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The Trump administration has suspended approval for most types of visitor visas for Palestinian passport holders, according to a State Department cable reported by multiple media outlets. The internal memo, dated Aug. 18, instructed U.S. embassies and consulates to reject nonimmigrant visas to “all otherwise eligible Palestinian Authority passport holders” who are using that passport...

Martin Van Buren lost his bid for reelection in 1840 amidst accusations that he lived in “regal splendor” in the “President’s Palace.”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane was hit by GPS jamming in what her spokesperson said was a suspected Russian operation. Von der Leyen landed safely in Bulgaria and was expected to resume her planned trip to frontline European countries. The pilot on the plane, after circling for the airport for an hour,...

The labor movement is facing unprecedented challenges from the Trump administration, including the stripping of collective bargaining rights from federal workers and the firing of Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board, which has exposed its vulnerability to anti-union executive orders, corporate hostility and right-wing populism.

There's a good chance many states in the northern part of the U.S. will catch a glimpse of the northern lights to round out the holiday weekend.

Average rates of elder abuse have increased in the U.S. by 84 percent since the COVID-19 pandemic. 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For a few hopeful weeks this summer, a bright billboard on the major highway linking Toronto to New York greeted Canadian drivers with a simple message: "Buffalo Loves Canada.” The marketing campaign, which included a $500 gift card giveaway, was meant to show Buffalo's northern neighbors they were welcome, wanted and missed. At first,...

Related video: Judge STOPS Deportation Order; Kilmar Abrego Garcia To Stay In U.S. Amid Challenge Review Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused CBS News of selectively editing footage from her Sunday interview, cutting some of her remarks about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported and returned to the U.S. to face...

Related video: Jeffries, Schumer Call For 'FOUR CORNERS' Meeting with GOP Leaders To AVOID Shutdown | SUNRISE Senate GOP leaders are staring down a lengthy to-do list of priorities that will force them into a delicate balancing act, including funding the government and changing the rules to expeditiously confirm President Trump's nominees. The upper chamber...

Prohibitionism was the largest and most successful reactionary culture war in American politics.

President Trump stood by the steep tariffs he imposed on India as a penalty for buying Russian oil, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday in a display of deepening ties with the Kremlin. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump reiterated his concerns about what...

The mask is slipping. In key midterm Senate races, so-called “moderate” Democrats are embracing extremism — defending policies that put men in women’s sports and radical ideology ahead of the will of voters. It’s an interesting turnabout for a political party that spent millions of dollars the last few cycles to convince women they were the party...

Related video – DC Bureau: Changes Atop the CDC Former directors of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday rebuked Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his leadership at the agency and for his decision to fire its director, Susan Monarez. In a New York Times op-ed,...

If federal employees’ union rights are not restored, we can expect to see a politicized civil service that puts politicians and special interests ahead of the American people.