For as much as Americans disagree these days, one common denominator runs through American life: a profound distrust of the institutions and industries that make the country run. Whether on data centers, chemicals in food, the Epstein files or the war in Iran, Americans across the political spectrum say they have the feeling that they are being lied to. read more
From a killer she once called an "ideal man" to a political movement built around radical self-interest, the roots of today's assault on government run deeper and darker than most Americans realize. read more
The Trump administration is proposing investing $5 billion in a fund that would help Middle East countries rebuild their energy infrastructure following the Iran War, the Wall Street Journal reported. read more
The White House drew widespread criticism for promoting its official app days after President Donald Trump barred three news outlets from the White House. read more
Amanda Marcotte: The Texas Democratic nominee for Senate is teaching evangelical voters that Christians can be liberal read more
ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and interviewed dozens of people familiar with Navatek, its Washington operations, and the FBI inquiry to conduct our own investigation. read more
President Donald Trump decided not to go ahead with the plan to launch large-scale strikes against Yemeni Houthis for now ... read more
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted flights at multiple airports in the Northeast on Monday, citing the accidental cutting of a fiber cable at a construction site in New Jersey. read more
Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds that were launched toward Moscow, officials said Sunday, as the Kremlin was wrapping up the third and last day of its parliamentary elections. read more
Major television networks on Monday agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House refused to allow CNN to serve as a pool representative on Monday. read more
It took only a few frigid February days for several United States Marines trudging through Norwegian snow and ice to notice something was wrong. read more
Former ICE arrestees testified the agency made unlawful arrests and failed to comply with a judge's February injunction governing immigration enforcement in Oregon. read more
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump's request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting. read more
While the Kentucky governor [Andy Beshear] says he won't make a decision on running for president until his term as chair of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) ends in December, he is already walking the walk: raising money for his PAC, traveling to states with early presidential primaries and writing a book about how to win over voters who haven't been voting for Democrats lately. read more
A powerful advance in cancer-fighting medicine has achieved an extraordinary new milestone. read more
Donald Trump said on Friday he is banning three major news outlets - CNN, MS NOW and Politico - from the White House in his latest move to crack down on the independent press. The move is almost certain to face legal challenges as free speech experts said it conflicts with the US Constitution's First Amendment protections for free speech and a free press. read more