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US has passed 2K measles cases this year

The number of U.S. measles cases in 2026 has now exceeded 2,000, quickly approaching the full annual total of last year. As of June 4, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed 2,030 cases so far this year, with 93 percent — or 1,890 cases — associated

Trump calls GOP Sen. Thom Tillis ‘a loser’

President Trump called Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) “a loser” Friday when asked about the lawmaker’s threat to not support acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination unless Blanche condemns the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol. “Sen. Tillis is a loser. He didn’t run

Trump Orders His New Intel Chief to Fire More People

President Trump wants his new director of national intelligence to fire more people. Trump told The Wall Street Journal Friday that he told Bill Pulte, whom he named acting director of national intelligence, that he thought the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Trump: Reflecting Pool work wasn't simply 'paint job'

President Trump dismissed criticism of the recent Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations on Friday, rejecting claims the project amounted to merely a "paint job." “The Great Reflecting Pool, that stretches between The Lincoln Memorial and The Washington Monument, just

Trump’s Push to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

Legislative efforts to make daylight saving time permanent year round got a boost with support from President Donald Trump, who criticized the twice-yearly clock switching as cost-prohibitive. But there is no strong evidence that Trump's solution -- switching permanently to

Jobs report sparks inflation fears; Trump responds

President Trump on Friday pushed back on inflation concerns driven by a strong jobs report, arguing robust growth should be viewed as a positive for markets. "With a great Jobs Report, like just announced, stocks should go up, not down,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. "That’s the

What happens when your phone is confiscated at the airport

Even if you've done nothing wrong, it's never a good idea to hand your phone to the cops. But international travelers at American airports often have no choice - even if they're US citizens. When Minnesota labor organizer Janette Zahia Corcelius returned home from a three-week

DOJ Declares Trump Has Right to Bulldoze Statue of Liberty

Why in the world did the Department of Justice just declare that President Donald Trump has the right to demolish the Statue of Liberty? During oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington Friday, lawyers for the DOJ presented the government’s case for

Trump’s Ballroom Donors Are Already Cashing In

It was always pretty naive to think the ultrarich individuals donating to Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom project were doing so out of the goodness of their hearts. A new report from the nonprofit government watchdog Public Citizen has calculated that 14 ballroom donors

New York lawmakers pass one-year ban on new data centers

The New York State legislature passed a one-year moratorium on new large data centers, the first statewide ban of its kind if Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul signs it into law. Lawmakers behind the bill say it's meant to give policymakers time to understand the impact of large

Trump teases Lincoln Memorial 'promenade'

President Trump unveiled plans Thursday for a new pedestrian "promenade" connecting the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River, the latest in a series of high-profile projects aimed at reshaping some of Washington's most recognizable landmarks. “We’re going to call it the

Pritzker pauses data center tax incentives in Illinois

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Friday he is pausing the state’s data center tax incentives starting in July amid a push to address concerns about electricity costs and water resources that have plagued the AI infrastructure build-out nationwide. He directed state officials

Platner ex-girlfriend accuses New York Times of 'set up'

An ex-girlfriend of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is expressing her frustration with The New York Times over the way it portrayed her and others' experience dating the Democrat. Lyndsey Fifield, whom the Times quoted as part of a wide-ranging story detailing allegations