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Trump orders DOJ to investigate mail-in ballots in Maryland

President Trump said Monday that he is ordering the Justice Department to investigate mail-in ballots in Maryland after the state’s election board reported some voters received the wrong ballot for the upcoming primary elections. “In Maryland, they sent out 500,000 Illegal

De Blasio: Newsom 'has played his cards the best for 2028'

Former New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio (D) put California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) at the top of his list of Democrats likely to enter the next presidential race. He told The Hill’s broadcast partner, NewsNation, on Monday that Newsom “has played his cards the best for 2028.”

Elon Musk and Sam Altman Are on the Same Side

Every now and again, a billionaire doesn’t get what he wants. On Monday, Elon Musk was handed a rare loss when a federal jury in San Francisco unanimously threw out his lawsuit against OpenAI’s top leaders, including CEO Sam Altman. Musk had alleged that Altman illegally

Trump Brags About How Skinny He Is in Unhinged Ballroom Tour

In a brilliant metaphor for the state of our country, billionaire and septuagenarian President Donald J. Trump stood next to a massive hole in the White House lawn to give a press conference on Tuesday. Trump is attempting to have an enormous ballroom for himself built in the

When students spoke up for academic freedom

Students at Texas Tech and UT Austin are staging mock funerals to protest the restrictions on academic freedom being imposed by the boards of regents, in honor of Homer Rainey, a former UT president who was fired for defending academic freedom.

Trump should turn the tables on Xi’s Taiwan threats

Trump could have agreed with the entirety of Xi’s remarks about Taiwan as a determinant of regional stability and U.S.-China relations, then noted that neither Taiwan nor the U.S. has made threatening statements or military moves against China. Instead, Beijing may well view

America’s dangerous, messy deepfakes crackdown is here

A law requiring social networks to quickly remove sexual deepfakes and other nonconsensual imagery is now fully in force. But experts warn the policy could do little to help victims - and at worst could facilitate censorship online. Last May, President Donald Trump signed the

Trump Finds New Target in His Crazed Ballroom Quest

The Senate parliamentarian is a nonpartisan referee for the legislative branch, a role that has quietly existed for almost a century . So of course Donald Trump is mad at the current one. Trump pressured Senate Majority Leader John Thune in a private phone call Monday to fire

Trumpflation won’t be temporary

Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs program has reversed the disinflation trend, causing inflation to rise to 3.8 percent in April, and while it is unlikely to reach the peak it did during Biden's presidency, it will likely remain elevated for months.

Top Treasury lawyer resigns as Trump, IRS settlement announced

The Treasury Department’s chief legal officer resigned Monday following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) launch of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” that could provide payouts for rioters convicted in connection to Jan. 6, 2021, and others who claim they were wrongfully

Bari Weiss Is Already on the Outs at CBS News

Bari Weiss might soon be forced to hand over the reins to CBS News. As Paramount closes in on its potential deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, executives at the networks are considering avenues to remove Weiss from her position overseeing CBS News. The top brass is reportedly