Progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate Democratic primary, five days before early voting in the race begins. Warren, who previously backed state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) before she dropped out of the race earlier
President Trump said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "will not be arrested" in the U.S. after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) floated the idea over the weekend, calling the Israeli leader "a war criminal." "Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested,
A judge in California has put Paramount's planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on hold while the court considers a sweeping antitrust lawsuit challenging the multibillion-dollar transaction, which was brought against the company last week. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday that President Trump will attend the dignified transfer of the Americans killed as a result of Iranian strikes over the weekend. “President Trump will attend the dignified transfer of our fallen heroes tomorrow
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the proposed merger between Warner Bros. and Paramount, determining that the combination of the two megacorporations would violate antitrust laws. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín issued a 14-day restraining order on the
A judge partially granted the request from a dozen state attorneys general to temporarily place the $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery on hold, as reported by Variety and Reuters. US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said that based on the new
Donald Trump’s administration demanded the phone records of several New York Times journalists and their families in an effort to track down the sources who spilled on the president’s new Air Force One. Late last week, the Department of Justice told the publication it had
The State Department is trying to smear left-wing organizations and activists as “front groups and fellow travelers” for the Cuban government. In a report published Monday titled “Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism,” the State Department singled out political
Higher caffeine intake, including levels found in energy drinks, was associated with cardiovascular harm.
Former state Sen. Troy Jackson (D-Maine) has emerged as the frontrunner for Democrats in the Maine Senate race. Jackson has received endorsements from challengers Dan Kleban and former CDC Director Nirav Shah, who both dropped out of the race on Sunday. The two said Jackson
Last January, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired most of the Pentagon’s civilian harm mitigation and response, or CHMR, workers and replaced them with artificial intelligence. The Intercept has reported that the Pentagon’s Civilian Protection Center of Excellence was cut from
Despite the false positive, federal regulators are still focused on shredded lettuce.
Retired Lieutenant General David Harris argues that the United States must integrate strategic communication into military planning to ensure tactical successes translate into strategic advantages, drawing lessons from current conflicts.
🍼 Plus: Usha Vance gives birth to 4th child {beacon} It’s Monday. It’s July 20, the day when my brain automatically recalls a pretty obscure song from the early 2000s Disney Channel show ‘Even Stevens.’ 🎵 “We went to the moon in 1969. That’s when we made a landing that was
The simple theory was that a network not dependent on a single point of failure could not be defeated by a single decisive attack or even continuing attacks.
The Health Department had just announced a second death in connection with the disease on Saturday.
Republican lawmakers are moving on from Donald Trump’s election conspiracy. The president spent more than 25 minutes last week addressing the public—and his supposed congressional allies—to revive his 2020 election fraud claims. He demanded that Republicans prioritize mail-in
Nearly half of Americans say they believe the Supreme Court is ruling on President Trump’s policies based on ideology instead of the law, according to a new poll. The Washington Post/Ipsos survey, conducted July 8-13, found that 46 percent of 2,648 respondents said they believe
An opinion piece argues that the recent World Cup demonstrated how multiculturalism and assimilation coexist within the United States.
Trump towers? Donald Trump’s presence loomed large over FIFA’s World Cup Finals on Sunday—but footage from the event has sparked speculation that the president’s actual stature may be smaller than he claims. For years, Trump has claimed to be six feet, three inches tall. His
Border Czar Tom Homan on Sunday addressed the fatal shooting involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Houston with claims that CBS News host Margaret Brennan said were “hard to substantiate.” Brennan said videos of the ICE van chasing Lorenzo Salgado
Former Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Sunday defended the filibuster, saying the U.S. needs it in the Senate. Sasse wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the filibuster "provides a bulwark against consolidated power," a tradition preserved as "a prerequisite for national
The Trump administration’s case against the former Olympic canoeist accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is about to fall apart. Following the draining of the Reflecting Pool last week, David Hearn filed a motion to dismiss the federal indictment against
If the Supreme Court were actually to revisit the birthright case, Trump would be far more likely to lose votes than gain them.
President Trump has installed yet another statue in the Rose Garden as part of his massive overhaul of the White House grounds. Anonymous sources told The Washington Post that a life-size bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson last week joined Benjamin Franklin, George Washington,
While the schedule is wonky, you'll still get the funds you are intended to receive.
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Monday added seven districts to its list of targets, as the GOP works to hang on to its majority in the lower chamber this November. The NRCC, which works to elect House Republicans, added Alabama’s 2nd Congressional
Government officials and other powerful people often use arm-twisting speech to apply pressure to promote their preferred objectives. The practice, known as jawboning, is as old as human history itself.
A man floats half-dead for days in the middle of the Mediterranean. Eventually he is rescued by a kind stranger and nursed back to health. His body recovers, but not his mind: He can’t remember who he is or how he ended up stranded in the sea. When his memories return, he’s
South Carolina Republican Rep. Russell Fry on Monday announced he will run to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). "Last week, we all lost a legendary leader, and I lost a good friend," Fry said in a campaign statement. "This week, we are faced
Fighter jets intercepted multiple planes attempting to fly in temporarily restricted airspace Sunday over Bedminster and East Rutherford, N.J. “More than 10 general aviation aircraft have entered restricted airspace today, three of which required intercepts by NORAD aircraft,”
The Food and Drug Administration was wrong about the culprit of the diarrhea outbreak that has swept the country. The FDA initially announced Friday that iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms had tested positive for cyclospora, a parasite that can cause explosive bowel movements.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up an Alaskan pilot’s challenge to the state’s bid to seize his 1969 Cessna airplane over a passenger who tried to fly a six-pack of Budweiser into a dry village. Ken Jouppi, the pilot, denies knowing about the alcohol and says losing
We do not deserve an attorney general who acts like a corrupt president’s personal fixer and enforcer.
Forget writing a check you can’t cash; President Donald Trump is escalating a war that the U.S. military can’t wage. Trump has made it more than clear that he’s done negotiating with Tehran, after the U.S. military launched yet another wave of strikes against Iran Saturday in
President Trump on Sunday said Canada "poisoned" U.S. air as smoke from wildfires in the Great White North swept across American states. Trump said he spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and told him “you got to stop these fires from coming in and, you know,
The Trump administration has been hiding military injuries from its reports on the Iran war. Last week, Iran carried out three strikes against U.S. military personnel in Jordan, wounding dozens and damaging multiple helicopters, The New York Times reports . But the Department
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.) said Friday his party, if it takes control of both chambers of Congress after the midterms, will “rebuke” President Trump for the remainder of his term. “Our answer will be massive. Our answer will be decisive,” Ossoff said at a rally in the
Today, I’m talking with Harvard professor and New Yorker staff writer Dr. Jill Lepore about her new book, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, which comes out on August 25. Jill is one of the best writers there is at identifying institutional patterns in history, and
Former Senate Budget Committee staff director G. William Hoagland argues against calls by President Trump to remove Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, emphasizing the critical importance of her neutral role in upholding procedural rules like the Byrd Rule.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday said two "deviant" oil tankers exploded after passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC said the ships exploded after they tried to enter and exit the strait through an "unsafe route," according to the state-run
The Democratic Senate candidate had already been endorsed by other leading progressives.
President Trump announced plans to “max out” the security on the $400 million luxury jumbo jet gifted to him by the Qatari royal family, suggesting that insufficient security was indeed the reason he ditched it so abruptly earlier this month. “Mr. President, this plane does
Spain’s World Cup–winning team have made it abundantly clear that they did not want Donald Trump in their victory photos. The official account for Spain’s national football league shared an altered image of the country’s celebration in New Jersey Sunday, snipping the U.S.
The average gasoline price in the U.S. has risen to $4 per gallon as the U.S.-Iran conflict escalates again. According to AAA, the average price was exactly $4 on Monday, a number it had been creeping toward in recent days after the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran fell
As Congress enters its August recess, critics highlight a period of dysfunction characterized by an aging leadership, partisan gridlock, and a focus on tax cuts rather than addressing economic pressures like inflation and foreign policy stability.
The Pentagon on Monday identified the two American soldiers killed in an Iranian attack in Jordan over the weekend as 1st Lt. Tyler Feehan and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales. Gonzales was killed in action on Friday, while Feehan was killed in action the next day, amid an Iranian attack
Donald Trump’s administration has found a new way to grant ICE total impunity after a slew of deadly incidents involving federal immigration agents. Last week, FBI agents received notice that their agency would no longer investigate claims of assault against immigration agents,
The death count from the Iran war has risen to 17 as the U.S. military suffered three deaths in recent days in the Middle East, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said. Two service members died in an Iranian attack on U.S. troops in Jordan on Friday, the Pentagon said, and another
President Trump is giving the first glimpse at the Vance family's latest addition, sharing a photo of the vice president and second lady's newborn son. "Congratulations!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday. "A perfect baby boy for the wonderful Vance family," the