Jeffrey Epstein’s estate is expected to begin handing documents over to Capitol Hill lawmakers on Monday, pursuant to a subpoena issued by the House Oversight Committee last month. Trustees tasked with handling the late pedophile’s matters were ordered to turn over a tranche of files, including his infamous “birthday book,” as part of House lawmakers’ … Read more
A small group of Republican lawmakers who did not feel their leaders were pushing a conservative enough agenda first began meeting in secret a decade ago, huddling in small rooms both inside and outside the U.S. Capitol, while closely guarding their membership for fear of punishment by top House GOP leaders. Fast-forward to Thursday morning, … Read more
His grandparents survived the Nakba and he fled Assad’s Syria. Khalil is no stranger to political persecution, but not even Trump’s crackdown can silence him When a history of resistance to the lurching authoritarianism of Donald Trump’s second presidency is written, it could well begin on 11 April 2025, inside a small immigration courtroom in … Read more
The FDA is allowing the vaccine for people 65 and older, but younger people need to have an underlying condition For many Americans, the new Covid vaccine guidelines from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), spearheaded by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and his highly controversial Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, have … Read more
Request is fraught as department would have to confront appearance it dropped case in order to shield Navarro after he was tapped as Trump’s senior adviser US politics live – latest updates Intent on vindication after spending four months in prison last year, Peter Navarro asked a federal appeals court on Sunday night to force … Read more
Jury selection begins Monday in Fort Pierce, Fla., in the high-profile federal trial of Ryan Routh, who is accused of plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club in September 2024. Jury selection is expected to wrap up Wednesday. Prospective jurors are drawn from voter rolls and driver’s license records … Read more
Growing divide across US as membership increasing – and wages higher – in states that protect workers’ rights Add another growing split to the increasingly divided United States: union membership. US states that protect unions’ collective bargaining rights have experienced an increase in new union members, while states with anti-union “right to work” laws are … Read more
The agency celebrates the US and the president as aggressor, conqueror and unrestrained international lawbreaker On Friday, Donald Trump signed an executive order restoring the Department of Defense to its original name, the Department of War. That name “had a stronger sound”, Trump told reporters in August. “As Department of War we won everything,” he … Read more
President Donald Trump‘s federalization of the D.C. police department and crackdown on Washington crime overwhelmingly benefited Black Americans, who are common victims of violent crimes, crime data found. “You go 13 days without a homicide occurring. Those homicides would have invariably been very heavily Black,” Crime Prevention Research Center Founder and President John Lott told … Read more
A dismal jobs report affirms earlier warnings about the economic impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs, immigration restrictions, and DOGE-led firings.
