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 …

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 …

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 …

A Book Points to Biden's Decline and Democrats' Cowardice: 6 Takeaways  —  The book, “Original Sin,” describes how Mr. Biden's aides quashed concerns about his age.  But the anonymous accounts show that many Democrats are still afraid to discuss the issue publicly.

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 …

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.

White House eased China tariffs after warnings of harm to 'Trump's people'  —  The president has backtracked repeatedly on his tariff policies, creating a whiplash with downsides and few clear benefits so far.  —  Some of the president's top aides saw an opening.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists  —  President Trump campaigned on a pledge to fight antisemitism.  —  “Antisemitic bigotry has no place in a civilized society,” Trump said at an event in 2024.  —  However, the president's critics question whether antisemitism …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration  —  Mexico's security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration.

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 …