Election will be a test of Trump’s sway and may provide a rare opportunity for Democrats in the southern state Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A special election for the successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s congressional district in Georgia on Tuesday will be a test … Read more
When Ja Morant brandished a gun on social media the league knew how to act. But what happens when complex questions about team ownership arise? Lately, I’ve been thinking about the job I had two decades ago, when I was a janitor at a machine shop in Fort Worth, Texas. Even as a hungover 20-year-old, … Read more
Trump is wielding imperial powers created by a decades-long master plan. The only way to stop his war is to cut off the money Donald Trump has now ordered military attacks on more countries than any prior president. These assaults do not merely betray his campaign promises. Launched without congressional authorization, Trump’s bombings and incursions … Read more
Our research shows that candidates who come from the union movement are exactly what many Americans crave American politics feels hopelessly broken. Extreme political polarization, enormous amounts of Pac money sloshing around during elections, and the increasing power of the rich make it seem like nothing, and no one, can set the country on the … Read more
HHS says the MIT professor is ‘more than qualified’ to serve on the agency’s vaccine advisory panel and calls ‘attacks’ on him ‘politically motivated’ The MIT professor who has been appointed by Robert F Kennedy Jr to review the safety of Covid-19 vaccines has failed to meet basic scientific standards in his own research on … Read more
Two Democratic sanctuary-state governors signaled they won’t let Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem quietly shift into her new diplomatic role after a year of turbulent immigration enforcement operations in their states. President Donald Trump announced his intention to replace Noem with Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., and transition her into a new role as special envoy … Read more
Some House Republicans are getting worried over the prospect of colleagues quiet-quitting after losing their primary races as election season heats up, threatening to whittle down the GOP’s already perilously slim majority. House Republicans will likely only be able to lose two votes on any party-line measure after a special election in a deep-red Georgia … Read more
Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee declared in a post on X that “Muslims don’t belong in American society,” and later defended his remarks as Democrats condemned them. “Pluralism is a lie,” Ogles also wrote in his controversial post. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., slammed the GOP lawmaker. MAGA HARDLINER PUSHES BAN ON IMMIGRATION … Read more
President Donald Trump and his advisors are sending conflicting messages about how long the war in Iran will last. In an interview with “60 Minutes,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, “This is only the beginning,” while around the same time, Trump told CBS News, “I think the war is very much complete.” NBC’s Peter Alexander … Read more
As attacks escalate across the Middle East, Iran is striking oil-rich gulf states to drive up gas prices and create economic pressure to stop the war. It comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed again to Iranians to rise up and “cast off the yoke of tyranny.” NBC’s Richard Engel reports for TODAY from Tel … Read more
