1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (188+ words) A self-described “history nerd” whose “happy place” is inside library archives, Westervelt opens her narrative by recounting how the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry’s U.S. trade association, came into being. Collective amnesia about deteriorating conditions is also seen…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1585+ words) Security at the Republican National Convention kicked a trio of Epstein survivors out of the event after a journalist they were accompanying dared to ask a House candidate about the Epstein files. Independent journalist Tara Palmeri went through the proper…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1450+ words) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick thinks Trump’s $5,000 midterm bribe can be paid for with funds from the so-called “Trump Platinum Card,” which hasn’t even been launched yet. Lutnick shared this ridiculous idea with NBC News on Thursday. The Platinum Card is…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1321+ words) The contractor President Trump hired to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is taking full responsibility for the pool’s torn blue paint and lining. The New York Times reports that Atlantic Industrial Coatings told the White House that its own…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1528+ words) The Justice Department sent letters demanding 30 states led by both Democrats and Republicans retain all 2024 election files, threatening their top election officials should they fail to do so. The letters order states not to destroy or dispose of any voting…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1415+ words) President Trump’s executive order cracking down on mail-in voting is running into resistance in some Republican-led states. Republican election officials in seven states say that there isn’t enough time before the November midterm elections to implement Trump’s order, and have…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (166+ words) After Canada’s reciprocal tariffs kicked in this week, Donald Trump spiraled on social media. He posted a deranged map suggesting he wants to annex all of Canada. He posted a demented visual of himself domineering over Canada’s prime minister. And…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (211+ words) Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of angry, unhinged threats over the last few days. He posted a map of all of North America—including Canada and Mexico—under conquest by the United States. He angrily threatened to cut off all…...

5+ day, 23+ min ago   (1479+ words) The Trump administration is moving to strip a rule barring private equity officials from engaging in “pay-to-play” schemes with government officials. The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to revoke Rule 206(4)-5 under the Investment Advisers Act, arguing that it chills…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1114+ words) The New York Times reports that Marshall, who is facing reelection in Kansas in November, sued over 700 patients for failure to pay medical bills, with 81 of them getting arrested as a result. In some cases, Marshall had bank accounts garnished,…...