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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is appealing a court order barring him from attempting to use a sweeping audit-immunity settlement that resolved his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.

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WASHINGTON — The timeline is slipping for senators to strike a bipartisan deal on a short-term funding patch before their August recess as leadership struggles to work out the finer details.

Senior appropriators had ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is pressuring his Democratic rival, Xavier Becerra, to participate in a series of debates in the weeks leading up the Nov. 3 election to determine ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump blamed the state of Minnesota and Gov. Tim Walz for the coordinated cyberattack on over 30 water systems across the state even as officials say the attacks may have been carried out ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As his nominee for attorney general hangs in the balance, President Donald Trump dug in on Friday, defending a controversial settlement that has angered some Republicans in the Senate.

It further upended ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Javier Ramirez was handcuffed in the back of an unmarked car, bruised and confused, when immigration agents used a word he had never heard before.

It was June 2025, and they were bragging about the raids ...Read more

This week the Michigan Chronicle, the oldest Black newspaper in the state, endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens for the U.S. Senate ahead of Tuesday's Democratic primary. I was struck by two things about the 1,200-word endorsement ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — After long-time Congress member Daniel Webster announced in April that he is retiring, candidates rushed to enter the race for the open seat.

The field includes one familiar face in Central Florida ...Read more

As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, its citizens commemorate a democracy more diverse, free and inclusive than it’s ever been. The path to this milestone was imperfect and paved in blood and suffering. Still...Read more

In his White House Correspondents’ Association dinner speech on July 24, 2026, President Donald Trump made his usual diatribes against the news media. He derided the “failing” New York Times and reiterated his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Staff working for Senate Democrats are significantly more diverse than a decade ago, according to the results of their annual survey.

Forty-three percent of Senate Democratic staff now identify as nonwhite,...Read more

"How many people said the word 'cigarettes' today?" I asked my wife, Deborah.

"Or 'book of matches,'" she said.

We were trying to figure out how America ended up with a net loss in words spoken.

A serious magazine ...Read more

It’s hardly been lost on America’s political class that even as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani leads a resurgent local and national left, the famously progressive city of San Francisco, under Mayor Daniel Lurie, ...Read more

After Christopher Nolan’s "The Odyssey" was released in theaters, Elon Musk declared he would use Grok to create a more “historically accurate” version of the ancient epic poem.

The uproar over the film’s ...Read more

Who doesn’t love a good wish list? Come dream with us right here.

First step, we abolish capitalism. Without that most ultimate of evils? No more bills. No more debt. We’re all carefree now.

That’s the basic ...Read more

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in February 2025, I knew my life would become more complicated.

I am among the estimated 14 million Americans under ...Read more

I recently joined the board of my Manhattan co-op, and I love it. One of my duties is reviewing applications for apartments, which — as both a prospective neighbor and a retirement economist — has been a revelation.

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Much like the rest of President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, the latest outbreak of hostilities has produced nothing but death, destruction, and disorder. The current flow of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz makes ...Read more