Politics

Rove: Trump National Guard deployments 'going to end up being a loser'

GOP strategist Karl Rove predicted Saturday that deploying National Guard troops to Democratic-led cities, over the objections of their respective states’ governors, will ultimately be a ...

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Newsom signs age verification law, siding with tech giants over Hollywood

SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a law requiring device-makers like Apple and Google to check users’ ages online, marking a win for tech companies that had rallied behind...

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Trump, in Egypt, highlights collective effort to end war in Gaza

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — President Donald Trump said “it was an incredible day” as he signed a peace agreement in Egypt alongside key players in the deal that brings to an end the two-year war betw...

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Trump draws praise from more than just MAGA as Israeli hostages return home

President Donald Trump is receiving bipartisan acclaim for his work to clinch a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas last week, including from some GOP rivals who challenged his foreign policy acumen...

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Everybody Around Trump Hates the Unhinged Laura Loomer. Except Trump.

In mid-August, Laura Loomer—a woman who has posted lewd and evidence-free tweets about Kamala Harris’s sexual history, who calls people she disagrees with “cunt,” and who has called for Gaza to...

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AI and the Future of American Politics

Two years ago, Americans anxious about the forthcoming 2024 presidential election were considering the malevolent force of an election influencer: artificial intelligence. Over the past several yea...

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Republicans embrace hardball moves as shutdown enters Week 3

Republicans are ratcheting up pressure on Democrats on multiple fronts as the government shutdown enters a third workweek, hoping the hardball moves can finally force a reckoning as U.S. troops fac...

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The US and China are about to launch the next front in their trade war

The U.S.-China trade war has lurched from fragile truce to bare-knuckle brawl. It is about to intensify further when the two countries hike fees on each others’ commercial ships Tuesday — a move th...

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Portland leader says Trump’s portrayal of city is ‘completely disconnected from the truth’

This isn’t the Portland of 2020. The city has tried to turn the page after the murder of George Floyd sparked 170 days of protests and 13 nights of riots five years ago.In the aftermath, voters thr...

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'This is my great honor': Trump, in Israel, touts lasting peace

JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump on Monday said the world is witnessing the “historic dawn of a new Middle East” with the ceasefire that has taken effect in Gaza, calling for a commitment on all ...

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Dew Drop – October 13, 2025 (#4517)

Top Links Single day registration is now available for TechBash 2025 (TechBash Team) Software Leadership with Jonathan “J.” Tower – Azure & DevOps Podcast Episode #371 (Jeffrey Palermo) ...

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Trump use of funds to pay troops 'probably not' legal, says Democrat

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Sunday it is “probably not” legal for President Trump to repurpose Defense Department funding in order to pay members of the military during the shutdown. ...

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Obama: 'Inherently corrupting' for a president to use military 'against their own people'

Former President Obama criticized President Trump for deploying the National Guard to cities around the country, slamming what he called a "politicization of the military." “It was...

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Polls show voters blame GOP for shutdown. But they don't trust Dems with the economy.

Democrats’ hardline opposition to rising health care costs isn’t earning them voters’ trust on economic issues — a disconnect that lays bare the party’s challenge heading into next year’s midterms....

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Tobacco-style labels for social media now California law after Newsom signature

SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a law mandating health warning labels for social media, making California the latest U.S. state to wield a rule originally designed to cu...

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Dwindling paychecks add pressure on GOP, Trump, Democrats to end shutdown

Pressure on lawmakers to reach a deal to end the government shutdown is expected to rise this week with the prospect that workers will begin to lose paychecks, including members of the mi...

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Vance blames 'misreporting' for uproar after Hegseth Qatari air force facility announcement

A minor MAGA Republican uproar over news last week that the U.S. would host Qatari pilots at a U.S. military base in Idaho was not caused by the Pentagon’s misleading phrasing for the fac...

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'The war is over': What to watch for as Trump heads to Israel

President Donald Trump is on his way to Israel where he is expected to receive a hero’s welcome for brokering a deal to release Israeli hostages that have been held in Gaza for more than two years....

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Trump says he might send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine

President Trump said Sunday that he may send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if Russia doesn't settle its ongoing war with the country. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, the pre...

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The Antichrist has long haunted American politics. Now it’s rearing its head again | Matthew Avery Sutton

From Silicon Valley to Michigan, the biblical figure is in the headlines. The shift from pulpits to politics is familiar – and dangerousTwo scenes from the past two weeks capture something unsettli...

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Doug Ford’s trade threats could backfire, US-Canada business leader warns

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s threats to choke off exports of energy, potash and critical minerals to the United States are setting off alarm bells among cross-border business leaders.“I do...

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