2+ hour, 10+ min ago  (668+ words) President Trump is worried the stench from a massive sewage spill in the Potomac River could linger in the nation's capital this summer during his planned celebrations for the country's 250th birthday, USA Today reports. "Of all the ways President Trump…...

4+ hour, 36+ min ago  (692+ words) Washington Post: "Democrats in the state say they have seen an influx of ads focusing on issues ranging from immigration to health care by groups named Elect Chicago Women and Affordable Chicago Now. None of the ads mention Israel, and…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago  (657+ words) A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found 69 percent of respondents saying they believe the Epstein files "show that powerful people in the U.S. are rarely held accountable for their actions." Pope Leo has declined President Trump's invitation to participate in the Board…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago  (672+ words) A new Emerson College survey of the jungle primary for Governor finds Steve Hilton (R) leading the field at 17%, followed by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) at 14%, Chad Bianco (R) at 14%, former Rep. Katie Porter (D) at 10%, and Tom Steyer (D) at 9%. "Eric Trump is pouring…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago  (733+ words) Wall Street Journal: "California's plan to hit its richest residents with a one-off wealth tax is a long shot, and its design has problems. But a look at who picks up the tab when billionaires scrimp on taxes, and how…...

6+ hour, 42+ min ago  (707+ words) New York Times: "Partisan redistricting is hardly new in the United States " the term gerrymandering dates to 1812 " but in modern history, it traditionally has not been done in the middle of a decade, and not to this degree." "America often…...

6+ hour, 42+ min ago  (681+ words) Washington Post: "Israel has moved aggressively in recent days to deepen its control over the occupied West Bank, unilaterally adopting policies that analysts say represent a major shift toward annexation and appear to defy President Donald Trump, who has said…...

6+ hour, 56+ min ago  (732+ words) Democrats knew in real time last year that they had bungled their response to President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress, making themselves a distraction rather than offering a cohesive message of resistance to his policies," the New…...

6+ hour, 58+ min ago  (733+ words) Meta is preparing to spend $65 million this year to boost state politicians who are friendly to the artificial intelligence industry, beginning this week in Texas and Illinois," the New York Times reports. The sum is the biggest election investment by…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago  (781+ words) Nahal Toosi: "The vice president " currently the strongest likely contender for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination " is increasingly on the minds of global power players as they scan the U.S. political horizon. Foreign officials who have dealt with Vance tell me they've…...