Polish police have launched a special operation to secure the area along the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad after receiving information that acts of sabotage may take place there in the coming days. read more
"NYT/Siena released their presumably final set of polls this evening, and they showed what can only be described as fantastic numbers for Democrats, putting them ahead " sometimes narrowly, sometimes not -- in basically every Senate battleground and in the associated governor's races, including in Texas," Silver wrote in his newsletter, noting that much of the polling is in line with his modeling. read more
Workers are earning more, but inflation is rising even faster. New government data shows Americans' real income is declining. read more
According to Military.com, a poll conducted by Common Defense "found that 53 percent of active-duty service members want to separate from service sooner because they said the military is becoming more politicized." read more
More than 100 profitable US corporations, including Tesla, Walt Disney and United Airlines, paid no current federal income tax in 2025, according to a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). The findings raise questions about corporate tax breaks and government revenue. read more
Republicans are already quietly blaming Donald Trump ahead of the midterms, according to a new report. read more
President Donald Trump vowed to protect Elon Musk and said he would consider preemptively pardoning the world's richest man and other White House aides ... read more
The four members of a crew who took part in a simulated mission to Mars have emerged after 378 days in isolation at the US space agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston ... read more
President Donald Trump said he could have won the Vietnam War in a week, but appeared to mix up cities central to the conflict. read more
Ukrainian drone strikes targeted three major Russian oil refineries over three consecutive nights, hitting facilities that together account for approximately 10% of Russia's total oil refining capacity. read more
The Iran war has exposed Gulf Arab states' vulnerabilities, including through their reliance on a U.S. whose priorities are diverging from their own. read more
What followed Hitler's appointment as chancellor was a kind of "flood the zone" strategy -- an early election call, a blizzard of executive orders curtailing press freedom ... read more
The New York Times' last Siena Polls are showing a huge night tomorrow for Democrats. read more
Dozens of unexplained drones flew over and near U.S. nuclear facilities between February 2024 and March 2026, according to records the Nuclear Regulatory Commission made public this week. read more
