Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are poised to vote on a plan to reshape a majority-Black congressional district Tennessee poised to vote on new US House map sought by Trump that carves up Memphis

Tech leaders are betting on a former executive to take the lead in the California governor's race Tech is betting on a former executive in the race for California governor Matt Mahan speaks with mem

The federal government has turned over evidence in the shooting death of Renee Good, according to attorney Eric Newmark. The move comes after a district court judge ordered the government to turn ove

3 min read This is a truly frightening development. From the BBC: A rare strain of hantavirus, which has been known to spread between people in close contact, has been found in patients linked to a

President Donald Trump’s perpetually bruised hands made a fresh appearance at a White House event on Wednesday—and appeared swollen to boot. Both of the 79-year-old president’s hands were lathered in

The price of a gallon of regular gasoline climbed 31 cents in the past week, spiking to an average of $4.48 per gallon Tuesday, according to AAA, hitting the wallets of drivers after rising 50% since

The US Department of Agriculture has spent the past week notifying people that the country is (allegedly) overrun by individuals who are fraudulently claiming SNAP benefits, while (allegedly) driving

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Senate Republicans have unveiled their plan to fund immigration enforcement and President Donald Trump's ballroom, and the proposal might take fiscal irresponsibility to a new record high. The two bi

A real estate investment tycoon on Tuesday said that calls to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans were akin to "racial slurs." As reported by The New York Times, Vornado Realty Trust CEO Steven R

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I’m looking at Volume 1,536 of the Epstein files, page 311. It’s an early 2016 email thread between Jeffrey Epstein and a woman whose name is redacted by the Department of Justice. In the thread, Eps

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have barred people under 18 from using indoor tanning facilities. This is read by an automated voice

May 6, 2026, 4:03 a.m. ET Hey, do you all remember “Sleepy Joe” Biden, the president whose age and cognitive decline Donald Trump and his plague of MAGA lemmings routinely mocked? Well, I have some

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Two months after he was confirmed by Congress, Reding Quiñones filed more than two dozen subpoenas to U.S. officials that took part in the 2016 Russian election interference inquiry, which has been in

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Senate Democrats are reportedly keen to force Republicans to vote on plans to inject a further $1 billion into President Donald Trump’s massively over-budget White House ballroom project. On Monday,

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed last week's landmark decision striking down Louisiana's congressional map to take effect immediately, as GOP state officials scramble to redraw the map before this

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President Donald Trump has doubled down on his cringeworthy attempt to rebrand his wildly unpopular Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, ICE. The immigration enforcement agency is widely viewe

That’s more or less right. Thanks to Trump’s war in Iran, the average price of a gallon of gas nationwide is nearly $4.50, up from about $3.15 a year ago, and indeed is hovering around $5 in some Uppe

Republicans are rapidly pursuing redistricting efforts across the South following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affects majority-Black congressional districts By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ,

Seven candidates who want to be California's next governor have engaged in sharp attacks on each other on issues from gas prices to taxes to immigration From left to right, Antonio Villaraigosa, Kati

A federal civil rights agency filed a discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Times, claiming that the new organization passed over a white male employee for a promotion in favor of a less

Updated May 5, 2026, 1:07 p.m. ET Florida's war on woke is heading back to the classroom. The state announced a state-developed alternative to taking an Advanced Placement (AP) course in U.S. histor

It’s tempting to think Donald Trump has exhausted his list of caustic labels to be applied to those who dare to disagree with him. We are, after all, talking about a president who has told Americans h

There’s plenty of evidence that his pull is fading. Trump’s retribution campaign begins in Indiana, where 21 local Republican legislators blocked his attempts to redistrict their state in December. Ei

A lot of leftists I know became very disillusioned by Bernie Sanders’ two losses in the 2016 and 2020 Democratic primaries. They felt like Sanders’ failure showed you can’t beat the establishment, tha

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Photo: Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty Images Nearly one year ago, the president posted this announcement on Truth Social: “Just inspected the site of the new Ballroom that will be built, compliments of a

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There’s plenty of evidence that his pull is fading. Trump’s retribution campaign begins in Indiana, where 21 local Republican legislators blocked his attempts to redistrict their state in December. Ei