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600 groups with $2B in revenue mobilize 3,000 May Day protests in a ‘red-blue’ alliance, probe finds

A network of about 600 groups, including communist organizations and Democratic Party committees, is mobilizing roughly 3,000 pro-socialist May Day events.

Morality and mortality in Jay McInerney’s new novel

Eight years after the publication of 1984’s Bright Lights, Big City, that riotous and audacious first novel about a twenty-something man crashing and burning in the glittering streets and shadier corners of Manhattan, Jay McInerney broadened his scope and produced a multistranded, multivoiced work. Published in 1992, Brightness Falls documented the charmed lives of New […]

America’s AI doomers are doing Beijing’s work

When the Chinese Communist Party’s English-language flagship, Global Times, lectures American readers about the “high energy consumption” of U.S. data centers, it isn’t because Beijing has developed a soft spot for our electric bills. It’s because every server farm we don’t build in Texas or Virginia is one China gets to build first. That line […]

Spanberger’s bad day in court

The Virginia Supreme Court has denied Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s attempt to certify the results of her redistricting constitutional amendment referendum, a procedural step Spanberger had scheduled for today. Now the court has more time to decide whether the governor violated the commonwealth’s Constitution in her mad dash to alter it. The arguments in Virginia’s […]

Nick at the bar is a friend of mine

Inland Ale Works is a great brewery in Cheney, Washington. Established in a remodeled auto shop, the whole place is decorated with photos of old Spokane, Washington, breweries and horse-drawn wagons loaded with beer barrels. There are ads for Rainier, National Bohemian, and Golden Age beers. I was there on Saturday to talk to my […]

Warsh faces first big test on Capitol Hill as Trump’s Fed vision comes into focus

Kevin Warsh, Trump's Federal Reserve pick, faces a key Senate Banking Committee vote that could reshape the central bank's future direction.

Supreme Court weighs Trump effort to terminate temporary protections for Haitian, Syrian migrants

The Supreme Court hears arguments over Trump's efforts to end temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian migrants in a key immigration case that could have broader ramifications.

Trump election integrity push exposes massive amount of dead people on North Carolina voter rolls

North Carolina elections board identified approximately 34,000 deceased people on state voter rolls following a federal database comparison this month.

‘Sounds pretty gruesome’: Rep. Brandon Gill quizzes pro-choice witness about abortion procedures

Rep. Brandon Gill, Texas Republican, didn't pull any punches at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing Tuesday on the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.

Trump says King Charles agrees that Iran cannot develop a nuclear weapon

President Trump said Tuesday that King Charles III of Britain agrees with his efforts to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon, drawing the traditionally apolitical monarchy into the diplomatic conversations about the Iran war.

Charles notes ballroom renovations, alludes to previous British presence at White House

Fox News hosts dominated the guest list for Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House to honor King Charles III and Queen Camilia of Britain.

Pentagon urges Congress to codify ‘Department of War’ name change it estimates will cost $52 million

The Pentagon is seeking congressional approval to codify the Department of War name change, estimating a $52 million cost to taxpayers for the rebranding.

Exhaustion on the Home Front

Could domestic turmoil in Russia and Ukraine determine the outcome of the war before attrition on the battlefield does?

FCC reviews ABC stations’ broadcast licenses after Kimmel’s ‘expectant widow’ comment

The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the broadcast licenses of local stations directly owned by ABC.

Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Arizona seeking voter data

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against Arizona seeking access to the state's detailed voter records, the latest legal setback in a nationwide effort by the Trump administration.

Florida redistricting and a rocky special session put Ron DeSantis back in the Republican spotlight

Ron DeSantis was once the future of the Republican Party, a battle-tested conservative twice elected as governor of Florida. Then Donald Trump steamrolled him on his way back to the White House.

Senate rejects attempt to end Trump’s blockade of Cuba

Senate Republicans rejected legislation from Democrats on Tuesday that would have required President Donald Trump to end the U.S. energy blockade on Cuba unless he receives approval from Congress.

California candidates for governor poised for latest TV debate with mail ballots about to go out

Eight candidates for California governor prepared for another televised debate Tuesday in a crowded, muddled race, with mail ballots headed to voters in less than a week.

Abortion clinic access law takes it on the chin from 90-year-old Soviet death camp survivor

Eva Edl turns 91 on Sunday, but she had no problem delivering a body blow Tuesday to the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.

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