Democrats just flipped Nebraska's biggest city  —  Democrat John Ewing unseated Republican Mayor Jean Stothert in Tuesday's officially nonpartisan election to lead Omaha, a victory that ends the GOP's 12-year hold on Nebraska's largest city.  —  Stothert conceded the race after 9 PM local …

Wisconsin Judge Indicted on Charges That She Helped Immigrant Evade Agents  —  Judge Hannah C. Dugan was accused of helping an undocumented immigrant elude federal agents who were waiting to arrest him outside her courtroom.  —  The Wisconsin judge arrested last month and accused of helping …

Republicans Raise Concerns Over Trump's Plane Gift as He Heads to Qatar  —  Some lawmakers flag potential security issues as the president doubles down on defending the offer, saying only a ‘fool’ would turn it down  —  WASHINGTON—Republican lawmakers on Tuesday expressed national-security concerns …

Democrats take aim at GOP's Medicaid work requirements  —  Democrats aggressively oppose all elements of a Republican proposal to overhaul Medicaid as a way to cut spending — but they are now zeroing in on the specific proposal to make work requirements a condition of qualifying for the program.

Federal judge OKs use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans who are labeled gang members  —  A federal judge says President Donald Trump can use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan citizens who are shown to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang.  —  The ruling Tuesday …

Trump calls for new Iran nuclear deal  —  In his final open remarks during his time in Riyadh, President Donald Trump echoed his calls for a nuclear deal with Iran and again touted his closeness with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.  —  “The whole world is watching the Middle East …

Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson among players reinstated by MLB  —  In a historic, sweeping decision, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday removed Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and other deceased players from Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list.

In High-Stakes Negotiations, Trump's Opponents Are Learning His Patterns  —  President Trump often takes maximalist positions, only to back down and declare a win.  His opponents are catching on.  —  President Trump has long reveled in his reputation as a maximalist, issuing a huge demand …

Tiny Company With China Ties Announces Big Purchase of Trump Cryptocurrency  —  The firm, which produces content for TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale would allow it to invest heavily in the $TRUMP memecoin.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Changed His Wife's Flight to Avoid Newark Airport  —  Would you let your family fly out of Newark? … Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy keeps going on TV and insisting it's safe to fly in and out of Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey …

A Free People Need a Free Press  —  This essay was originally delivered as a talk at the Notre Dame Kellogg Institute for International Studies on Tuesday.  —  The role of a free and independent press in a healthy democracy is under direct attack, with increasingly aggressive efforts to curtail and punish independent journalism.

One of Congress' Wealthiest Members Made Stock Trades Worth Millions After Trump Announced Tariffs  —  Rep. Jefferson Shreve bought and sold millions in stocks between April 7 and April 17, according to a review of congressional records.  — Copy  —  A freshman Republican congressman …

Trump Administration Cuts Additional $450 Million in Grants to Harvard  —  The latest broadside from the federal government comes as Harvard faces multiple investigations from across the Trump administration.  —  The Trump administration on Tuesday canceled an additional $450 million in grants …

Trump Administration Reportedly Told Court About Its Efforts To Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia  —  Lawyers for the wrongly deported man revealed a stark contrast to what Trump and his officials have been saying publicly.  —  The Trump administration has reportedly told the court overseeing …

The End of Rule of Law in America … The president of the united states appears to have long ago forgotten that Americans fought the Revolutionary War not merely to secure their independence from the British monarchy but to establish a government of laws, not of men, so that they and future generations …

Elon Musk's apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired … What initially appeared to be a power play by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take over the US Copyright Office by having Donald Trump remove the officials in charge has now backfired …

Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF  —  Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress  —  Skip backwardsGo ten seconds backward Skip forwardsGo ten seconds forward  —  Audio is AI-generated.  Report an issue|  Give feedback  —  Smaller.

Robert De Niro attacks Trump in Cannes speech: 'This isn't just America's problem'  —  Accepting honorary Palme d'Or at opening ceremony of festival, actor rails against the US's ‘philistine president’  —  The actor Robert De Niro has - after a brief period of abstention …

DOGE Removes Dozens of Resurrected Contracts From Its List of Savings  —  Elon Musk's group is no longer claiming credit for canceling those contracts after The New York Times reported that they were revived.  —  Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is no longer claiming credit …

Trump's ICE Used a Woman's Kids and Grandchild as ‘Bait’ To Arrest Her  —  The president's crackdown on immigrants has roiled the town of Worcester, Massachusetts, following a chaotic arrest last week  —  When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Rosane Ferreira de Oliveira …

DOJ ‘weaponization’ group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says  —  As Jeanine Pirro prepares to become U.S. attorney in D.C., Trump loyalist Ed Martin is taking over the Justice Department's effort to investigate Trump's investigators.

How Joe Biden Handed the Presidency to Donald Trump  —  At a fateful event last summer, Barack Obama, George Clooney, and others were stunned by Biden's weakness and confusion.  Why did he and his advisers decide to conceal his condition from the public and campaign for reëlection?