Alec Baldwin says the country is in a "bad" state of political division, describing it as a "pre-Civil War environment." "Boy, you can see now that we are in a pre-Civil War culture now," the "30 Rock" star said in an Instagram video posted Tuesday. "When they describe things back then politically — there were profound differences...

If anything, they’ve been treated as pawns, not kings.

A unanimous Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling and found the Food and Drug Administration acted lawfully when it blocked two vaping companies from marketing fruity and dessert-flavored liquids for their electronic nicotine products. The justices rejected an earlier ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that FDA...

The U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.  The step, reported by The Associated Press, is the latest in the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate DEI policies, programs, social media postings and curriculum in federal agencies and schools. The Academy did not immediately respond to...

A California man will plead guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh by showing up outside his home in 2022 with weapons, his lawyers said Wednesday. Lawyers for Nicholas Roske announced his intent in a letter to the judge overseeing the case. Roske was set to face trial in June, and the charge carries up to life...

Changing the baseline policy would set a precedent that we would all surely regret. 

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Greenland this week after the Trump administration ramps up its rhetoric about a takeover of the semiautonomous Danish territory.  Frederiksen will meet with the territory's new leader, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen. “It is important for me to visit and greet the future Chairman of the Government of Greenland as soon as possible. It has...

Senate Democrats are opening an investigation into reports that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is attempting to replace some contract workers at the Education Department with artificial intelligence (AI).   Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), along with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), sent a letter to Education Secretary Linda...

President Trump's long promised day of reciprocal tariffs has arrived, with a Rose Garden event to announce them set for Wednesday afternoon. "It's liberation day in America," Trump posted in all caps to his Truth Social platform around 7 a.m. Also early Wednesday, the president pressured former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Republicans he’s...

One of the most striking aspects of this moment is the pervasive sense of instability.