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World enters uncharted era as US-Russia nuclear treaty expires, opening door to fastest arms race in decades

The New START treaty expires, ending nuclear arms limits between the U.S. and Russia for the first time in more than 50 years. There are no inspections and no caps on arsenals.

Republicans, Trump run into Senate roadblock on voter ID bill

Some Senate Republicans are mulling the standing filibuster to pass voter ID requirements, a move that could paralyze the upper chamber for months.

Childcare expert exposes key roadblock to uncovering potential fraud schemes in Minnesota: ‘Really difficult’

Outdated systems make childcare fraud harder to detect, and states need modernized platforms to spot suspicious billing and attendance patterns, an expert says.

Noem slams Dems, Biden administration for lacking ‘compassion’ amid anti-ICE tensions

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Democrats of redefining "compassion" during an Arizona border visit Wednesday, criticizing immigration policies.

Trump-signed shutdown bill sends $4M to children’s hospitals under federal probe for transgender care

President Donald Trump signed legislation funding two children's hospitals that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has targeted over sex-change treatments for minors.

The Supreme Court could erase decades of progress for Black voters

If upheld by the Supreme Court, as seems likely, the challenge to Section 2 would turn the Voting Rights Act on its head.

Live updates: Key votes as House takes up vetoes, ACA, and Senate looks at war powers

House Republicans, in a rare show of defiance on Thursday, will take up votes on measures openly challenging President Trump and conference leaders. The lower chamber will weigh a move to override Trump's veto of two bipartisan, uncontroversial bills caught in political crosshairs. It will also vote to extend the expired Obamacare subsidies, an effort...

‘Loud, thunderous boom’: West Virginia bridge collapses into waterway, injuring three people

The call came in around 1:45 p.m. after nearby residents heard what they described as a “very loud, thunderous boom.” 

Woman killed by ICE officer was mother, new to Minneapolis

The Minneapolis woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Wednesday was a mother and new to the city, The Associated Press reported. Renee Nicole Macklin Good, whose death has sparked widespread outrage in the last 24 hours, was 37 years old and had three children. Originally from Colorado, her move...

US Myanmar policy is helping China — it must change

The Biden-era policy of isolating one of the world’s largest suppliers of rare earths only keeps strengthening China’s hand.

Senate Republican: Greenland invasion would be ‘weapons-grade stupid’

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) says that a U.S. military invasion of Greenland would be “weapons-grade stupid” and he doesn’t think that President Trump or Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attempt such a move despite tough talk from some White House officials. “Let me give you my perspective. Even a modestly intelligent ninth grader knows...

Europe is waking up to the follies of ‘green energy’

They’re backpedaling fast, because the picture isn’t pretty.

Trump leans into ICE defense as Minneapolis shooting sparks uproar

Plus: Congress votes on health care subsidies, war powers and funding bills.

Implications of Bella 1: Is Russia down for the count?

Trump — and by extension Ukraine — now hold all the cards.

These nine Republicans back Democrats’ effort to revive ObamaCare subsidies

Nine House Republicans voted on Wednesday to compel the lower chamber to vote on a Democratic bill to revive ObamaCare subsidies after they expired at the start of the new year. Republican Reps. Mike Lawler (N.Y.), Nicolas LaLota (N.Y.) Robert Bresnahan (Penn.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Penn.), Ryan Mackenzie (Penn.), María Elvira Salazar (Fla.), Max Miller (Ohio),...

US suspends aid to Somalia’s government

The State Department announced on Wednesday that it has paused all U.S. assistance to the Somali government, citing an alleged incident where officials in the country destroyed a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and seized 76 metric tons of food aid meant for vulnerable Somalis. “The Trump Administration has a zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft,...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to shut down after losing legal battle with union

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is ceasing operations on May 3, it announced Wednesday, following a series of legal losses that capped off a years-long labor strike. Block Communications Inc., the Post-Gazette’s parent company, said it has lost more than $350 million operating the paper over the last two decades. The company said that the realities facing...

Carville on Graham supporting Trump: ‘Always good for a good laugh’

Democratic strategist James Carville poked fun at Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday, calling him "always good for a good laugh" when weighing in on Graham's changing political views. Carville appeared Tuesday on MS NOW's "The Beat with Ari Melber" and watched clips of Graham criticizing Trump's foreign policy proposals during the 2016 Republican primary...

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