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Trump Signed the Saudi Nuclear Deal, Then Rewrote Its Terms on Social Media

The ink on the largest U.S.-Saudi nuclear agreement in decades was barely dry when…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 23

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FBI Told to Stop Investigating ICE Agent Shootings as Accountability Fears Mount

The FBI has been directed to stop investigating confrontations involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 21

Rapper Boosie Badazz sits alone at a marble table in a dim Washington hotel lounge with a legal folder and phone, the US Capitol dome visible through the window behind him

Boosie’s $600,000 Pardon Receipt Is the Clearest Look Yet at Trump’s Clemency Market

Torence Hatch, the Baton Rouge rapper known as Boosie Badazz, wired $600,000 to a…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 20

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CDC Cuts Meet a Parasite, a Flesh-Eating Fly, and Ebola: Welcome to the Gutted-Agency Era

The same summer that a stomach parasite put more than 140 Americans in the…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 17

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Guadalupe River Crests at 37 Feet as Flash Flood Emergency Kills 1 in Texas Hill Country

One person is dead and more than 75 have been pulled from rising water…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 16

Todd Blanche seated at the witness table speaking into a microphone before a raised dais of U.S. senators at his attorney general confirmation hearing

Todd Blanche’s Attorney General Hearing Becomes a Referendum on a Captured Justice Department

Todd Blanche, the criminal-defense lawyer who sat at Donald Trump’s side through the Manhattan…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 15

United States Senator Lindsey Graham in a dark navy suit and red tie standing before an American flag in a Capitol interior

Lindsey Graham, Trump Ally and Senate Foreign-Policy Hawk, Dies at 71

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina died Saturday at 71 after a brief and…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 12

Former CIA Director John Brennan in a dark suit walking past the columned facade of a Washington DC federal courthouse

John Brennan Sues the DOJ Before It Can Indict Him, Turning Trump’s Retribution Machine Into Evidence

Former CIA Director John Brennan sued the Justice Department, the White House, and Acting…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 2

Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Offers the Trump Administration a 5% Stake, Turning the Regulator Into a Shareholder

OpenAI has proposed handing the United States government a 5% stake in the company,…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 2

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The Supreme Court Just Told Trump He Cannot Rewrite the 14th Amendment by Executive Order

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that the Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship to…

By Mark Masterson · Jun 30

Aerial view of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool filled with green algae-covered water

Trump Claims Vandals Sabotaged the Reflecting Pool. Experts Say the $14.7 Million Renovation Did That Itself.

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become the most expensive puddle in Washington, and…

By Mark Masterson · Jun 25

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Senate Republicans Reverse Course on Iran War Powers After Trump’s Closed-Door Shouting Match

The Senate’s position on presidential war powers in Iran did a full 180 in…

By Mark Masterson · Jun 25

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$14.6 Million Blue Reflecting Pool Turned Green in a Week and Paint Coming Peeling

U.S. Capitol building at dusk with scattered papers on a table and empty podium with microphones in the foreground under dark storm clouds

Trump Torpedoes His Own Intel Chief Nomination in Bizarre FISA Standoff

Rows of missiles on a defense manufacturing production line with welding sparks and industrial lighting

Trump Invokes the Defense Production Act to Ramp Up Weapons Manufacturing as Iran War Drains Stockpiles

The United States Capitol building illuminated at night with American flags and dramatic sky

House Passes $70 Billion Secure America Act in Razor-Thin 214-212 Vote

Close-up of US currency being printed on a high-security printing press with intricate engraving details

Trump’s $250 Bill Push Has a Problem: Even MAGA Is Not Sold on It

Aerial view of sprawling Florida neighborhood with red-roofed houses and palm trees with property tax document

Florida’s Plan to Eliminate Property Taxes for Most Homeowners Sounds Great Until You Read the Fine Print

Protesters behind barricades facing police at night outside an institutional building in Newark

Newark Imposes Curfew as ICE Detention Protests Enter Second Week of Clashes

Firefighters spray water on a large industrial chemical storage tank at dusk as emergency vehicles surround it near suburban homes

50,000 Evacuated in Garden Grove as a Cracked Chemical Tank Keeps Orange County on Edge

A lone traveler seen from behind pulls a suitcase and holds a passport and documents in a quiet airport departure hall at dawn

Green Card Overhaul Could Force Hundreds of Thousands to Leave the U.S. to Apply

A US Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft in level flight over the Caribbean Sea at golden hour, with a distant tropical coastline visible on the horizon

Twenty-Five US Spy Flights Off Cuba Since February, and the Pentagon Wants Havana to See Them

Empty institutional hospital hallway with biocontainment unit glass doors and a yellow biohazard placard, evoking the National Quarantine Unit response to the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak

17 Americans From Hantavirus Cruise Ship Land in Nebraska Quarantine, One Tests Positive

Empty wooden press-briefing podium with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seal in a dim federal press room, suggesting an unfilled commissioner post

Makary Out as FDA Chief One Day Before Senate Testimony, Pushed Over Mifepristone and Vape Fights

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Pentagon Blocks 165 US Wind Farm Projects: Trump Administration Cites National Security to Freeze All Onshore and Offshore Wind Development

war on iran

Project Freedom Begins in Strait of Hormuz: Iran Claims Missile Hit on US Warship as Ceasefire Unravels

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US Withdrawing 5,000 Troops From Germany: Trump Punishes NATO Ally Over Iran War Criticism

war on iran

Iran War Clock Doesn’t Apply Because Of Ceasefire Says Trump: Why The 60-Day War Powers Deadline Matters

TSA Funding Crisis 2026 DHS Says Airport Security Workers Could Go Unpaid by May as Shutdown Drags On

Labour & Workers

TSA Funding Crisis: DHS Says Airport Security Workers Could Go Unpaid by May as Shutdown Drags On

Strait of Hormuz Shipping Standstill Why the Iran Ceasefire Has Not Reopened the World's Most Important Oil Chokepoint

Trump Fires Navy Secretary During Iran War As Approval Ratings Hit New Lows