2+ week, 37+ min ago   (462+ words) President Donald Trump’s tariffs aren’t popular, but he’s found a way to make them even less so — a trade war with America’s most inoffensive ally. When one thinks of countries that deserve to be subjected to a steady stream of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (578+ words) U.S. Immigration officials arrested controversial British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday in New Orleans, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Immigration officials said that Yiannopoulos was arrested at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Friday and accused him…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (932+ words) It’s summertime, and the living is uneasy, particularly in Washington newsrooms and bureaus. At this time of year, historically, serious news can be harder to find than the newspeople available to cover it. The result is what journalists call “the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (194+ words) It’s a small amount and advances a good cause. Only 1 percent of the U.S. budget goes to international affairs, and nearly half of that provides support for global health, humanitarian aid and economic development. Yet, this year’s budget proposes to…...

3+ week, 38+ min ago   (560+ words) Too much populist pandering. The time was 2025. A young, charismatic democratic socialist candidate for New York City mayor named Zohran Mamdani became a viral sensation. His secret? “Affordability.” Mamdani won the election, and pretty much everyone agreed that “affordability” was…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (898+ words) The push by the Republican president’s administration to compel the identity of sources in the form of additional subpoenas comes at a time when the executive branch’s relationship with the press is increasingly contentious. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration sought…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1470+ words) Though monuments are more popular than ever with Western voters, the White House has again awoken a deep partisan divide about public lands. With two swoops of his pen, President Donald Trump again razed a decades-long push by tribes and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (356+ words) A judicial power grab by the right-wingers. If, during our glorious celebration of our nation’s semiquincentennial, your notion of American democracy is feeling particularly pinched, there is a specific, tangible reason for that. Blame the Supreme Court of the United…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (604+ words) The move announced Thursday would allow Wall Street trading firms and other institutions to get news from Truth Social contributors in milliseconds so they could profit off subsequent moves in stocks, bonds and interest rates. NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (296+ words) People are already voting with their feet, and they’re not voting for places that make life harder, poorer or more precarious. The Bureau of Economic Analysis’ final estimates for the first quarter came out recently, and while economic growth numbers…...