress can prevent it — if both sides can trade what they want for what they need.

National Guard members patrolling in Memphis fatally shoot man

Two Tennessee National Guard members fatally shot a 20-year-old man in Memphis on Sunday after he was found with a handgun, according to investigators. Tyrin Johnson was killed by soldiers who were on assignment as part of President Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force, deployed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R). “Preliminary information indicates the shooting...

Three changes that could restore the Supreme Court’s independence

The goal is to restore balance and accountability to a Supreme Court whose right-wing majority is squandering its legitimacy to advance a harmful political agenda.

Trump-Republican infighting hands the Democrats a chance 

Republican senators increasingly spar with a president who they see as too focused on his own priorities at the expense of their reelection prospects. 

Watch live: Trump participates in Trump Accounts launch; NYSE, Nasdaq bell ringing

President Trump on Monday morning is scheduled to participate a ceremony marking the launch of Trump Accounts. Officials from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq are expected to join the president, who will ring the opening bell from the White House. The Treasury Department officially launched the new investment accounts for children on July 4.....

European soccer body: FIFA reversal after Trump call ‘incomprehensible’

The Union of European Football Leagues (UEFA) on Monday slammed FIFA’s decision to reverse a one-game suspension for Team USA’s Folarin Balogun after President Trump made a call to FIFA President Gianni Infantino. UEFA, commonly known as the Europa Leagues, said the decision “crossed a red-line.” “Yesterday’s decision to suspend for a probationary period of...

Is the US Constitution still fit for purpose?

This anniversary year is a time to celebrate how far America has come and to ask a direct question: Is it time to update the Constitution?

Trump says he overruled recommendation to cancel July 4 event on the National Mall

President Trump on Sunday said he overruled a recommendation to cancel a July 4 event on the National Mall that was threatened by severe weather. “The Crowd at 7:05 in the evening was 422,000 people,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post. “All were forced to leave because of the weather, the event was...

Trump’s intervention in World Cup red card retraction prompts fury 

President Trump’s involvement in FIFA’s decision to push back a one-game suspension of a star striker on the U.S. men’s national soccer team is sparking accusations of corruption against the federation and angering soccer fans around the world. FIFA shocked many when it announced Sunday it had reversed a red card penalty handed down by...

America must not quietly accept educational collapse

We have become the educational equivalent of passengers on a slowly sinking ship.

Plane hit by firework while landing at Chicago airport on Fourth of July

Delta Flight 1076 was struck by a firework near Chicago's Midway Airport on the Fourth of July, but landed safely without incident.

Mike Rowe sues Discovery for $2 million in alleged unpaid narrating fees

This isn't the first lawsuit Rowe has filed against Warner Bros. Discovery. In June 2025, he sued for residuals he claims he never received after "Deadliest Catch" was put on streaming platforms.

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