Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) are working to strip a provision in the annual defense bill that would integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries. A provision in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act requires War Secretary Pete Hegseth to appoint a lead official to coordinate joint U.S.-Israel defense efforts, including technology research, […]
Tina Peters, a former Mesa County Clerk, reignited her election-rigging narrative just hours after being released from prison in Colorado, where she was serving a nine-year sentence for election interference in 2020. Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) commuted Peters’s sentence at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo last month following public pressure from President Donald Trump. […]
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 […]
