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An analysis released Friday by Democrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee details how US President Donald Trump loaded up on shares of major pharmaceutical companies last year as his administration and Republican allies enacted policies that…

After months of being outspent by Democrat James Talarico on the airwaves, Republicans launched a massive rescue mission for Ken Paxton in September, dropping over $200 million to boost their U.S.

Several members of Congress have submitted new legislation that would require financial regulators and private banking institutions to disclose thus far unreleased transactions made by disgraced financier and accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

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The Pentagon has reportedly drawn up plans to attack Iran with the “Mother of All Bombs” (MOAB), the largest conventional weapon ever developed by weight, after being ordered by President Donald Trump to develop strike plans for targets that include “a lot

President Donald Trump has cancelled a plan to livestream the firing squad execution of former soldier Nidal Malik Hasan after widespread backlash from the public, politicians, military members, and faith leaders.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reportedly fast-tracking a program designed to expand its domestic surveillance capabilities in dozens of cities across the United States.

Cornell University has suspended parties and social events at fraternity houses for the remainder of the academic year, and will work with state police and their sexual assault investigators on future cases.

More than 28,000 cameras in Atlanta are integrated into a “real-time crime center,” allowing police live access to many of their video streams.

We speak with tech journalist Paris Marx about his new book, Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that anyone leaking information out of his own White House should face execution, in an escalation of violent rhetoric against leakers and journalists.

The state of New Mexico in 2025 made headlines for being the first in the nation to enact free universal child care.

The Trump administration is working to build a case against Rep.

Abdul-Rahman al-Nashash, 11, holds onto the edge of a chair and pushes his left leg into a plastic prosthetic that doesn’t fit him anymore.

Americans’ confidence in the safety of the food supply has plummeted, as has their belief in federal food safety standards, according to a new poll from Gallup.

President Donald Trump attempted to spin high oil prices as a boon for the United States at a rally in Arizona on Wednesday, just hours after new federal data showed that inflation reached its highest level in months in September.

Across the country, communities are fighting back against the construction of AI data centers and winning.

A government watchdog has filed a lawsuit seeking to prohibit Jared Kushner from serving as special envoy for the Trump administration amid reports of conflicts of interest related to his role as a top Middle East negotiator.

A strong majority of Americans believe that President Donald Trump is profiting illegally or unethically from his presidency, polling finds.

On September 14, far-right influencer Chaya Raichik, known online as Libs of Tiktok, attacked a Washington state high school on Facebook for displaying a Pride flag.

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows inflation has increased over the past month (and the year overall), as millions of Americans say they are struggling to make ends meet or pay for basic necessities.

The Korean Peninsula was thrust back into the spotlight this August following a surprise announcement from U.S.

Following White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia’s first appearance before the media on Tuesday, numerous aspects of her background have come to light — including her staunch anti-abortion views and that she may have lied about her résumé.

A Trump administration official intervened against an insider trading investigation into suspiciously timed oil sales made just minutes before a critical announcement by President Donald Trump related to the Iran war this March, new reporting finds.

If you swam, fished or paddled a lake or river in the US over the past couple of years, there’s a more than 80% chance the water contained toxic “forever chemicals,” according to a new report.

Israeli forces have raided what they say are the offices of several Palestinian NGOs in the occupied West Bank.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israel’s attorney general and the heads of the Israeli military and Shin Bet security service to investigate the soldiers and officers interviewed anonymously in the documentary film NAZA.

On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from the Trump administration challenging a lawsuit that seeks access to records stemming from Elon Musk’s time leading the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE).

Late last month, the wealthiest tech executives on the planet smiled next to President Donald Trump after essentially pinky-swearing they would voluntarily adopt safety policies around AI.

The average retiree will soon see average cuts of over $2,000 to their annual Social Security benefits if the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign is continued, according to a new report on the widespread economic consequences of the president…

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President Donald Trump is reportedly asking advisors if he should go through with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream a military execution later this year.

ICE is offering children as young as 5 years old $3,000 “incentives” to voluntarily depart the country, legal advocates have reported, as the Trump administration works to separate immigrant families under the hammer of their mass deportation machine.

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US President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy Iran have become so frequent that they often don’t make headlines.

We speak with the Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney about his new documentary Musk, an expansive, nearly four-hour examination of the world’s first trillionaire and how he has amassed unprecedented power in business, technology and politics.

Since being released early from prison in June, former Colorado election clerk Tina Peters has been granted extraordinary access to the halls of power in Washington.

Health officials in Pennsylvania have announced another death related to measles, the sixth overall in the state and the U.S. since the beginning of this year.

Newly released 911 calls show that prison officials neglected to provide basic details when calling for emergency care for Christa Pike after Tennessee officials botched her execution last week.

Tablet computers have revolutionized communication inside prisons for hearing prisoners.

In the course of a single election cycle, the backlash against data centers has grown from an issue at local planning commission and city council meetings to become a flashpoint in state and federal races across the country.

In newly unearthed audio, Republican candidate for U.S.

Tens of thousands of people in India have taken to the streets in recent days to protest the deletion of 130 million names from the voter rolls, a large majority of which are believed to be opposed to Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP party.

Following years of threats from President Donald Trump and other Republicans to deport Rep.

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A deadly measles outbreak in Pennsylvania, which has infected more than 975 people this year and been linked to five deaths, has also infected at least 50 pregnant women in the state.

On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that the Indigenous Lucayan people called Guanahani.

The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are still reeling from the Bench Fire, which tore through more than 60,000 acres of the reservation in north central Oregon in July and August, but Indigenous activists are working hard to provide for the community…

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has donated $1 million to an Idaho political action committee, or PAC, opposing the abortion rights initiative on the ballot this November.