A United States judge has granted an injunction preventing the Department of Defense from stripping Senator Mark Kelly, a military veteran, of his retirement pension and military rank. The Defense Department had taken punitive action against Kelly for critical statements he had made against President Donald Trump. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list

The White House fired the top federal prosecutor for upstate New York just hours after he was sworn into office Wednesday. Donald Kinsella, who has worked for decades as a government attorney and in private practice, was appointed and sworn in as the U.S. attorney in the Northern District of New York in a private

The Washington Post editorial board went to the trouble of marking what it called “Bernie Sanders‘ worst idea yet” on Wednesday, but the progressive US senator shrugged at the label and didn’t appear likely to end his push for a moratorium on the construction of new artificial intelligence data centers. The conservative-leaning editors wrote glowingly

Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump welcomed lawmakers, industry leaders, and hardworking miners from across the country to the White House “Champion of Coal” event. There, he signed an Executive Order directing the Department of War to purchase coal power, celebrated the Tennessee Valley Authority’s recommitment to coal, and was honored by coal miners as the

In early December, Miami’s glittering skyline was disrupted by a gleaming 466-foot vessel pulling into its harbor. Sergey Brin, a Google cofounder, had decided to make a stop in style for the city’s Art Basel fair, arriving in a superyacht called Dragonfly. Miami and its nearby coastal enclaves are fast becoming the staging ground for

O’Leary Ventures chairman Kevin O’Leary discusses Elon Musk’s merger of xAI and SpaceX into a major technology giant worth over $1 trillion on ‘The Bottom Line.’ The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is reportedly giving up on a multi-year legal fight with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and signaled it will refrain from bringing cases against the

A nurse prepares a blood draw at the Fresno County Department of Public Health in Fresno on June 9, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local California is suing the Trump administration after it said it plans to pull over $600 million in public health care funds to four Democratic-led states, including California. Last week

With the Department of Homeland Security poised to shut down by tomorrow at midnight, Republicans are warning President Donald Trump: Don’t feel public pressure to relent on an issue central to his campaign. Even as the White House has engaged with Democrats over reforms to DHS, a growing chorus of members have urged Trump and

Were there different phases of this anti-corruption drive, and did its contours reveal something about Xi’s political priorities? At first, Xi focussed very heavily on the security services—the source of hard power on the civilian side. This allowed Xi to rip apart networks of people in the security services who didn’t necessarily support him, then

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. WASHINGTON — In the race to replace Rep. Michael McCaul in Congress, Republicans in Texas and Washington are consolidating behind prominent GOP attorney Chris Gober, who served as chief lawyer of Elon Musk’s super PAC

Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly adding to his growing list of luxury homes with a waterfront property in the most in-demand section of one of most exclusive neighborhoods in America. The Meta CEO and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, are reportedly purchasing a recently completed luxury mansion on Indian Creek Island, a 300-acre, man-made island near

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters In a rare display of disapproval against U.S. President Donald Trump, the Republican-led U.S. House on Wednesday passed a resolution rejecting his tariffs against Canada,

The chairman of President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission said Wednesday that he ousted a member of the commission after she sparred with fellow members during a contentious public hearing on antisemitism. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who chairs the commission, said on X that it was his call to remove Carrie Prejean Boller, a

Cutting sustained coverage of Israel, Gaza, Iran, and Syria weakens public understanding of global conflict and policy stakes A robust and balanced press should be the bedrock of democracy. When The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists and scrapped entire coverage areas—effectively pulling the plug on the MENA region—it made a serious mistake. Washington,

Here’s three things we know about Donald Trump. He thirsts for revenge; he’ll stretch the limits of presidential power to enact it; and he never gives up after a defeat. No wonder that six Democratic lawmakers, all military and intelligence veterans, are bracing for what comes next despite a grand jury refusing to indict them