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There's a line in Eric Coomer's defamation lawsuit against Mike Lindell, the MyPillow guy, that strikes me as the perfect description of what happens when influential partisans belch lies about innocent people in these ...Read more

President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, over the objection of California Governor Gavin Newsom, represents a structural threat to democracy. The law on which Trump relied permits domestic ...Read more

America is more divided than ever, not just along party lines but by an economic fault line.

On one side, tech hubs like Silicon Valley — home to Apple, Google, Nvidia and Tesla — are amassing vast amounts of wealth. ...Read more

Sometimes it takes a self-indulgent public-relations stunt to remind us of what’s important. Monday’s inevitably intercepted aid flotilla to Gaza was one of those occasions.

As the organizers of the convoy intended, ...Read more

Americans unhappy with President Donald Trump’s second term have taken to wishing for something they shouldn’t.

If only the U.S. Treasury bond market were to crash, the thinking goes, then Trump would be forced to ...Read more

With the upcoming G-7 summit set in Alberta—Canada’s energy heartland—President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Carney are uniquely positioned to champion a bold vision: reasserting and securing North American energy...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is up to his old tricks, trying to ram major policy change through the state Legislature on short notice. And again lawmakers are pushing back.

Not only lawmakers, but the ...Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came into a recent Department of Health and Human Services hearing with conspiracy theories, and left with a crash course in dental science.

At the hearing, held on May 13 to discuss next year’s ...Read more

Always looking to provoke a crisis, Donald Trump has federalized 2,000 soldiers of the California National Guard against the wishes of the state’s governor to put down a rebellion in Los Angeles that doesn’t exist. And...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court is closer to ruling on whether to keep most of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs in place longer while the legal battle over them continues.

The Justice Department on Monday ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Tennessee Rep. Mark E. Green, the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, announced Monday that he would resign from Congress later this year.

“Recently, I was offered an opportunity in the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom resisted a fight with President Donald Trump over transgender youth in women's sports. He forced his way onto a runway tarmac to make peace with the Republican leader after the Los ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Michigan U.S. Sen. Gary Peters has introduced a bipartisan bill in Congress that aims to exempt certain National Weather Service positions from a federal hiring freeze, saying the agency needs to be able to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Iran was pressing to be allowed to enrich uranium in a potential nuclear deal with the U.S., expressing worry that Tehran was seeking too much.

“They’re just asking for ...Read more

Now that Trump’s tariffs have been halted, his One Big Beautiful Bill has been stymied, and his multibillionaire tech bro has turned on him, how does he demonstrate his power?

On Friday morning, federal agents from ICE,...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s move to federalize the California National Guard and deploy military troops on U.S. soil risks losing public support for his immigration policies, which polls have shown a majority...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s late-night phone call with Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday night came with a warning. Protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles were producing flares of unrest. “Get the ...Read more

NEW YORK — A top NYPD chief and a New York City deputy mayor met with President Trump at his New Jersey golf course over the weekend — as tensions continue to ratchet up between immigrant advocates and federal ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Monday said he doesn’t know if billionaire Elon Musk ever used prescription or illegal drugs at the White House.

Just days after their public falling out, Trump said he wished the world’s ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — President Donald Trump’s visit to Fort Bragg on Tuesday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Army will come as the president is mired in controversies surrounding immigration raids in Los Angeles ...Read more