President Donald Trump announced late Monday he was launching a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times in his latest attack on a major media company over its...
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” […]
Each new day brings with it the same old accusation, no less poisonous for all the repetition: Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza. Hostility to Israel expresses itself, now, without apology or any attempt to hide the antisemitism that fuels it. The Irish broadcaster RTÉ declares that it will boycott the Eurovision 2026 song contest […]
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It’s book tour-palooza at the Supreme Court. Three justices — Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson — will crisscross the country to make a combined more than two dozen stops this month, soaking up the final weeks of the court’s summer recess to promote their titles. The blitz of appearances breaks from...
President Trump's latest potential addition to the Federal Reserve board of governors is set to face the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, marking the first step of the president's push to remake the central bank in his image. Stephen Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), will appear before the Banking...
Congress returned to Washington this week consumed with the case over convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an issue that has divided President Trump's base and stoked backlash against his administration.
More than 1,000 current and former employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are demanding that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. resign, following his ousting of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other actions they say are "compromising the health of the nation.” “Should he decline to...
President Trump sent his “warmest regards” to the leaders of China, North Korea and Russia as he accused them of conspiring against the United States. “May President Xi and the wonderful people of China have a great and lasting day of celebration. Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as...
Vice President Vance will visit Minneapolis on Wednesday following the shooting last week at Annunciation Catholic School. Vance will be joined by second lady Usha Vance, and the couple will pay their respects to victims and “hold a series of private meetings to convey condolences to the families of those affected by the tragedy,” his...
Related video: US Navy Strikes Drug Cartel Vessel Off Venezuela, Rubio Confirms Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday shared a video of what President Trump described as the “kinetic” strike that allegedly took out 11 members of the Tren de Aragua transnational gang on a “drug vessel” in the Caribbean that morning. Trump announced...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) condemned the United Kingdom’s arrest of comedian Graham Linehan for his social media posts about transgender people. The Silicon Valley congressman called the arrest “an offense to anyone who supports free speech,” in a post on the social platform X. “I guess UK has not learned from the time prosecutors read...
House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said Tuesday that he’s pushing for a stopgap that punts this month’s threat of a government shutdown into November to buy time for funding talks. Congress has until Sept. 30 to strike a deal to keep the government funded or risk its first shutdown in years. Asked for...
