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Trump keeps using “national security” to do what he wants
22+ hour, 7+ min ago (538+ words) In his second term, Donald Trump has taken the use of "national security" to new, absurd extremes.Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty President Donald Trump has a favorite justification for everything he does: “It’s a national security matter.” Of course, American…...
Conspiracists and supporters collide at Charlie Kirk’s memorial
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (226+ words) We went to Charlie Kirk’s one-year memorial service at the site of his death. And it was full of contradictions—conspiracy theorists colliding with diehard supporters and counter protesters. The event was subdued and received little media coverage because most…...
Trump’s DOJ is reportedly investigating Gavin Newsom’s travel funding
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (441+ words) California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a rally on September 5 in Monroe, North Carolina, in support of US Senate candidate Roy Cooper. Nell Redmond/AP The Justice Department’s probe into Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, is…...
Ted Cruz pushed his college sports bill on ESPN—and was booed mercilessly
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (305+ words) Senator Ted Cruz talks to Rece Davis on ESPN about his Protect College Sports Act. Fans booed him for nearly 10 minutes.Screenshot via ESPN Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was on the receiving end of a nearly 10-minute chorus of boos…...
ICE at the polls? Ain't never gonna happen, says this voting expert
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (504+ words) David Becker speaks to reporters during a zoom call on Friday, September 11, 2026. At a press briefing on Friday, David Becker, a longtime voting rights advocate and the founder and director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, a “fiercly nonpartisan…...
Don't be fooled—Congress isn't cracking down on OpenAI
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (447+ words) A Republican-led Senate subcommittee on disaster management is now investigating the July incident where OpenAI’s autonomous models hacked Hugging Face, another AI startup, during internal testing. Axios first reported the Senate probe on Thursday, providing a letter by Sen. Josh…...
Your deadbeat president is never giving you $5,000
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (176+ words) “It will be called the Trump Dividend,” he said at Wednesday’s GOP convention in Dallas, as a beaming Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, applauded along. Our news will always be free to read, watch, and listen to online. But what…...
Will Putin's decade-long war on US elections hit the midterms?
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (437+ words) In July 2025, Tulsi Gabbard, then–director of national intelligence, strode into the White House briefing room to press the case that Barack Obama had mounted a “treasonous conspiracy.” Trump and his allies embraced her lies, even though they were easy…...
Trump's Venezuela deal helps his rich friends—and that's it
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (898+ words) President Donald Trump speaks to Venezuelan Americans at Florida International University in Miami on Feb. 18, 2019.Andrew Harnik/AP The Trump administration announced an arrangement with Venezuela last week that would see the US take control of 65 billion barrels worth of…...
A teachers union and Microsoft just made an AI safety deal. Compliance is an open question.
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (853+ words) Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks during a protest against budget cuts initiated by President Trump and DOGE in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2025.Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images/AFP/Getty On Wednesday morning, in…...