Democrats flip the script, eyeing debt limit to block Trump's agenda  —  Republicans have leveraged the debt ceiling for years to block Democrats' agenda.  Now liberals see an opening to stymie Trump.  —  DORAL, Florida — Democrats in Congress are considering forcing a showdown …

Nvidia falls 12% in premarket trading as China's DeepSeek triggers global tech sell-off … WATCH NOW  —  U.S. technology firms plunged in premarket trading, as Chinese startup DeepSeek sparked concerns over competitiveness in AI and America's lead in the sector, triggering a global sell-off.

Trump's Flaming Turd of an Argument for Ending Birthright Citizenship  —  My late father, an old-school seersucker-and-bow-tie Virginia lawyer, had his good days in court and his other days.  After one particularly fraught session in another city, he called my mother to report.  “I did just fine,” he said.

Trump expected to sign executive orders to reshape the military, including banning transgender troops  —  President Donald Trump on Monday is expected to sign three executive orders that would reshape the military, including banning transgender service members from serving in the US armed forces …

Colombia yields on US deportation flights to avert trade war  —  A looming trade war between the US and Colombia appears to have been averted after the Colombian government agreed to allow US military flights carrying deported migrants to land in the Andean country.

No. We Should Not Move Beyond ‘That’  —  The Philadelphia Eagles are going to the Super Bowl.  (So are the Kansas City Chiefs, but who cares?)  The last time the Eagles won it all, in 2018, many of the players declined an invitation to the White House to celebrate with President Trump …

Dem leads early Virginia governor polls  —  Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger received 44% support in two surveys.  —  Early surveys show former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) leading Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) in the race to replace Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) …

Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps  —  At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement …

Kristi Noem Is So Late To Her Swearing-In By JD Vance, He Leaves: Report  —  The new homeland security secretary eventually took her oath elsewhere at a notable conservative's home.  —  LOADING  —  Kristi Noem kept Vice President JD Vance waiting about 25 minutes to swear …

Trump's Lumber Tariffs and Disaster Recovery  —  Border taxes on imports from Canada will slow rebuilding in Los Angeles and North Carolina.  —  President Trump on Friday promised to help North Carolina and California rebuild faster.  One way to do it would be to drop his threat …

Why Trump won't be deporting “millions” of criminals … - About 13,100 of those were convicted in homicides and are imprisoned in the U.S. They'll have deportation hearings after serving their sentences. … But being in the U.S. illegally is a civil violation, not a criminal one.

Trump to reinstate service members discharged for not getting COVID-19 vaccine  —  Service members will receive back pay  —  President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to reinstate service members booted from the military for declining to get COVID-19 vaccine jabs, according to the White House.

I Voted for John Fetterman.  He Betrayed Supporters Like Me. … I don't have a lot of political regrets, but at the very top of the list is voting for John Fetterman in 2022.  At the time, I was living in a small town called Tunkhannock in the northeast corner of Pennsylvania, where I grew up …

Elon Musk Is Giving Europeans a Headache … During an american election, a rich man can hand out $1 million checks to prospective voters.  Companies and people can use secretly funded “dark money” nonprofits to donate unlimited money, anonymously, to super PACs, which can then spend it on advertising campaigns.

Less than 220K Holocaust survivors left worldwide, study finds … - A small number of survivors are expected to speak at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum commemoration in Oświęcim, Poland.  — A handful of survivors will also be on hand at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Maine Law Firm Tells Public Schools to Resist ICE Enforcement by Destroying Immigration Records  —  A leading progressive law firm in Maine is advising public school officials on how they can effectively resist potential immigration enforcement actions that may involve the families of minors …

Kash Patel's Cringe Documentary Teases What Could Be in Store for the FBI  —  The conspiracy theorist Trump tapped to become FBI Director will sit for his confirmation hearing this week  —  Kash Patel will sit down in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to explain …

The Deportation Nightmare Begins  —  Whatever Trump intends, this will spiral out of control  —  Item: On Thursday, agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement entered the back of a small business in Newark, NJ without a warrant and arrested three undocumented workers.

The Meme Coin Is Just the Beginning  —  The Market for Foreign Government Business Under Trump's New Ethics Policy  —  President Trump's new meme crypto token has dropped from its pre-inaugural highs and in recent days has been valued at only $ 29 billion, a fall of 60 per cent from its peak.

The foreign policy of an American kleptocracy  —  President Trump's Middle East policy took a dark turn on Saturday when he announced on Air Force One that he favored the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.  “You're talking about a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing,” Trump said.