The White House issued a blunt warning to protesters opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in New Jersey, declaring in an X post that enforcement efforts “will not be deterred,” adding, “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.” The phrase is notably a lyric from Taylor Swift‘s song “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince,” which appeared […]
Activist groups are offering a progressive vision for the U.S.’s next 250 years, positioning themselves against President Donald Trump’s plans to mark the semiquincentennial this summer. The coalition of groups, which are mostly focused on race, is spearheading protests from June 19 through July 4 in New York City, Chicago, Boston, and other major cities, […]
President Donald Trump said he is in no hurry to strike a peace deal after Iran reportedly suspended indirect talks over Israel‘s latest strikes in Lebanon. “I think we’ve been talking too much, if you want to know the truth,” Trump told NBC News on Monday. “I think going silent would be very good, and […]
A federal appeals court ruled on Monday against the Trump administration’s policy of barring transgender troops from the military, finding the policy was arbitrary and implemented with animus. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found 2-1 that the Department of War’s January 2025 policy, which held that people […]
The girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, country singer Alexis Wilkins, has filed a defamation lawsuit against MS Now for a report the outlet published alleging Patel had ordered Wilkins’s security detail to give her friends a ride home. The outlet, formerly MSNBC, published a report in December 2025 based on three anonymous sources that […]
Anthropic filed paperwork on Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. In doing so, Anthropic, which produces the large language model Claude, edged ahead in its fierce competition against rival OpenAI. Analysts have argued that being first to go public could be decisive because investors may not have the […]
A Utah judge on Monday denied accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson’s request to close portions of a preliminary hearing to the public. During a virtual hearing, Utah District Judge Tony Graf issued two rulings stemming from arguments heard last month in the high-profile murder case, denying the defendant’s efforts to keep further proceedings away […]
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner released a new populist advertisement on Monday, leaning into his anti-oligarchy message as he turns the page on another controversy that hit his campaign this weekend. Despite news breaking this weekend that Platner had previously sent sexually explicit messages to multiple women while married to his wife, who knew about […]
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday filed a new complaint against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging the ChatGPT maker knowingly put profits over user safety to win the artificial intelligence “arms race.” The lawsuit seeks to hold Altman liable for allegedly harming Floridians by failing to implement safeguards in ChatGPT and asks […]
President Donald Trump, perhaps the United States’s most prominent Anglophile, had a very special gift on his wish list from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. That request almost drove the ambassador and an international team of civil servants insane before it was ultimately abandoned. A cache of emails related to former British Ambassador to the […]
