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 …

FBI links California fertility clinic bombing to anti-natalist ideology  —  The attack left one dead on Saturday and injured four others.  —  The car bombing outside a California fertility clinic that killed one person and injured four others appears to have been driven by anti-natalist ideology …

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.

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.

Bruce Springsteen Again Calls Out ‘Unfit President’ Trump at Second Manchester Concert  —  “Things are happening right now that are altering the very nature of our country's democracy, and they're too important to ignore,” singer says, days after president's threatening social media tirade

‘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.

How to Take Medicaid from Millions of Americans, in Less Than 72 Hours  —  There's a reason Republicans are in such a rush to get Trump's “big, beautiful bill” through Congress.  —  THE REPUBLICAN EFFORT TO slash Medicaid stalled on Friday, when legislation cutting more than $625 billion …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Midpoint of Trump Tariff Hiatus to Reveal Increasingly Unsettled World  —  Reports in the coming week may give the fullest reading to date of how major economies are faring with trade disruptions, halfway through President Donald Trump's 90-day hiatus on so-called reciprocal tariffs.

Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact  —  State superintendent Ryan Walters tapped chief of Heritage Foundation, key player behind Project 2025, for curriculum  —  As part of the latest Republican push in red states to promote ideologies sympathetic to Donald Trump …

Vance hopeful for US-EU ‘long-term trade advantages’  —  U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said he was hopeful about “long-term trade advantages” between the European Union and the United States, in rare positive comments from the Trump administration about EU-U.S. trade.

In states, tariffs aren't yet producing the surge of foreign investment Trump is promising  —  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.