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The Nov. 3 midterm elections are looking more and more like a referendum on the disastrous performance of President Donald Trump, who has plunged the nation deeper in debt and into an endless war that is causing prices to rise beyond the means of most working-class consumers, who have already been battered by inflation andContinue reading “Republicans on the ballot cannot run away from President Donald Trump”

Karl Rove spent decades helping turn Texas from a Democratic stronghold into one of the Republican Party’s most important power centers. This November, the strategist once celebrated by President George W. Bush as “the architect” of his political victories says he will cross party lines. Rove said he will vote for Democrat Jon Rosenthal forContinue reading “Republicans endorse and are voting for Democrats in key 2026 races”

Commercial real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield publicly acknowledges that climate change poses a material threat to its own business. It has taken steps to insulate its balance sheet and sells clients expert advice on managing climate risks. Yet, according to a first-of-its-kind class-action lawsuit filed March 3, 2026, in federal court in Seattle, theContinue reading “Cushman & Wakefield warned of climate risk but invested workers’ savings in coal”

By Austin Sarat, Amherst College In his keynote address to the Republican midterm convention on Sept. 9, 2026, President Donald Trump promised that if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, he would authorize a US$5,000 payment to every American adult. Trump’s offer seems to run afoul of federal laws, which make it a crimeContinue reading “How anti‑bribery laws apply to Trump’s promise of $5,000 payments if Republicans keep control of Congress”

The United States, Denmark and Greenland are expected to sign an agreement strengthening security in the Arctic and North Atlantic region at the U.N. General Assembly next week, Danish officials said Friday. While the agreement is expected to merely update the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement, a Cold War-era treaty that grants the United StatesContinue reading “US, Denmark and Greenland reach security deal; Trump’s description overstated”

Two figures at the center of the Epstein file headlines are bankrolling a late-stage effort to salvage the candidacy of Rep. Tom Kean Jr., the most vulnerable House Republican incumbent in the nation, as Democratic challenger Rebecca Bennett seizes on his vote to continue U.S. military operations against Iran. A Trump-aligned super PAC directed approximatelyContinue reading “Epstein file figures fund effort to save Kean Jr. as Iran war vote roils NJ-07 race”

Less than half of U.S. adults trust information from federal agencies, and many say they struggle to tell what is true as the 2026 midterm elections approach, according to a new poll. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and USAFacts finds that mistrust has grown since 2024 and is higherContinue reading “Poll: Americans’ trust in government information falls as midterms near”

Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked New York City’s 200,000th pothole repair of the year Thursday, joining Department of Transportation crews on Troutman Street in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood. Mamdani helped repair the pothole alongside DOT workers and Ra-mel, a 311 employee who handles pothole complaints and helps direct reports to city crews for repairs. The milestone cameContinue reading “Successor of ‘sewer socialists’ is ‘pothole populist’ NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani”

Seven years to the day after Dulce Maria Alavez disappeared from a Bridgeton park, her family returned with balloons, memories, and the same hope they have carried since the 5-year-old vanished. Family members gathered at Bridgeton City Park, behind Bridgeton High School, wearing yellow T-shirts featuring the same design Dulce wore on the last dayContinue reading “Family members gathered seven years after Dulce Maria Alavez disappeared”

By James J Devine President Donald Trump insists the United States is “hopefully” nearing the end of its war with Iran. The calendar, the casualty figures and the price of a barrel of oil tell a different story. Nearly seven months into a conflict Trump said would last weeks, the war continues with active militaryContinue reading “Trump’s Iran war lies collide with reality as casualties, costs mount”

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into Donald Trump Jr.’s relationship with a Russian oligarch who paid for much of Trump Jr.’s wedding earlier this year. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., sent two letters on Monday to the White House and Trump Jr. requesting records related to Trump Jr.’s financial relationshipContinue reading “Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding”

The trillions of bacteria living in the human digestive tract may play a decisive role in determining whether an individual can successfully lose weight, according to research published this week in mSystems, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle identified specific genetic signatures in theContinue reading “Gut microbiome makeup can determine ability to lose weight”

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday to a range of 3.75% to 4%, delivering an anti-inflation jolt to an economy already strained by a six-month war with Iran, record fuel costs and a national debt that has eclipsed $40 trillion. The timing, seven weeks before the Nov. 3Continue reading “Midterm elections may hinge on Trump’s incompetence”

By Justin Elliott | ProPublica On May 24, Donald Trump Jr. was celebrating in the Bahamas, as scantily clad dancers in stilettos and sailor caps performed for him and his guests. It was the last night of his wedding, a lavish, three-day party held across a pair of ultra-exclusive private islands. A five-tier funfetti cakeContinue reading “Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding was bankrolled by an oligarch close to Russian President Vladimir Putin “