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The Supreme Court has steadily loosened campaign finance rules in a series of decisions ever since Chief Justice John Roberts was confirmed in 2005. They will look to …

ESA / Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Mahler Day 7 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Warped View Through an Einstein Ring. You are seeing two …

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on Sunday responded to President Trump, who said he regretted pardoning the Texas Democrat from bribery charges earlier this week. “I was at church this morning with my wife. I prayed for the president, I prayed for his family, and I prayed for the presidency, because if the president succeeds, the country succeeds,” Cuellar said …

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said the Trump administration committed a “war crime” over the report of its “double tap” order to kill survivors of an alleged drug-carrying vessel. …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military opened fire on two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs, congressional lawmakers learned this week as they …

Running a gas-powered leaf blower for an hour emits as much pollution as driving from Los Angeles to Denver.Sarah Dussault/MediaNews Group//Getty via Grist Get your news from a …

Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have learned a thing about the Russian dictator he calls a friend. He’s tried all kinds of contradictory gambits in pursuit of …

Trump presented the prestigious award, which recognizes contributions to American culture and the arts, to actor Sylvester Stallone, singers Gloria Gaynor and George Strait, the rock band Kiss, …

The Trump administration has spurred a professional exodus at the State Department office focused on international law, which could make it harder for the government to assess if …

One of the holdouts, state Sen. Ed Charbonneau speaks in the Indiana Senate chamber in Indianapolis. AJ Mast/AP Get your news from a source that’s not owned and …

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NASA-JPL, Caltech, UCLA Day 6 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: The Shell of a Dying Star. About 1,500 light-years from Earth, a …

Two political scientists have proposed “neoroyalism” as a new framework to understand Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The idea is that the administration often behaves more like a royal …

New York City Councilman Chi Ossé announced Friday he is dropping plans to oust House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), citing a lack of support from left-wing colleagues.  …

President Donald Trump’s nap time is the target of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) latest trolling. Trump has appeared to nod off during recent public events. Newsom’s press …

Anyone scoring 70 or above on an IQ test, Alabama contends, is intelligent enough to execute.Mother Jones illustration; Alabama Department of Corrections; Bernd Obermann/Getty; Wikipedia Get your news …

Catalina Jaramillo is beginning to envision what her life in South Florida will look like without the financial help that allows her to afford health insurance, medication, and …

Nearly a dozen Democratic lawmakers pressed major tech companies Wednesday on their donations to President Trump’s ballroom, raising concerns about “any potential quid-pro-quo arrangement” related to antitrust cases and investigations.  In letters to leaders at Amazon, …

climate shocks, trade routes, and the black death: a scientific synthesis abstract recent interdisciplinary research suggests that a large volcanic eruption around 1345 initiated a cascade of climatic, …

This past week, I was in Israel with a group of lawyers from the US, Canada, Bulgaria, and Latvia on a trip sponsored by the nonpartisan Center for …

If you’re lucky enough to enjoy a warm slice of cherry pie this holiday, you should probably thank this bird. This bird deserves an award.Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images …

A massive internet outage disabled major websites for the second time in about a month. The internet infrastructure company Cloudflare experienced an unexpected disruption on Friday morning, causing …

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that “they’re” finding money “they” never knew existed ― and it’s all on “the tariff shelf.” (Watch the video below.) The president’s resurrection …

Protesters gather in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol as lawmakers debate a redrawn U.S. congressional map in Texas during a special session, Aug. 20, 2025, in Austin, …

The report from the Pentagon’s Inspector General’s investigation into Signalgate, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s transmission of the details of a U.S. military option in Yemen to a …

A federal appeals court panel on Thursday temporarily lifted a judge’s order blocking President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.  The three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for …