Former Institute of Peace board files urgent motion to stop Trump from carving his name into building
Ousted U.S. Institute of Peace board members urgently asked a D.C. federal appeals court Thursday to block President Donald Trump...
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.18.26: Early voting begins as the midterms get underway
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * Though the 2026 midterm elections have been on the...
Trump celebrates an energy truce between Russia and Ukraine that doesn’t appear to exist
In recent weeks, as domestic energy prices reached new heights, the White House rolled out a talking point: Instead of...
Following RFK Jr.’s latest bizarre performance, 52 GOP senators have some explaining to do
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing accusations that he’s thoroughly disengaged from his day job, has...
Trump is launching a strange and unpromising campaign against ‘effective altruism’
The Trump administration, bereft of any serious ideas of its own, excels at scaring up some concept or faction on...
Mike Johnson’s do-nothing House goes home with a whimper
On Wednesday afternoon, Speaker Mike Johnson adjourned the House and sent the 433 current members back to their districts. They...
They sparked Signalgate. Now they’re threatening to sink Trump in a different way.
The U.S. decision to attack the Houthis last year unwittingly kicked off one of the most bruising political scandals of...
‘The least popular position in America’: Even GOP lawmakers think Trump has it wrong on AI
President Donald Trump wrote this week that concerns about artificial intelligence are a “hoax” and that the only thing needed...
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles,...
Bill Cassidy on vaccines, RFK Jr. and the fight for public trust
Bill Cassidy on vaccines, RFK Jr. and the fight for public trust lead image
