US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the USDA will suspend millions of dollars in financial awards to the State of Minnesota and City of Minneapolis in response to fraud investigations in the state. read more
President Trump on Thursday laid into Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) with a "profanity-laced" phone call after she supported a Democratic-led war powers resolution over his actions in Venezuela. read more
The political and cultural climate that's arisen under the Trump administration has allowed research to be cut to the bone while expert wisdom is mocked and ignored. That's not good for science or tech. read more
Turns out that some genius dogs can learn a brand new word, like the name of an unfamiliar toy, by just overhearing brief interactions between two people. read more
Adam Serwer: The Trump administration has perfected the smear campaign. read more
Trump ally Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) made a stunning declaration when he told Newsmax that only by obeying commands from federal agents do you "get to keep your life." read more
With December's estimated job gains, which are subject to revision, the US economy added just 584,000 jobs last year. Outside of recession years, that's the weakest annual job growth seen since 2003, BLS data shows. read more
At least 33 January 6th insurrectionists pardoned by President Donald Trump have been rearrested, charged, or sentenced for other heinous crimes since 6 Jan 2021. read more
Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis. read more
Video from the shooter's cell phone taken before and as he murdered Renee Good. He didn't even drop his phone ... read more
David Corn: The military assault on Venezuela, the shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent, the launch of the White House's new revisionist website about January 6 -- these three events convey a powerful and unsettling message from Donald Trump and his crew: Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want. read more
Local leaders announced a separate probe of the shooting after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Minnesota did not have jurisdiction. read more
President Donald Trump's aides began to make their case on Thursday for a $400 million White House ballroom before a commission that oversees federal building construction and said they are considering adding a second story to part of the West Wing as well. read more
David Kurtz: The top officials at the Justice Department and the FBI have shown themselves again and again to be beholden to the president, spending most of their days fawning over him and trying to stay in the good graces of his White House. They have demonstrated no independence of thought or action from this president. read more
