The wokest rapper took on the NFL’s plutocratic ownership, the Israel lobby, and the Live Nation ‘flywheel’—and won.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has legions of U.S. fans, because of his most un-Canadian moxie in standing up to President Trump. In his latest move, Carney has even enlisted the EU to invent an ...

After mining out state budgets for 50 years, conservative lawmakers across the country are now turning their pickaxes to local governments’ largest source of revenue: property taxes. Late last year, ...

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The Democratic base and working-class swing voters want action on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid and the expanded monthly Child Tax Credit.

One bill in particular would threaten $500 billion in federal spending every year. Several House Republicans in tough races supported it.

Eric Flores is an Army veteran and lawyer running to unseat Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in Texas District 34.

Staff at the camp euphemistically described the cages as “calming areas” where detainees could “reflect on their behavior choices, manage their emotions,” and, they claimed, leave whenever they wanted ...

Volunteers pack boxes of food for distribution, at the Capital Area Food Bank, September 11, 2026, in Washington. Credit: Rahmat Gul/AP Photo. Read the top story of the day in your inbox. Sign up for ...

The details are vague, and unlike the legislation Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) are preparing to ban artificial superintelligence and place a moratorium on data centers, The AI ...

Ahmed Soliman on the Brooklyn Bridge in 2019. Credit: Sources: Photo courtesy of Kate O’Donnell; Miltiadis Fragkidis/Unsplash. Ahmed Soliman, a 30-year-old gay immigrant from Egypt who had lived in ...