President Donald Trump’s heavy pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t gone over well in some sectors of Israeli society, with some Israeli officials starting to speak out against the president. After Trump got Netanyahu to call off renewed attacks against Beirut, the right wing of Netanyahu’s coalition voiced their collective outrage, accusing Trump […]

Graham Platner may be the presumptive Democratic nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in November, but Senate Democrats are keeping the progressive insurgent at arm’s length amid a new extramarital sexting scandal. Platner, who has already weathered scrutiny over past racist and sexist Reddit posts and for having a tattoo of a Nazi […]

A gunman killed six family members on Monday and then himself when confronted by law enforcement in Muscatine, Iowa, police said. Muscatine police identified 52-year-old Ryan Willis McFarland as the alleged shooter, with the killings occurring across multiple locations and believed to have stemmed from a domestic dispute. Police were first alerted to the shootings […]

The Justice Department’s agreement to temporarily pause its anti-weaponization fund marks a rare retreat from President Donald Trump’s White House as a legal challenge unfolds and opposition from congressional Republicans threatens to blow up a party-line budget bill. The department’s Monday announcement that it would “abide by” a court order pausing the creation and operation […]