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Hopes that tougher sanctions and lower oil prices could derail Putin’s war effort underestimate how far the Kremlin has rewired its economy Pacing inside the Kremlin last weekend, as news feeds churned out minute-by-minute reports of Donald’s Trump’s Venezuelan coup, Vladimir Putin may have been wondering what it would mean for the price of oil. … Read more

Administration officials, his family and even Mar-a-Lago guests wield outsized influence on a mercurial president It is a world turned upside down. In his first year in office, Donald Trump has bullied Ukraine, bombed Iran and toppled the leader of Venezuela. In the eyes of critics, he has turned the US into a rogue superpower … Read more

But critics expressed doubt that president can implement such a move without approval from Congress Donald Trump announced a one-year cap that would limit credit card interest rates to 10% this week, in a move that has prompted mixed reaction from lawmakers and beyond. The president’s social media post on Friday night said the restriction … Read more

A new report from the Heritage Foundation argues the American family is in crisis and that strengthening marriage and family formation should be a core focus of U.S. federal policy. The conservative think tank calls for sweeping policy changes to reverse declining birth and marriage rates, including a proposed $2,500 investment account for every newborn … Read more

Prosecutors claim Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, started a smaller wildfire that went on to become the devastating Palisades blaze. Is he ultimately to blame? More than a year after a devastating wildfire tore through Pacific Palisades, all but obliterating one of the west coast’s most iconic neighborhoods, prosecutors are honing their case against the man they … Read more

The governor and mayor unveiled a plan for free childcare in New York City. Is the ‘family values’ party listening? I think we all need a little cheering up, don’t you? So allow me to interrupt the steady stream of violent authoritarianism and state-sponsored murder in your feed with some good news. New York City, … Read more

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from freezing $10 billion in social services funding for five Democratic-led states. The federal funds support childcare and other programs for low-income families in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York. The states called the move unconstitutional, and say the funding freeze is creating “operational chaos.”

President Donald Trump hosted nearly 20 oil executives at the White House on Friday, promising them safety and security if they invest $100 billion in Venezuela. It comes one week after his administration captured former Venezuelan regime leader Nicolás Maduro and charged him with trafficking drugs and weapons into the United States. NBC’s Julie Tsirkin reports … Read more

State and local officials say they do not believe investigation into shooting death of Renee Nicole Good will be objective State and local leaders say they do not believe that the FBI investigation of the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good will be fair and impartial, and are sounding alarms about the impact of federal … Read more

ICE Out for Good vigils and rallies are being tracked online by Indivisible, the group behind the No Kings protests More than a thousand protests are planned across the US this Saturday and Sunday after ICE agents shot three people, one fatally, in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon, this week. “This weekend, people all over are … Read more