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Lawsuit challenges DeSantis' authority to call special session for redistricting
The lawsuit, supported by the National Redistricting Foundation, highlights concerns over gerrymandering.
Republican senator calls on Trump to delete racist Obama video as Democrats condemn ‘unhinged’ post – live
Tim Scott, the only Black Republican senator in Congress, had condemned the racist video; Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer call Trump ‘vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder’ Trump shares video...
Argentina and US sign major trade deal targeting tariffs and boosting political alliance
Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, announced the deal's signing on social media on Thursday.
UK police search two properties linked to Peter Mandelson as part of Epstein probe
Mandelson has not been arrested or charged.
Republicans reject complaint about Gabbard as Democrats question time it took to see it
Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Rick Crawford also dismissed allegations from Democratic lawmakers that Gabbard tried to delay referring the complaint to Congress as required by law.
Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa's leading economy says it's close to a new trade deal with China
South Africa's Ministry of Trade and Industry said the agreement would start negotiations over a deal that would give some South African goods, such as fruit, duty-free access to the Chinese market.
What to expect from Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show
Fresh off his historic win at the Grammys for his love letter to Puerto Rico, "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," Bad Bunny will once again surprise audiences with a performance that is gearing up to be a landmar...
Trump says he’ll free infrastructure funds for New York if Penn Station is renamed after him
Trump also demanded Dulles airport be given his name in exchange for funding NY-NJ tunnel and subway extension Donald Trump has told the Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, that he will unfreeze fun...
Iran says ‘good start’ made in talks with US over nuclear programme
Indirect talks end with agreement to maintain diplomatic path and possible continuation in coming days, officials say Indirect talks between Iran and the US on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme e...
Norwegian crown princess apologizes to those 'disappointed' by her Epstein contacts
Norway's crown princess apologized on Friday for the situation she has put the royal family in as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, part of a broader apo...
Chairman of prominent law firm Paul Weiss resigns after release of emails linking him to Epstein
He said in a statement from the firm that "recent reporting has created a distraction and has placed a focus on me that is not in the best interests" of Paul Weiss.
A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government's files public
The release is the culmination of a yearslong fight over the records underpinning one of the Justice Department's most high-profile and highly debated cases.
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
The post Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump appeared first on ProPublica.
How anti-ICE pin badges became the essential red carpet accessory
Billie Eilish and Biebers wore ‘ICE out’ pins at the Grammys, as more and more celebrities find their political voices The red carpet is being used increasingly as a platform for protest – and one acc...
Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed | Mohamad Bazzi
A crypto startup founded by Trump’s family signed a huge deal with the UAE president’s brother. Where’s the political fallout? Days before Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, an investmen...
Census Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts
This decision follows the Trump administration's failed attempt to add such a question to the 2020 census.
Cage fights at the White House! A gigantic arch! Trump’s gaudy plans for America’s 250th anniversary
From minting coins featuring his own face to covering buildings with gold, the president’s proposals for marking America’s semiquincentennial say a lot about the country’s backwards outlook When the U...
Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates
President Donald Trump used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama,...
State violence against Black Americans laid the groundwork for fascism | Jason Stanley
Fascism feeds on the arbitrary killings that have long plagued the US. Ending the horror starts with abolishing ICE In a recent Saturday Night Live episode, when asked about Minneapolis, one of the wh...
Republicans are the party of separating and destroying families | Moira Donegan
Their ‘pro-family’ rhetoric is a cynical and hollow sham Of the 3,800 children and infants taken into immigration custody between January and October of 2025, a majority – 2,600 – were detained by ICE...
The Clear Labels Act Would Change What You Know About Your Prescription Medication
The post The Clear Labels Act Would Change What You Know About Your Prescription Medication appeared first on ProPublica.
Minneapolis man charged with threatening, cyberstalking ICE officers
Attorney General Pamela Bondi alleged in a statement that Wagner doxed and threatened law enforcement officers, claimed an affiliation with antifa and "encouraged bloodshed in the streets."
News Wrap: Trump rejects extension of expired U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty
In our news wrap Thursday, Trump rejected an offer from Russia to temporarily extend caps on strategic nuclear weapons, Ukraine and Russia wrapped a second day of talks in Abu Dhabi, the Trump adminis...
WATCH: Trump says he will revoke church tax exempt status if leaders 'say something bad about' him
President Donald Trump on Thursday falsely claimed he had eliminated a provision of the U.S. tax code that bans 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including churches, from endorsing or opposing politi...
WATCH: Trump says Gabbard joined FBI search at Fulton County election center at Bondi's 'insistence'
President Donald Trump offered a shifting explanation for the presence of Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, at an FBI search last week of the main elections hub in Fulton County, G...
WATCH: Trump launches TrumpRx prescription drug site
The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are g...
WATCH: Bessent tells Senate panel it would be president's choice of whether to sue fed chair over interest rates
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday it would be "up to the president" to decide whether or not to sue Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, if he fails to lower i...
Democratic governors blast Trump's call to 'nationalize' elections
Democratic governors released a joint statement on Thursday saying that Americans should have the right to vote "without interference from the federal government."
Hillary Clinton calls for public hearing in House Epstein investigation
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee in its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, but she...
WATCH: Trump 'wants to see' if an Iran deal can be made but is ready for other options, Leavitt says at White House briefing
President Donald Trump is looking to strike a deal with Tehran in which Iran has "zero nuclear capability," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on the eve of high-level U.S.-Iran talks i...
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