Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans  —  A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points, unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.  —  In an upset that rattled Republicans in Texas and beyond …

‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company  —  $500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips  —  Four days before Donald Trump's inauguration last year, lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed …

Immigration takes center stage in New Jersey special election … The attacks come as voters across the country — especially Democrats — express concern about ICE's tactics and federal agents killing two U.S. citizens amid protests against the administration's immigration efforts.

Liam Ramos Is Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center.  Release Them All.  —  The arrest and detention of Liam Conejo Ramos, the Minnesota 5-year-old in a blue bunny hat and a Spider-Man backpack, has drawn the attention — and the ire — of the nation.

They Said They Weren't Close to Epstein.  New Documents Show Otherwise.  —  Materials released by the Justice Department revealed that leading business and political figures had enduring relationships with the disgraced financier.  —  They said they didn't really know Jeffrey Epstein that well.

What a swing House district in Colorado shows about Republicans' immigration fallout in the midterms  —  Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier is not opposed to immigration enforcement.  She was heartened by initial moves from the Republican president in his second term that she saw …

Mayors look at Minneapolis with concern and wonder: Is my city next?  —  Interviews with a dozen from both parties show dissatisfaction with the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns and dismay with the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents.

RFK Jr. is now a wellness guru for Republicans in Washington … Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has turned GOP policy orthodoxy on its head with his attacks on food and pharma.  —  He's also turning Republicans into advocates of eating more vegetables, drinking raw milk and eschewing pharmaceuticals.

Trump Jokes About Suing Warsh if He Doesn't Lower Interest Rates  —  President later says he didn't extract any concessions from the Fed nominee  —  President Trump joked during a speech Saturday night that he would sue Kevin Warsh, his nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, if he didn't lower interest rates.

Black philanthropy races to save history as Trump cuts support  —  Private nonprofits and Black philanthropists are stepping in to save endangered Black history touchstones as the Trump administration orders agencies to scrub or rewrite “equity-related” public history.

Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings  —  Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Jordan's parents didn't want her to become an ICE watcher.

Amid FBI investigation, Trump's 2020 election obsession is still shaping Georgia politics  —  The FBI search of a Fulton County election office isn't the only sign that Trump's loss six years ago is echoing through Georgia.  Just look at the race for governor.  — Add NBC News to Google

Trump is trying to shape a new world order.  Here's what it looks like.  —  It's no secret that President Donald Trump has global aspirations — despite his promises of focusing on “America First.”  The past few weeks have seen US action in Venezuela; threats to Greenland, Europe, and Iran …

January 31, 2026  —  White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media this morning:  —  “Plenty of countries in history have experimented with importing a foreign labor class.  The West is the first and only civilization to import a foreign labor class …

Minnesota citizens detained by ICE are left rattled, even weeks later  —  It's a video many saw on social media soon after it happened: Officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, dragging a woman out of her car and forcing her to the ground.  —  The woman in the video is Aliya Rahman …

The White House Is the Crisis  —  Last February I wrote an essay about the Trump administration's strategy of “muzzle velocity.”  Muzzle velocity, in its literal sense, describes the ferocious speed of a bullet at the moment it exits the front end of a gun.

Gavin Newsom Is Playing the Long Game  —  California's governor has been touted as the Democrats' best shot in 2028.  But first he'll need to convince voters that he's not just a slick establishment politician.  —  At a union hall in San Diego last November, Gavin Newsom—the tall …

Jury Finds Doctors Liable for Malpractice in Gender Surgery Lawsuit  —  A jury awarded $2 million in damages to a 22-year-woman who underwent breast removal surgery as a teenager. … WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—A jury on Jan. 30 found a psychologist and surgeon liable for malpractice after they supported …