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.

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.

White House launching dozens of ‘Freedom Fuel’ gas stations  —  The White House has launched 25 “Freedom Fuel” gas stations in an attempt to provide Americans a cheaper option at the pump.  —  “The FIRST Freedom Fuel Network gas station has LANDED in Philadelphia, lowering the price at the pump …

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 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 …

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.

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 …

Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5M in damages from Trump verdict … A New York federal judge on Wednesday ordered that E. Jean Carroll be paid $5 million plus interest for damages from a verdict holding Presiden t Donald Trump civilly liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.

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?

911 calls: Haitian father shot in head while driving children to church in Springfield  —  A man who was shot in the head in his car on the south side of Springfield Sunday, July 5, appeared to have been on his way to church with his children, according to 911 calls.

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.

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 …