Charles B. Rangel (1930 - 2025), war hero, history-making Congressman, and longtime friend of CCNY  —  Former United States Congressman Charles B. Rangel died on Memorial Day.  —  Former United States Congressman Charles B. Rangel, who served 46 trail blazing years in the House of Representatives …

President Speaks of Sacrifice and Boasts of His Successes in Memorial Day Address  —  Where Things Stand  — Memorial Day speech: President Trump highlighted the sacrifices of military veterans during a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery.

Russia sent a record number of drones into Ukraine as Trump says Putin has ‘gone crazy’  —  Russia overnight launched the biggest drone attack on Ukraine in the more than three-year war, a Ukrainian official said Monday.  President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin has gone …

‘Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal’: Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault ‘War Crimes’  —  “What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination,” former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens.  —  Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he now believes …

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry  —  Meta's former head of global affairs said asking for permission from rights owners to train models would “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.” … As policy makers in the UK weigh …

Law for lawlessness  —  Leah Litman is a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School and author of the new book “Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes” — an assessment of the Court's supermajority and how it serves Republican interests instead of the public good.

Rahm Emanuel, Teasing a White House Bid, Says Democratic Brand Is Weak  —  The pugilistic Democrat isn't hiding his political ambitions, openly considering a presidential bid as the party struggles to find a way out of the wilderness  —  CHICAGO—Rahm Emanuel, never humble about his political skills …

E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn't surface  —  Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.  —  Colton George felt sick.  The 9-year-old Indiana boy told his parents his stomach hurt.

Donald Trump's Politics of Plunder  —  The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America's aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.  —  To understand the vagaries of power in Washington, pay attention to where the powerful congregate.  When Teddy Roosevelt was ascending …

Marcel Ophuls, Myth-Shattering War Documentarian, Is Dead at 97  —  He was best-known for “The Sorrow and the Pity,” a landmark film that debunked ideas of vast French resistance to the Nazi occupation.  —  Marcel Ophuls, the German-born filmmaker whose powerful documentary “The Sorrow and the Pity” …

We Are Not Being Asked to Run Into Cannon Fire.  We Just Need to Speak Up.  —  Frederick Douglass thought Decoration Day — the original name for Memorial Day — was the nation's most significant holiday.  On May 30, 1871, the day's fourth annual observance, he honored the unknown Union dead …

California Republicans would love Kamala Harris to run for governor  —  Harris could nationalize the governor's race and create a fundraising bonanza for longshot GOP hopefuls.  —  California Republicans love to hate Kamala Harris.  And they'd really love her to run for governor.

What Pete Hegseth Gets Wrong About ‘Warfighting’  —  Combat?  That's actually not what we want our armed forces to do.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is fond of talking about the need to focus on “warfighting.”  He wants “lethality,” bigtime.  —  That sounds tough, so it plays well on Fox News.

Let's Rededicate Ourselves to a Nonpartisan Military Free of Domestic Entanglements this Memorial Day  —  Trump's plan to deploy the military for immigration enforcement will set a dangerous precedent that'll undermine our democracy … Many worried that President Donald Trump would use …

Members Only: A New Trump Club, Ned's Club and the Enduring Old Guard  —  In a Washington rived by political differences, four private clubs reflect the sorting of the city's establishment into separate corners at a turbulent time.  —  In a Washington rived by political differences …