Trump Pardons Violators of the Clean Air Act and a Major Donor  —  The president used his clemency power to further undermine environmental laws and to help a political supporter who pleaded guilty in a fraud involving Jack Abramoff.  —  The White House announced on Friday that President Trump …

Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal in latest long-range attack on Russia  —  A Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Russian officials said, as Kyiv presses on with bombardment of Russia's oil infrastructure.

Trump's Remarkable Losing Streak  —  The administration has lost at least a dozen election-related cases.  —  Earlier this year, President Trump claimed a new area of expertise: election law.  “I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject,” …

Trump Takes Stock of Other Presidencies, Shedding Light on His Own  —  In his second term, the president has increasingly mused about his predecessors, comparing himself with some and distancing from the failures of others.  —  President Trump has always stood ready to tear down his immediate predecessors …

Trump to speak at Mount Rushmore, one monument he can't remake  —  President Donald Trump will give a speech honoring America's 250th anniversary before the likenesses of four predecessors Friday night.  There's no room for a fifth, experts say.  —  KEYSTONE, S.D. — A federal building …

Democrats Are Seizing on Trump's Soaring Wealth as a Campaign Opportunity  —  The president disclosed huge income gains this week.  Democrats want to turn that into a political liability.  —  A day after President Trump disclosed that his personal income topped $2 billion last year …

Bessent brushes off critics of Trump's crypto haul  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is brushing off criticism against President Trump for raking in over $1 billion in cryptocurrency profits while in the White House.  —  “I don't think there's an appearance problem,” …

Air Force Detains Officer Who Called for Trump's Impeachment at Capitol  —  Maj. Jason Watson, who was in uniform, was arrested during a protest that followed a news conference on Wednesday.  —  An active-duty officer was placed into Air Force custody after he was arrested in uniform …

Is there anything more pathetic than a Bluesky user?  —  The progressive version of Twitter offers a world of vicious, sneering odium that only those who see themselves as kinder humans dish out  —  Twitter - formally known as X, since owner Elon Musk changed its name in 2023 - is a cesspit of hate, intolerance and bigotry.

These Justices Are Not Impartial  —  Why such a slim Supreme Court majority upheld birthright citizenship  —  In 1898, the same Supreme Court that upheld Jim Crow segregation as constitutional also upheld the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship, by a 6-2 vote.

Zohran Mamdani rebukes Trumpism with pro-immigrant speech for US's 250th birthday  —  New York mayor's speech cut ideological counterpoint to policies of president, who will deliver his own remarks later today  —  New York's mayor, Zohran Mamdani, exalted the city's legacy of immigrants …

DOJ refuses to hand over Epstein files after judge's order  —  DOJ declines to turn over redacted information after judge's order to release documents or explain why they're being withheld  —  The Department of Justice is refusing to hand over redacted information from investigative files connected …

Acting DNI Bill Pulte begins firing dozens of intelligence officials  —  Dozens of intelligence officials began receiving notice of their terminations on Thursday under Bill Pulte, the new acting director of national intelligence.  —  An intelligence official, who spoke on the condition …

Trump's National Guard Deployment in Washington Expands Ahead of Holiday  —  Nearly 5,000 Guard troops are in the capital, double the number initially deployed.  Many have passed the time washing off graffiti and picking up trash.  —  Last August, President Trump ordered hundreds of soldiers …

Columbia among 12 universities ripped by watchdog over explosion of all-gender facilities on campus  —  WASHINGTON — Twelve top colleges and universities across the US — including Columbia University in Manhattan — are expanding the number of all-gender facilities on their campuses amid …

Venezuela earthquakes deepen rift between GOP hawks and Trump-backed regime  —  Republicans hawkish on leftist Latin America are warning that Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez must be cut out from accessing robust U.S. assistance to the country, as the Trump administration helps lead …

‘Hypocrisy’: Congress wants more homes.  HUD is closing its low-income housing pipeline.  —  While Congress celebrates bipartisan legislation to boost affordable housing for working-class Americans, local authorities are scrambling to build rental homes for their poorest residents …

Democrats Describe the Wire Fraud behind the Single Ferris Wheel and the Empty Fields of Glyphosate  —  The thing I can't get over, with Trump's Great American Fair, is that they set up a single ferris wheel, which multiple people describe continues to have technical issues.  —  A single ferris wheel.