The Trump administration seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the operation publicly, said the interdiction was carried out by the U.S. Coast Guard. Read more
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font instead of Calibri, reversing a change made under the Biden administration. Rubio's predecessor Antony Blinken had adopted Calibri in 2023, saying it was more accessible for people with visual disabilities. But Rubio said this was a "wasteful" diversity move and that Times New Roman was "more formal and professional". The new changes go into effect on 10 December, and apply to both external and internal documents. Read more
A measles outbreak that began in South Carolina at the start of October is showing no signs of slowing as officials on Tuesday reported 27 new cases since Friday. Those cases bring the outbreak total to 111.
"I'm afraid that Secretary [Pete] Hegseth and President Trump are sleepwalking us into a war with Venezuela, and that regime change and access to the critical mineral resources and oil and gas of Venezuela is the real purpose and real goal here," Coons told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House," in comments highlighted by Mediaite. Read more
BOMBSHELL: Russia Was Planning a Massive Terrorist Attack on Europe and the U.S. in 2024
Shocking new story out of The Financial Times (paywalled) that supports a BBC report from last year: Read more
We watched it. We watched all of it. It had been a minute since a Trump rally, and while we expected all the highs and lows, tropes and tripe, Renee and I came away from last night's utterly deranged Mt. Airy rally in awe of how utterly deranged and counterproductive it was.
U.S. forces have seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News.
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not.
U.S. farmers facing steep losses this year welcomed President Donald Trump's $12 billion aid package announced on Monday, but said they would need more than that to fully offset low crop prices and lost export opportunities from his trade war. The aid will help farmers prepare for the next planting season, said five farmers and agricultural groups, four agricultural economists and three bankers. Yet they added that it is a fraction of farm losses and will not rescue the sagging farm economy.
An artificial intelligence chatbot unveiled by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday appears to have described airstrikes against suspected drug smugglers at sea as "unambiguously illegal." The platform, powered by Google Gemini, has been made available to military personnel as part of the Pentagon's effort to adopt AI.
Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don't need visas, would have to share five years' worth of social media.
Democrat Eileen Higgins has won the Miami mayoral race in Florida, the first time someone from her party has done so in nearly 30 years. Her Opponent was endorsed by Trump but lost with only 41% of the vote.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation that bars civil immigration arrests from being made in or near state courthouses, and gives residents more leeway to sue federal agents over alleged civil rights violations.
President Donald Trump's administration is being sharply criticized by conservatives in both government and media for reportedly sending tens of millions of dollars to the Taliban-controlled government in Afghanistan. Newsweek reported Tuesday that, according to Amrullah Saleh, (who leads the anti-Taliban political party Afghanistan Green Trend) the Trump administration flew $45 million in cash to Afghanistan on Monday. Saleh's group alleged that the money was "flown in via a chartered flight by Moalem Airlines," which is based in Kyrgyzstan. The post caught the attention of conservative commentator Ann Vandersteel, who said of the cash payment "this is not America First" but rather "America deceived." Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), who is a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, responded to Vandersteel's post by adding that the massive cash shipments to the Taliban are happening "every week." He then called on the U.S. Senate to "pass my bill."
Rightwing white supremacist Nick Fuentes (27), a Latino with a long history of making misogynistic, homophobic, and antisemitic comments, admitted he has never slept with a woman before going on to bash the female gender and suggesting that they should not be allowed to vote.
The National Weather Service is working to hire back hundreds of positions laid off or otherwise cut by the Trump administration, but it's progressing at a snail's pace, with about 80 final job offers accepted for meteorologists, hydrologists and other specialized staff. The agency received permission in late July to add a total of 450 people after about 550 were cut by DOGE earlier this year. Read more
