A sneaky rule change has the potential to blow up scientific research in the United States. But there's still time to fight it. On May 29th, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a 412-page proposal to revise federal financial assistance. The language is a
In today’s issue: The Supreme Court is expected to wrap up its term this week, with eight cases still awaiting rulings, including some of the most intensely debated of the past year. The court’s next release of decisions will take place this morning at 10 a.m., when rulings
The U.S. men’s national team’s clash with Bosnia-Herzegovina this week will mark a major moment for soccer in the United States, which has exploded in popularity since the World Cup was last played on North American soil more than two decades ago. The U.S. team shocked many
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has an ambitious legislative agenda this week, but it’s unclear whether he can move those priorities forward as a group of conservative hard-liners demand action on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. President Trump urged
For more than a decade, right-wing Christian groups have taken issue with the Southern Poverty Law Center, the nonprofit organization founded more than 50 years ago that researches and challenges those it characterizes as hate and extremist groups. The right-wing groups’
Two versions of history began when, one fall night in 1957, a two-stage rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and deposited a Soviet satellite called Sputnik into orbit around Earth. The first version is the one that is well-known: the grand romance of a terrestrial
The Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii law on Thursday that forbid concealed-carry permit holders from bringing their guns onto private property without the owner’s express permission. “This regime hobbles what the Second Amendment protects: the right of Americans to carry arms
President Trump and his Republican colleagues are in a race against time, hoping that inflation can be bent downward in time to revive their chances in November’s midterm elections. Seen through one lens, the picture is bleak. New data released late last week on personal
So Democratic Congressman Tom Suozzi of Long Island has come out swinging against the socialists. “We are capitalist, not socialist,” reads a letter that The New York Times reports he and 14 other legislators signed and began circulating last week. This went out Thursday, two
GOP lawmakers fear that President Trump is out of sync with them and many American voters on the economy, the biggest issue of the 2024 midterm elections. Trump’s refusal to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is the latest troubling sign for GOP senators, who have
A gloomy financial prognosis for Social Security by the program’s trustees could spell a reduction in benefits for millions of Americans in just six years. The cuts to Social Security benefits would come amid changes that already make it more difficult for low-income adults to
It's an award fully focused on comedy, yet some serious drama surrounded the Kennedy Center as Bill Maher received this year's Mark Twain Prize. But the controversy about the name and future of the Kennedy Center didn't stop several stars and a bipartisan group of lawmakers
Donald Trump has insisted six people have been arrested and many more have been given citations for vandalizing the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. This allegedly includes carving a 350-foot gash in the pool’s sealant, and in a dark and angry tirade , Trump
Fresh off his controversial Trump invite, the Florida Republican says he’s trying to make a mark but not trying to challenge John Thune.
Federal judgeships and Labor secretary are among the vacant posts waiting for presidential nominees.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) stepped in to organize Pennsylvania's presence in "The Great American State Fair" in Washington, D.C. after Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said state officials could not find a business to sponsor the booth. In a
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said that large technology companies want to have "totally unchecked power" and should be split up. “The problem that we have is that these big companies, they think they are governments, they want to be governments," she said in an
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) has been released from the hospital after a car crash that resulted in minor injuries, he said Sunday. “Earlier today, a Delaware driver experienced a medical incident and collided with several cars, including one in which I was a passenger. I was
The U.S. and Iran have agreed to “stand down for now” and allow ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after renewed fighting in the past few days, a U.S. official told The Hill on Sunday. “Technical talks are slated to continue on all areas of the MOU. Both sides will
President Trump said Sunday that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will be drained shortly after the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations wrap up, accusing criminals of both damaging the lining and creating algae. "The Reflecting Pool is now in full use after suffering
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) said Sunday he has a “positive predisposition” toward acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, whom President Trump has nominated for the full-time post. “I'm going to go through the nomination process. I have got a positive predisposition
China's Zhipu AI (Z.ai) released its open-weight GLM-5.2, and some researchers have claimed that it matches Mythos in certain bug-finding and cybersecurity scenarios. While GLM lags behind models from Anthropic and OpenAI in other, more general tasks, it seems that China has
President Trump on Sunday blasted Janeese Lewis George, the Democratic nominee for mayor of Washington, D.C., as a “communist” whose policies will harm the district. “Janeese Lewis George, the Communist who is almost certainly going to be elected Mayor of Washington, D.C., has
Prominent activists with the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement are raging and saying they feel betrayed after the Supreme Court sided with pesticide maker Monsanto on Thursday and said it did not need to put a warning label about a potential cancer risk associated
Three firefighters died Saturday in a blaze in western Colorado, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Sunday. “Last night, we learned that three wildland firefighters—serving with the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Wildland Fire Service—lost their lives on Saturday, June 27,
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Sunday the ouster of Gen. Chris Donahue appears to be due to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “grudge” against the Army. “Are you pushing out the truth tellers to surround yourself by yes-men? And in particular, it looks like the secretary is coming
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) on Sunday called on the Trump administration to reconsider pushing for the elimination of temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitian migrants following the Supreme Court's recent decision on the program. The high court ruled 6-3 that the Trump
During a Sunday interview on ABC News's "This Week," Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) addressed an awkward moment with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) while he was facing pushback from President Trump over a video directing servicemembers not to follow illegal orders. The video released by
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Sunday defended the Trump administration's decision to terminate temporary protected status (TPS) for people who have been legally living in the U.S. from Haiti under the program. The Supreme Court last week ruled in
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said he will send the bipartisan housing bill passed overwhelmingly by both chambers of Congress to President Trump on Monday. Trump last week said he would not sign the bill, despite the support from both parties, unless the Senate
GOP Rep. Mark Harris (N.C.) said on Sunday that Congress will likely need to provide the Pentagon with additional funding for the Iran war via a budget reconciliation package. Harris suggested that budgetary measure would be necessary to get a bill through the Senate, where
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday said ensuring the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act gets passed in the Senate is an "impossible task." "You know, I have people telling me I need to implement the SAVE Act immediately in North Carolina, in a state that
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday touted his minimum wage bill that aims to gradually increase worker pay from $7.25 to $25 hourly. “I think our party should have bigger ideas. I put one on the table last week, a $25 minimum wage. And I think we do have to have answers for
Democratic Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (Va.) on Sunday criticized President Trump for canceling the signing of a bipartisan housing bill. “I don't know with this president, because he's said that he doesn't care about rising costs,” Subramanyam told host Chris Stirewalt on
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in a Sunday interview sought to explain his controversial vote to confirm Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as he said Kennedy is dug in on his views toward vaccinations despite public opinion. Cassidy, the first
Many areas still rely on rainfall data unchanged since the 1970s.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday said Democrats should take on corporate power while arguing that party should have a big tent that can make room for democratic socialists elected from New York City. “I want us to be a big tent party. I mean, I've been saying this for
Outgoing Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Sunday he is “working” on gaining consensus for his proposed reforms to Social Security, which he warns is growing closer to insolvency. “Right now, we're working on Social Security. Social Security is … going to [be] insolvent, and when
The Trump administration is proposing a rule to close a loophole that allows middle- and upper-class Americans to receive food stamps, which would save taxpayers over $10 billion annually and remove a small number of ineligible students from the National School Lunch Program.
Every once a while I encounter a quote that brings me up short and helps reframe how I see the world. Such was the case when I came across this quote by Theodor Adorno as I researched the rise of Nazi Germany and the origins of the Holocaust: “A wrong life cannot be lived
Democratic socialists are setting their sights on Colorado, Wisconsin and beyond after a romp of victories in New York added fuel to the progressive movement. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) burst into the spotlight with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s election
“I certainly want him to take the biggest, boldest marker that he has and do that big Trump signature proudly on that legislation," Speaker Mike Johnson said.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday knocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after an outbreak of influenza infected several service members at an Air Force base in Texas. Cassidy, a licensed gastroenterologist and the first physician to chair the Senate Health, Education, Labor
The retiring North Carolina Republican said implementing the legislation ahead of November’s elections would be an “impossible task.”
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock (Ga.) expressed concern Sunday about Vice President Vance criticizing Pope Leo XIV. Warnock, a Baptist pastor, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he is “glad” that Vance wrote about his religious journey in his new book “Communion: Finding
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Sunday echoed his critiques of the Biden administration’s border policies while appreciating the ability to break with the former president without fear of reprisal. Kelly said the Biden administration created a “crisis at the southern border” with
The Drug Enforcement Administration is considering a proposal to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, which would recognize all cannabis products as having a currently accepted medical use, but the evidence does not support this
Republican Sen. Rick Scott (Fla.) on Sunday reiterated his unease with the Qatari government’s role in negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. “They’re not our friend,” Scott told host Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday,” referring to Qatar. The Florida Republican went on to
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Sunday reacted to chants of "you're next" from members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) directed at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). CNN's Jake Tapper played a clip of the DSA members chanting while at a bar during the