1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (362+ words) The ruling is one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s use of “energy emergency” powers. The Department of Energy overstepped when it ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Michigan to stay open past its planned retirement…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (527+ words) Two federal statutes forbid paying people to vote, and the Constitution lists bribery as an impeachable offense. On Wednesday, during the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, President Donald Trump promised voters that if they deliver a GOP-controlled Congress in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (513+ words) The HFAC’s ranking member and likely next chair Greg Meeks (D-NY) — similarly a hardline supporter of Israel and of autocratic U.S. allies — unsurprisingly praised the new likeminded appointees and expressed positivity about how they will soon “guide the committee…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (628+ words) Nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe the Trump economy is going to get worse, new polling shows. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, President Donald Trump claimed that his administration is successfully addressing the affordability crisis, despite complaining last month that…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (457+ words) Under the system, USPS could toss an entire batch of 10,000 ballots if the agency fails to verify one of them. The United States Postal Service (USPS) has been secretly and, at times, unlawfully working on an unprecedented new screening system…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (534+ words) Trump said that “SOMETHING MUST BE DONE” about polls showing his strong disapproval ratings. In Truth Social posts on Sunday, President Donald Trump threatened to use the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to target broadcasters and journalists whose reporting on him…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (360+ words) “RFK’s platform is built on lies and grifts that leave a trail of dead children in their wake,” said Sen. Ron Wyden. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) has called for a criminal investigation into Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (920+ words) Supporters of Trump-sanctioned individuals or entities face maximums of $1 million in fines and 20 years imprisonment. The United States has long endeavored to undermine the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Donald Trump has taken the assault to a new level…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (324+ words) A group of 27 Congressional Democrats is probing the Trump administration over its campaign to suppress and persecute people with left-wing beliefs under National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7), demanding that officials divulge the breadth of their shadowy suppression campaign. In a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (447+ words) The U.S. admitted 10,258 refugees — nearly all of them white South Africans — in the first 10 months of the fiscal year. The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit…...