3+ hour, 1+ min ago  (275+ words) Due to a ban put in place by the Trump administration, transgender civilians are still barred from joining the U.S. military. However, that doesn’t mean that the military is entirely opposed to gender-affirming care for its soldiers. On Wednesday, Defense Secretary…...

7+ hour, 45+ min ago  (280+ words) Despite his best efforts to govern like a tin-pot dictator, Donald Trump cannot control his own government. Now he is panicking. In the last week, his administration confirmed with its own actions that its problem with press leaks is not…...

14+ hour, 4+ min ago  (1779+ words) This article originally appeared on The Texas Tribune. In April 2024, the Biden administration cleared the way for more than 4 million low-wage workers to collect overtime pay. People earning less than $58,656 were to be paid time and a half if they…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (245+ words) FBI Director Kash Patel put the resources of his agency at the disposal of authorities looking into Sen. Lindsey Graham‘s death. His boss seems to think that’s a mistake. ” I know there’s all sorts of conspiracy theories going along,…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (561+ words) Mitt Romney has reignited a debate that has followed American politics for years: When does experience become a liability? The former Utah senator and 2012 Republican presidential nominee said this week that people in their 80s should not hold the country’s most…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (585+ words) As tributes continue to pour in following the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, one theme has emerged across the political spectrum: while the South Carolina Republican became one of President Donald Trump‘s closest allies during the latter half…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (218+ words) That’s not to say there hasn’t been an uptick in left-wing violence in the last few years. But as Clark points out, “any time you have a rise in the far right, you’re going to have a rise in the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (703+ words) Racism and white supremacy — not “working class” anxiety — lifted Trump to the White House twice. The president is fluent in crude racism and white racist conspiracy theories, and he has been explicit about his role as defender and champion of…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (628+ words) This article originally appeared on The Texas Tribune. Calling in to Sean Hannity’s radio show Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz offered a blunt warning cry to his party: Democratic state Rep. James Talarico has a legitimate shot at flipping Texas…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (334+ words) Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina lawmaker whose three-decade career in Congress took him from one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican critics to one of the president’s closest allies, died Saturday after what his office described as a “brief…...