One dead after suspected bomb blast near reproductive health clinic in Palm Springs  —  An explosion that authorities believe was “an intentional act of violence” outside a fertility clinic left one person dead in Palm Springs on Saturday.  —  The blast was reportedly felt more than two miles away …

Mexican tall ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge, snapping masts and fatally injuring 2 crew members  —  A Mexican navy sailing ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday night, snapping its three masts, fatally injuring two crew members and leaving …

Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions  —  The Justice Department's Public Integrity Section is charged with ensuring cases against elected officials are not politically motivated.  The Trump administration is considering changing that.

‘I own the store’: Trump seeks a direct role in the economy  —  From prices to tariffs to dealmaking, Trump's involvement in economic issues prompts both frustration and applause.  —  President Donald Trump is trying to force down drug prices to specific levels.  He has directed tariff rates on virtually every country.

Tornado warnings delayed because of DOGE cuts  —  Of all the disasters I've studied, tornadoes scare me the most.  —  They come with little warning and can erase entire communities in minutes — even seconds.  —  There's no four-day lead-up to prepare like we often have with major hurricanes …

F.D.A. Approves Novavax Covid Vaccine With Stricter New Conditions  —  The agency narrowed who can get the shot and added new study requirements that could cost the company tens of millions.  —  The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine …

The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement  —  Even before President Trump was re-elected, the Heritage Foundation, best known for Project 2025, set out to destroy pro-Palestinian activism in the United States.  —  In late April, the Heritage Foundation dispatched …

One Thing Helping Trump's Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention  —  Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump's job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena College poll found.

America chose wrong.  Sanders would've been a better president than Trump or Biden.  —  If Democrats want to save the party and defeat Trump in the midterms, it's clear that something needs to change.  Bernie Sanders is providing a roadmap for how to do it.

Trump touts flood of foreign investments, but local economic officials aren't yet seeing it  —  The Trump administration has touted investments to reassure Americans who are uneasy about his tariffs.  But economic development officials say those investments have slowed amid economic uncertainty.

The Coalition That Powered Trump to Victory in 2024 Is Starting to Fray  —  The president's approval rating slips among the young, Black and Latino voters he brought to the Republican Party  —  President Trump's victory in 2024 not only put a Republican in the White House but gave the party hope …

Energized by Kennedy, Texas ‘Mad Moms’ Are Chipping Away at Vaccine Mandates  —  A measles outbreak in the state has not stopped “medical freedom” activists from pushing forward with their goal.  They now have an influential ally in Washington: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Donald Trump keeps declaring national emergencies.  Why?  —  Presidential emergency declarations mean emergency powers — and a way around Congress. … President Donald Trump has made a habit of declaring emergencies. … In all, he's declared eight emergencies in his first 100 days …

The $7 Billion We Wasted Bombing a Country We Couldn't Find on a Map  —  The Signal scandal drew howls of outrage for the way Trump administration officials insecurely exchanged texts about military strikes on Yemen.  But dig a little deeper, and there's an even larger scandal.

JD Vance and Pope Leo: The Backdrop to an Inauguration  —  The cardinals' selection of Pope Leo tests the strained relationship between the bishop of Rome and conservative Catholics.  —  The announcement that Vice President JD Vance would attend Pope Leo XIV's inauguration mass included a simple line.

Assessing the Wreckage of Affirmative Action  —  REVIEW: 'The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don't Need Racial Preferences to Succeed' by Jason L. Riley … On a consistent basis, he shrewdly dissects the nostrums of many authors, both black and white, who assert that the road …