NATO member scrambles fighter jets as Russian attack on Ukraine kills 8
Poland, the closest NATO member to the Ukraine-Russia war, scrambled fighter jets and placed its air defenses on high alert...
Legislation
House Investigation of BreakThrough News Is an Attack on All Journalism
House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo., speaks with a reporter on Capitol Hill on July 21, 2026....
Hegseth Is Pushing Testosterone. The VA Has Already Struggled With the Treatment.
Providing continuing hormone-replacement therapy at “the High-T Department of War,” as Secretary Pete Hegseth is calling it, may prove difficult for...
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...
GOP Rep. Called Israeli–U.S. Defense Tech Integration “Dangerous.” The House Passed It Anyway.
The House passed a $1.15 trillion defense authorization bill Wednesday with a controversial provision expanding U.S.-Israel military technology cooperation intact,...
ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest
Following a pair of deadly shootings by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the division of the agency responsible for...
Nancy Pelosi’s Pick for Her SF House Seat Takes Anti-AIPAC Pledge
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s preferred successor for her San Francisco congressional seat has gained the endorsement of the political...
In the Wake of Fatal ICE Shootings, Democrats Drag Their Feet
Democrats in Congress have remained largely silent and inactive in the wake of ICE agents’ fatal shootings of two immigrant...
How ICE Arrests Went Quiet — and Got Even More Deadly
Anti-ICE protesters attend a vigil for Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old from Colombia who was shot and killed by an...
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Wants to Save Crypto — But Trump Windfall Is a Political Obstacle
Donald Trump is cleaning up on crypto, recently disclosing a $1.4 billion windfall. Yet cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have, after a...
Rebecca Nagle on the Boomerang of Empire
Last spring, President Donald Trump issued the “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order, taking aim at federal...
FIFA Gives Trump Exactly What He Wants
President Donald Trump regularly resorts to bluster and threats to get his way — from efforts to overturn election results...
How Florida’s Cuban Diaspora and the Israeli Lobby Came Together — and Are Coming Apart
After a devastating earthquake rocked Venezuela last week, President Donald Trump backed off his claims to be “in charge” of...
Congressional Dems Shift to Overwhelmingly Oppose Involvement in Israel’s War on Lebanon
Democratic Party leaders in the House reversed course and moved to back a resolution against U.S. involvement in Israel’s war...
Socialists Are Surging. In Colorado, a 29-Year Incumbent Is Sweating.
Rep. Diana DeGette has had a tough few weeks. The Colorado Democrat is facing her first competitive primary in her...
