Trump says he ordered cutting off all trade with Spain  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had ordered his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut off all trade with Spain, calling Madrid a “terrible partner” in NATO.  —  Trump was speaking alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead …

MAGA Host Melts Down at Scott Jennings Over McConnell Claim  —  NOT BUYING IT  —  Rob Finnerty was skeptical of the pundit's claim that he spoke to Sen. Mitch McConnell on the phone.  —  Newsmax host Rob Finnerty opened his show by mocking a MAGA rival's claim that he had a lengthy conversation with Sen. Mitch McConnell.

White House launches 25 Freedom Fuel gas stations in this region  —  The White House launched 25 Freedom Fuel gas stations, all selling fuel at $3.47 a gallon.  —  The White House announced the initiative on July 7 on X with a video of customers thanking President Donald Trump for lowering gas prices.

Platner's campaign trying to navigate exit from consequential Maine race, sources say  —  Senate election US elections Congressional news  —  Graham Platner and a small team of strategists behind his candidacy are trying to navigate an exit from the consequential Senate race …

Iran targets Bahrain and Kuwait after US launches strikes and limits the sale of Iranian oil  —  The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Wednesday, hours after it revoked a license authorizing the sale of Iranian oil in retaliation for what it said were Tehran's attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8M after jury found Trump sexually abused and defamed her  —  E. Jean Carroll can be paid the $5.8 million that was set aside after a jury found three years ago that President Donald Trump sexually abused her in 1996 before he became president and defamed …

Pathetic in Ankara  —  Who's afraid of the big bad Trump?  —  A recent report in the Wall Street Journal describes a tense meeting among European leaders early this year, convened after Donald Trump threatened to use military force to seize Greenland from Denmark.  According to the Journal,

We didn't need a rape accusation to know Graham Platner was unfit  —  Despite months of red flags, his allies insisted he was the vision of positive masculinity the party needed. … When the story detailing allegations of rape against Graham Platner dropped Monday afternoon …

How much and why ACA Marketplace premiums are going up in 2027  —  Every spring and summer, health insurers submit rate filings to state regulators detailing expectations and premium rate changes for individual market health plans for the coming year.  This analysis focuses on individual market filings …

The End of Reading Is Here … twenty-three hundred years ago, the legend goes, King Ptolemy I of Egypt asked his court adviser to assemble a comprehensive collection of the world's written works.  Ptolemy, who had served under Alexander the Great, envisioned a library that would safeguard the sum total of humanity's knowledge.

It's Not Polarization; It's the Radicalization of the Political Right  —  Keywords  —  Political polarization radicalization democratic backsliding radical right authoritarianism democracy  —  Few concepts have shaped contemporary political analysis as much as polarization.

It's Shocking to Consider the Roberts Court Perspective on Race  —  Over a century ago, when the Supreme Court helped usher in Jim Crow, Justice John Marshall Harlan took his colleagues to task for betraying the promise of Reconstruction.  Dissenting in Plessy v. Ferguson, Harlan insisted that …

Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for obstructing ICE arrest of Mexican immigrant  —  Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

ICE: Still Out of Control?  —  ICE has managed to stay mostly below the radar screen since leaving Minneapolis and changing leadership.  It has apparently been far too easy for the administration to distract attention from the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, from the way ICE barged …

Trump Says US to Remove Syria From Terrorism Sanctions List  —  President Donald Trump said the US would remove Syria from the terrorism sanctions list as he met with the country's president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on the sidelines of the NATO summit.  —  “I think I will.  Why wouldn't I?

Lawmakers Target the Power of Health Insurance Giants … After years of rampant expansion into nearly every corner of the health care system, the biggest insurance conglomerates are confronting new efforts to break up their businesses.  —  Arguing that the companies have become too dominant …

Johnson eyes vote on bill to end ‘birth tourism’ to satisfy right flank  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is exploring whether to put legislation on the House floor that would end the ability of pregnant women to enter the United States legally to gain citizenship for their children.