As a potential Democratic wave looms, Trump’s DOJ angles for last-minute power over midterms
American democracy faces one of its biggest stress tests of the modern era, as President Donald Trump’s sprawling campaign for...
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Explosive spending, ugly ads and courtroom battles set stage for tense midterm elections
WASHINGTON — When the polls close Tuesday night, the 2026 U.S. election will go down as one of history’s most...
Election officials brace for federal interference but expect to persevere
Voters mark their ballots during the first day of early voting in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Oct. 22, 2026. Experts...
‘Not wanted’: Irish hotel reportedly cancels 70 rooms reserved for antisemitism conference attendees
A Dublin hotel declined to host an international event focused on combating antisemitism and subsequently withdrew approximately 70 rooms reserved...
DOE employee charged with trying to aid Iran-backed Houthis, feds say
A U.S. Department of Energy worker from Richland, Washington, was arrested Thursday and charged with attempting to provide "material support"...
The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No
The Department of Defense asked OpenAI to provide the U.S. military with a special version of its artificial intelligence technology...
25 Years After 9/11, Muslims Are Still Politicians’ Favorite Scapegoat
A quarter century after the September 11 attacks emboldened then-President George W. Bush to launch the “war on terror,” many...
The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
Top military officers from a secretive command watched a speedboat cut through the waters of the Caribbean Sea, early last...
Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters
To counter the purported national scourge of “organized retail crime,” a bill moving through Congress would deliver the Department of...
Cori Bush Has No Regrets
The internet had a field day last summer when a picture surfaced of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., with his arm...
Trump’s Truth Social API Is a Blatantly Corrupt Favor to Wall Street
Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account at an event about coal on June 4,...
Trump’s Crypto Corruption Puts Centrist Democrats in Bind
The latest version of a sweeping crypto bill exposed a deep divide between progressives and moderate Senate Democrats: whether to...
Sinaloa Cartel boss ‘El Mayo’ sentenced to life, ordered to pay $15B in drug trafficking profits
Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia, of Mexico, was sentenced on Monday to life in a U.S. prison and ordered...
Trump’s Intel Pick Played Key Role in NYT Subpoenas — But Some Democrats Still On the Fence
Progressive groups are demanding that Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence oppose Jay Clayton’s nomination as director of...
Trump administration probes UNRWA over alleged employment of 1,500 terrorists
A controversial United Nations agency is being investigated by U.S. officials for alleged ties to terrorism. The U.N. Relief and...
