American politics today is a blood sport with polarizations unseen since the Civil War era. One thing unifies American politicians, from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Donald Trump: ego. Every congressperson looks in a mirror and sees a senator, and every senator sees in his reflection a president. When politicians reach such echelons of power, they seek […]

The Trump administration has privately called on the University of Virginia to oust its president to help resolve a Justice Department probe into the institution's DEI initiatives.

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy warned that the "tone of our political discourse" puts freedom at risk, as he expressed the need to protect judges from threats.

CNN reported Wednesday that a leaked preliminary intelligence assessment found that President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran did not destroy the core components of its nuclear program, but only set it back a few months. On Thursday morning, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pointed to numerous other assessments, including from the International Atomic Energy Agency […]

HEGSETH IS RIGHT. This newsletter has often noted a peculiar feature of some media coverage of President Donald Trump: When Trump or Republicans say something, many reporters and commentators reflexively seek to knock it down. When Trump or Republicans say A, they immediately say not-A. Do Trump and his GOP allies say former President Joe Biden […]

Stephen Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, warned Thursday about the economic implications of not passing President Trump's domestic policy bill by the deadline given by the White House. While in discussion with NewsNation's Blake Burman on "The Hill," Miran suggested the U.S. could face a recession if Congress fails to...

Scientists said a fireball was seen blazing across the sky on Thursday was the result of a burning meteor. The meteor was first seen at an altitude of 48 miles above the town of Oxford, Ga., moving southwest at 30,000 miles per hour around noon Eastern time, according to Bill Cooke from NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office...

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday she was exploring legal repercussions for Elon Musk’s SpaceX company after a rocket explosion scattered waste across the country. “There is indeed contamination,” the leader said during a Wednesday press conference, pledging to file “necessary lawsuits” in international court. Sheinbaum said Mexico is launching a general review of the...

Kentucky businessman Nate Morris launched his Senate bid on Thursday in an effort to replace the state’s senior lawmaker, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who said he would not seek reelection earlier this year. Morris announced his bid on Donald Trump Jr.'s podcast, “Triggered with Don Jr.," telling the president’s oldest son he wanted to help “take...

Former governor Andrew Cuomo continues his mayoral campaign as an independent candidate after his primary defeat to Zohran Mamdani, who could become New York's first Muslim mayor