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24+ min ago (188+ words) New details are emerging about the Trump administration's Sept. 2 strike on a vessel they claimed was trafficking drugs to the United States, which cast serious doubt on the validity of the military target. Bradley "argued there was still a possibility the drug shipment could have ultimately made its way from Suriname to the US, the sources said, telling lawmakers that justified striking the smaller boat even if it wasn't directly heading to US shores at the time it was hit." He also said he believed that the survivors clinging to the hull were trying to continue their drug run. However, this comes as a mounting chorus of legal experts say the strikes amounted to a war crime and unlawful use of military force, contradicting the longstanding policy of interdicting and arresting the crews of drug trafficking vessels. It also comes…...

27+ min ago (499+ words) U.S. Representative Mikie Sherrill, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for New Jersey and Lieutenant governor-elect Dale Caldwell react on stage at her election night rally after U.S. media projected that she won, in East Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S., November 4, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar A significant number of voters in 2025's statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia voted for Democrats this year despite casting their ballots for President Donald Trump in 2024. Now, some of them are hinting at what types of candidates they aim to support in next year's midterms. NBC News reported Friday that focus groups interviewing voters who pivoted from Trump to Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia found that while those swing voters sharply critical of both major parties, they still identified several criteria that they preferred in candidates. The 14 voters themselves are 12 self-described independents, along with one Democrat and one Republican. The…...

30+ min ago (1754+ words) The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear arguments over the legality of Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship, the 1868 constitutional detail that entitles any person born on U.S. soil to an American passport. In doing so, the nation's highest judiciary has set the stage for a decision, expected by the end of June, that could undermine the Fourteenth Amendment. That amendment guarantees citizenship to everyone born or naturalized on U.S. soil. Trump attempted to end the constitutionally enshrined right mere hours after he was sworn into office in January by signing an executive order stating that children born to immigrants on temporary visas or who are in the country illegally should not be entitled to birthright status. That order was blocked by multiple judges in multiple court circuits over the last year. "Long after the Clause's adoption, the mistaken view that…...

30+ min ago (1734+ words) The mother of Karoline Leavitt's nephew was reportedly engaged in a nasty years-long custody battle with the White House press secretary's brother before she was detained by Immigration and Customs enforcement last month, WBUR reported Friday. Bruna Ferreira'a 33-year-old Brazilian immigrant who shares a child with Karoline's brother Michael Leavitt'was arrested last month in Massachusetts. She is currently detained in Louisiana, hundreds of miles away from New Hampshire, where her 11-year-old son lives with his father. It seems, however, that Ferreira and her ex-husband had a tumultuous relationship in the years leading up to her arrest. Ferreira and Leavitt had their son in March 2014, just weeks after she finalized her divorce from her first husband. At first, things seemed amicable, but in April 2015, Leavitt filed a child custody complaint in New Hampshire family court and told police that an "illegal…...

39+ min ago (429+ words) As Congressional Republicans struggle to "craft a message" on affordability, President Donald Trump is offering no help to them, according to Bloomberg Government's Mica Soellner. "More than a dozen House and Senate Republicans interviewed by Bloomberg Government said there's been minimal guidance from the administration on discussing the issue of affordability, which President Donald Trump has referred to as a 'hoax' this week," Soellner writes. The White House has had its own issues coming up with "an effective message on the cost of living and the economy, as Trump grapples with falling approval numbers driven by pocketbook issues," Soellner adds. Republicans have followed the White House's lead, Soellner explains, but they are having trouble finding "abetter way to reassure voters they are taking economic anxieties seriously." Rep. James Comer (R-KY) tells Bloomberg that Trump has his work cut out for…...

43+ min ago (297+ words) With the international soccer competition set to be hosted in the U.S. next year, FIFA's President Gianni Infantino was in Washington D.C. for the 2026 World Cup draw when he gave Trump the medal onstage at the Kennedy Center. Trump, beaming, declared it "one of the great honors of my life" and repeated that the U.S. was "the hottest country anywhere in the world." Online, however, his apparent delight was met with unrelenting mockery: In one of the most pathetic and humiliating moments in history, Trump just received the new inaugural FIFA Peace Prize. " Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) December 5, 2025 " Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) December 5, 2025 " Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) December 5, 2025 " Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) December 5, 2025 The nominees for the next FIFA Peace Prize are: " Paddy Power (@paddypower) December 5, 2025 wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics " derek guy…...

49+ min ago (638+ words) From knowingly unhealthy products to deadly working conditions, capitalism's focus on profit poisons our food, our planet, and our class. The same company that sells us nostalgic, heartwarming commercials featuring sweet old snowmen is, in the boardroom, run by people who openly acknowledge they peddle often unhealthy foods to the working class and poor. Is anyone surprised? Of course not. This is not an aberration; it's the inevitable consequence of a system in which corporate profit is always put ahead of public welfare. The consequences of this system are an ongoing list of horrors. According to a powerful report by the Freedom Food Alliance, which we encourage readers to consult, the reality is stark. But the capitalists and their politicians cry, "We need factory farming and industrialized agriculture to "feed the world! This same system of capitalized foods incentivizes certain…...

54+ min ago (413+ words) Given what has unfolded during the first year of Donald Trump's second presidential administration, it is clear that many voters made a mistake when they turned their backs on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and chose to believe the lies that were told to them by Republicans and Donald Trump. Many voters seem to have cast their ballots under the impression that things could not get worse under a second Trump administration than they were under Biden. Those voters were wrong. While prices and inflation were unacceptably high, the rest of the economy was engaging in a stellar rebound and showing strength. Looking back through the lens of 2025, things weren't as bad as voters thought, because Donald Trump returned to office and made the economic and cultural situation so much worse. It turns out that what many in the media,…...

55+ min ago (463+ words) A Department of Homeland Security official took to X on Friday afternoon to deny that a Democratic member of Congress had been pepper-sprayed by immigration agents " but her explanation of what really happened was less than convincing to a legal expert.Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), who became a focus of controversy as House Republican leadership refused to swear her in for a month after she won a special election to replace her deceased father, posted a video earlier in the day, saying, "ICE just conducted a raid by Taco Giro in Tucson " a small mom-and-pop restaurant that has served our community for years. When I presented myself as a Member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed-aside and pepper sprayed."Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin posted a response shortly thereafter."If her claims were true, this would…...

57+ min ago (265+ words) U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to members of the media following the passage of a funding bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to bring the longest U.S. government shutdown in history to a close, which now requires U.S. President Donald Trump's signature, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz The GOP candidate, Matt Van Epps, defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn by roughly 8.5 percent, but given how deep red that district is " Donald Trump carried it by 22 percent in 2024 " Democratic strategists believe Behn overperformed. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) discussed the pressures he is facing during a Friday morning, December 5 appearance on right-wing Fox Business. When host Stuart Varney asked Johnson if he works "18 hours a day," the House speaker responded, "More, more. And I have to because President Trump works 21 hours a day. I'm a wartime speaker in a real…...