US Senate candidate Texas AG Ken Paxton (R) sat on the hospital board. Then he started pulling six-figure income from a cell phone tower on that same hospital's grounds. read more
President Donald Trump reportedly underwent an elaborate plan to hide his flight from Turkey to the United Kingdom last month using a catering food truck and a military aircraft, according to the Washington Post ... read more
More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away. read more
Taylor Farms has issued a recall for over a dozen items, including salsa and guacamole sold at shops like Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Kroger and Trader Joe's, over a salmonella risk. read more
President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that there was "no video or proof" of alleged vandalism to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after weeks of claiming that damage to the pool's surface was the deliberate work of saboteurs. read more
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations ... read more
OpenAI models created a shared message board inside the company's systems, used it to trade hacking methods ... read more
It's been 12 months since President Donald Trump announced a crime emergency in Washington ... read more
The Louisiana Republican was the last holdout on the Senate vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general before recess. read more
After U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot and killed two people in Texas and Maine last week, this week's Economist / YouGov Poll finds that 60% of Americans have heard about the recent killings. read more
Congressional Democrats said they are investigating the Trump administration's efforts to deport military service members ... read more
In minutes released Aug. 5, the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee -- a panel of senior bond dealers and investors, known as TBAC, that advises the Treasury on its own funding -- warned that at current auction sizes, the government faces a $1.45 trillion funding shortfall in fiscal 2027--28. read more
Actor Ben Jones' wife: "He was home resting in his favorite chair, waiting for the Braves to come on and whoop the Yankees." read more
The quake shook several major cities, including Bogot, Cali and Medelln. At least 69 people have died, and the death toll appeared likely to rise as rescuers continued to search damaged buildings. read more
A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers. read more
Michael Gold: The summer exit confirmed what had been apparent for weeks: that Republicans lacked the votes to pass the voting restrictions the president has made a top priority. read more
