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Tillis ‘untethered’ as he kicks off final year with a bang

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) has never been shy about speaking his mind — and the past few weeks have given him plenty to talk about. He's spoken out about President Trump's rhetoric on Greenland, the investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and how White House aides

The Crisis Year for Journalism Is Here

Days into the new year, as stuffed suit Tony Dokoupil was readying to take the helm as the new anchor of the CBS Evening News, the network rolled out a much-mocked set of five guiding principles that went heavy on the sort of pseudo-intellectual fluff that’s long been a calling

How AI Is Reshaping Science’s Most Trusted Tool

When scientists and regulators need clear answers to health risks—such as whether Tylenol causes autism (it doesn’t)—they typically turn to systematic reviews, widely regarded as medicine’s gold standard of evidence. Many aspects of our lives are governed by findings from these

Rand Paul says US in ‘ongoing war’ with Venezuela

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the United States is in an “ongoing war” with Venezuela. “That is an act of war, it’s an ongoing war, to continue to take their oil, ongoing war, to distribute it,” Paul said during a Sunday appearance on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.” “I

Trump threatens to sue JPMorgan Chase over Jan. 6 debanking

President Trump said Saturday he would sue JPMorgan Chase over the company’s decision to close his account following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. “A front page Article in The Fake News Wall Street Journal states, without any verification, that I offered Jamie Dimon, of

Gallego: 'ICE needs to be totally torn down'

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) took a swing at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sunday in light of anger focused on the Trump administration over the killing of a woman in Minnesota by an ICE officer earlier in January. “A growing number of Democrats are renewing

Venezuela mission proves the US needs Puerto Rico statehood

Puerto Rico has been a strategic asset for the U.S. for over a century, but its 3.2 million citizens are still denied full political rights and equality under federal laws, which is a contradiction of the U.S.'s foundational values of self-determination and government by

Pence criticizes Trump's Greenland strategy

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday backed President Trump’s plan to acquire Greenland, but expressed reservations about using tariffs to do so. “I think it's a question right now, Jake, not of what the president's trying to accomplish, but how? And I have concerns about

Pressure mounts as Trump digs in heels on US attorneys

The Trump administration is staking out new ground in the fight to retain loyal U.S. attorneys after a string of setbacks, piling on pressure as top federal prosecutors stand firm in their roles and push forward with probes of the president's political adversaries. “UNITED WE

Bessent rejects 'false choice' between Greenland and NATO

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rejected what he described as the “false choice” between annexing Greenland and the future of NATO on Sunday. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Bessent brushed off concerns from European allies about the future of the defense

Most Americans say ICE has been too tough: Poll

Americans are increasingly likely to say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics have been too tough, according to a poll released Sunday. In the CBS News/YouGov poll conducted late last week, 61 percent of respondents say the way ICE is conducting its operations

Spanberger reshapes UVA board on first day in office

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) moved to reshape the boards of three state universities Saturday, appointing 27 new members within hours of taking office as the commonwealth’s first female governor. At the University of Virginia, Spanberger named 10 appointees to the