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Ex-San Francisco Human Rights Chief, Nonprofit Head Charged with Dozens of Financial Felonies

Sheryl Davis, who oversaw a program to redistribute $120 million in city funds into the black community, is accused of redirecting funds for personal use.

The Definition of Bigotry

Hostility toward interests that are remotely supportive of Israeli security policy is becoming the...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Colorado’s Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’ for LGBT Minors

The Court ruled in an 8–1 decision that the law violates the First Amendment...

Will Trump Surrender to Iran’s ‘Toll Booth’ Strategy?

The U.S. continues to introduce new forces into the region to give the president...

Pharmaceutical supply chains get tangled in Trump’s war with Iran

As President Trump’s war in Iran rages on, it’s posing a growing threat to the pharmaceutical supply chain and risks spiking the prices of many drugs, particularly those that depend on petrochemicals. The war in Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz have caused energy prices to jump and disrupted supply chains...

US should formally partner with Ukraine to build cutting-edge defense technologies 

Ukraine is emerging as a key defense innovation hub and strategic partner for the West, with its technologies being used to defend against Iran and its unique modern warfare dataset making it an important source of strategic capability.

Scalise: Some senators ‘expressed buyer’s remorse’ about DHS bill

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Sunday that some senators “expressed buyer’s remorse” over a Senate bill to fund only part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid a shutdown of the department. “Well, we actually read their bill and, frankly, a number of senators have expressed buyer’s remorse with what they did...

Trump damages our economic and national security, breaking campaign promises 

President Trump has broken campaign promises, damaged America's economy and national security, and has been met with little resistance from Republican majorities in Congress.

Booker on Trump paying TSA: ‘Why didn’t he do this weeks ago’

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Sunday criticized President Trump over paying Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers amid the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown. “I just want to continue to emphasize that we are seeing a colossal failure in presidential leadership. Because this president has said, again, ‘I have the power to pay TSA...

Kim sidesteps question on Schumer leadership future

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Sunday did not directly endorse Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) leadership, but he noted that the congressional caucus is “united” amid negotiations on funding for the Department of Homeland Security. When host Jake Tapper asked Kim on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether he wanted Schumer to remain in...

Booker ‘not ruling out’ 2028 presidential bid

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Sunday did not rule out running for president in 2028, the next chance Democrats will have to take the White House. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, the outlet’s Kristen Welker asked Booker about his new wife and her comfort with him potentially making a...

Verdicts against Meta, YouTube spur new momentum for kids online safety push

Back-to-back verdicts against Meta and Google’s YouTube sent a warning shot to Big Tech this week, marking the first time juries found the social media platforms liable for their impact on kids and teens online.  As Congress remains at a stalemate over how to regulate platforms and protect children online, legal and technology experts say...

Americans ‘paying’ for Iran war with higher costs: Senate Democrat

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said Sunday that the American people are paying the price of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on multiple fronts. “There's a reason why Donald Trump is not coming before the American people for approval for this war,” Kim told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “It's because he...

America’s shifting baselines are a threat to democracy and governance

Generation after generation, the baseline for what's healthy and acceptable continually erodes. 

Kim calls on House to pass Senate-backed TSA funding bill

Democratic Sen. Andy Kim (N.J.) said Sunday that if the Senate-backed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reached the House floor, it would pass. “What we know is that we have a bill that passed the Senate unanimously, a bipartisan piece of legislation that sits over at the House of Representatives. If...

Lankford: ‘We should never get to a moment we’re not paying federal workers’

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Sunday pushed for federal workers to be paid following recent tensions over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Congress. “We, by the way, I've got a bill that ends government shutdowns forever. You and I have talked about it before, this is a bipartisan bill, I believe...

Newest Buc-ee’s to open soon: Where are other locations planned?

Five Buc-ee's locations are expected to open this year, with even more on the way.

Homan says ‘we’ll see’ if ICE officers leave airports once TSA workers get paid

White House border czar Tom Homan expressed uncertainty Sunday at whether federal immigration officers will leave airports once Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees receive their delayed paychecks.  “We’ll see. It depends [on] how many TSA agents come back to work, how many TSA agents have actually quit and have no plans [on] coming back to...

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