Politics

‘Comeback Kid’ no more: Dems aren’t protecting the Clintons from Epstein scrutiny

Bill and Hillary Clinton are in House Republicans’ crosshairs — and the Democratic Party they once led isn’t coming to the rescue.A youthful vanguard of progressive office-holders unlikely to even ...

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Arab allies, still on edge ahead of U.S.-Iran talks, hope their warnings have broken through

President Donald Trump’s continued threats toward Iran — and the real prospect of an armed conflict — have American allies in the Gulf on edge ahead of Friday’s talks between U.S. and Iranian offic...

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‘Now we’re in a power struggle’: Europe’s resentment grows over Trump’s newest provocations

President Donald Trump’s hasty climbdown after weeks of threats about seizing Greenland from Denmark’s control has not done much to improve the fraying transatlantic relationship.In fact, the bad f...

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Trump’s second year: Whiplash

President Donald Trump’s first year back in office was defined by sweeping upheaval that was largely plotted out during his four-year Florida exile. But the president has somehow intensified the vo...

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Warner calls on intel watchdog to review Gabbard’s election security work

Sen. Mark Warner is urging a government watchdog to probe whether Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is misusing her position as America’s spy chief to boost false claims of foreign in...

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Trump tells committee chairs he backs controversial spy law extension

President Donald Trump wants Congress to sidestep internal debates and extend a key surveillance program — and he has made the demand directly to key Hill Republicans.At issue is the foreign spy pr...

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Wyden blocks Senate vote on nominee to lead Cyber Command, NSA

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) blocked the Senate this week from fast-tracking the confirmation of Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to serve as head of both U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, citing...

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Pentagon offers no evidence to support claim it attacked Iran in defense

The Trump administration is making the case that it ordered expansive, deadly strikes to stop an imminent threat from Tehran, but is providing no evidence Iran had such plans.The White House, amid ...

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3 US troops reported killed in Iran attack

Three U.S. troops have been killed and five more “seriously wounded” as part of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. Central Command announced Sunday.Several other troops “sustained minor shrapnel injuries an...

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Frey, Mamdani meet in NYC

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey met with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday afternoon, telling reporters ahead of his sit-down that he expected to talk about making sure “that what happene...

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Democrats’ divide over Israel erupts after attacks on Iran

The United States’ attack on Iran is stirring up an already-roiling Democratic debate over Israel, just as primary season kicks off.The joint U.S.-Israel military operation has put the countries’ r...

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Supreme Court considers case involving FBI operative ready to burn everyone

Craig Monteilh has gone rogue — again.The first time the undercover operative had a change of heart, years after the FBI deployed him to penetrate southern California’s Muslim community, his U-turn...

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Reza Pahlavi makes his pitch to lead Iran

With Iran’s leadership reeling from attacks from American and Israeli troops, Reza Pahlavi is arguing that he is best positioned to take over the country in the aftermath of war.Pahlavi, the oldest...

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Lindsey Graham: ‘The mothership of terrorism is sinking’

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) hailed the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday as a turning point for the Middle East, saying the “mothership ...

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Texas bar shooting leaves 3 dead and 14 wounded as FBI investigates terrorism possibility

A gunman opened fire outside a bar in a popular entertainment district in the Texas capital of Austin, killing two people early Sunday in a shooting that the FBI said is being investigated as a pot...

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DAVID MARCUS: In Dallas, voters weigh two Senate primaries and now, a war

It was almost the perfect microcosm for current American politics when I met Lizbeth, a lovely young Latina woman who had spent 10 minutes chanting along at the wrong rally. She thought she was att...

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Klobuchar launches Minnesota governor run

Sen. Amy Klobuchar formally launched her bid for governor of Minnesota, as the state remains a flashpoint for political violence amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.In a video relea...

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Democrats warn Iran operation could turn into another ‘forever war’

Democratic lawmakers voiced concern Sunday that President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Tehran could plunge the U.S. into another protracted war in the Middle East, and called on Congress to vo...

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Trump applauds attack on Iran as strikes reverberate throughout the Middle East

As the conflict in Iran stretched across its second day, President Donald Trump positioned his Sunday media tour as something of a victory lap, applauding the strikes while holding the door open fo...

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Newsom blasts Trump over Iran strikes: ‘Weakness masquerading as strength’

SAN FRANCISCO — Gavin Newsom lit into Donald Trump over the strikes in Iran, casting the attack as a sign of ‘weakness’ and meant to distract from the president’s abysmal poll numbers.“It stems fro...

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Trump Is Attacking Climate Science. Scientists Are Fighting Back.

For over 75 years, the United States has been a global leader in climate change research. In the 1950s, scientists at the University of California showed that carbon dioxide concentrations in the a...

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