Trump faces narrowing options on Venezuela action
The day after President Donald Trump declared he had ended 94 percent of all seaborne drug trafficking to the United...
Alsobrooks on her first Senate year: The mission was ‘crystal clear.’
Election night 2024 was a triumph for Angela Alsobrooks. Despite a bitter Democratic primary and no small amount of second-guessing...
Coast Guard boards oil tanker leaving Venezuela amid Trump’s blockade
U.S. forces boarded a commercial vessel off Venezuela early Saturday, days after President Donald Trump announced a “total and complete...
Solstice will occur within hours, at 10: 03 a.m.
On Saturday only 11 days remained in all of 2025, but they were and are important days, and one of...
What’s in the Epstein files? Documents mention Trump, Clinton, celebrities
The Justice Department released a slice of its massive files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, a much-anticipated...
A funeral for the penny draws Lincoln impersonators and Victorian garb
The mourners had taken their seats. Many were dressed in black. Others wore veils and large hoop skirts, reminiscent of...
Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets. Here’s the history.
In 1976, the government of oil-rich Venezuela assumed control of the country’s petroleum industry, nationalizing hundreds of private businesses and...
U.S. apprehends another oil tanker amid Trump’s Venezuela blockade
The U.S. intercepted a commercial vessel leaving Venezuela on Saturday, days after President Donald Trump announced a “complete blockade” on...
White House threatens Smithsonian funds in sweeping content review
The Trump administration escalated pressure on the Smithsonian this week, threatening to withhold federal funds if it does not submit...
Epstein files include child porn complaint a decade before federal investigation
Justice Department files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released Friday, included a 1996 complaint to the FBI about...
Trump exploits a tragedy to target legal immigrants
A visa lotterypermits lawful entry of up to 55,000 people annually from countries with low rates of immigration to the...
Republican women shrinking their ranks in Congress
Twenty minutes apart Friday afternoon, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) both announced they would retire...
How Trump changed my mind on the filibuster
At least two Republican senators who resisted nuking the Senate filibuster in 2025 might take a different tack in 2026....
U.S. seizing another vessel as Trump’s Venezuela oil blockade takes effect
The U.S. is intercepting another vessel days after President Donald Trump announced a “complete blockade” on all sanctioned oil tankers...
What’s in Epstein files so far? Celebrities, Clinton, few Trump mentions
The Justice Department released a slice of its massive files on the convicted sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, a...
