57+ min ago   (641+ words) It isn’t every day that Republicans admit that Donald Trump is harming their midterm hopes. After all, that would require an admission of Trumpian fallibility, which is unacceptable to MAGA. But on Thursday, Kentucky Representative James Comer dropped a revealing…...

13+ hour, 24+ min ago   (979+ words) One of America’s largest newspapers made an elementary-level error in its obituary for Gloria Steinem. Thousands of readers who learned of the trailblazing feminist’s death via The Washington Post’s social media notifications Thursday were met with an image of former…...

13+ hour, 24+ min ago   (979+ words) Flock Safety, the company behind the dystopian surveillance systems popping up in U.S. cities, is training law enforcement officers to use its products to surveil “No Kings” protests, 404Media reported Thursday. In November, Caity Peak, Flock’s director of market management, led a…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (1057+ words) President Donald Trump is taking extraordinary efforts to keep protesters out of his eyeline. Trump officials will present plans Thursday to install permanent fencing around Lafayette Square Park in Washington D.C., a historic gathering place for protesters, four people told The…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (932+ words) The Pentagon on Thursday took down recently published clinical guidance for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s mandatory testosterone screening requirements for troops. Before Thursday, the Pentagon’s website showed a link for “Clinical Guidance for Health and Human Performance Optimization” that explained…...

16+ hour, 58+ min ago   (1034+ words) At least two Republicans in Congress are now calling for Pete Hegesth’s ouster as secretary of defense. Following Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s resignation on Wednesday, Senator Thom Tillis called for President Trump to fire Hegseth, saying that he has “never…...

17+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1209+ words) Leon Black, a billionaire investor with millions of dollars in financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein, refused to appear before Congress Thursday. Black had appeared before the committee for a voluntary, closed-door interview on June 26, where lawmakers used the brief meeting…...

17+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1771+ words) Usually, foreign conflicts engender a rally round the flag sentiment in military communities. But in this case, the handling of the Iran war has caused well-publicized hardships for the military, especially sailors. This creates a challenge for Republicans in the…...

19+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1118+ words) Republican House leadership has announced that the largest U.S. governing body will be taking a massive fall break, seriously cutting legislative calendar before November’s midterm elections. This comes after the House was already out of session for 5 weeks until returning on…...

19+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1047+ words) Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the new head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to remove two measles deaths from the Pennsylvania tally, in an effort to fudge the numbers lower. Last Friday, the CDC held off…...