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President Donald Trump attacked The New York Times in a lengthy overnight post on Truth Social after the newspaper reported that the real cost of his Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation was significantly higher than he initially claimed.The president posted his response shortly after 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning, responding to reporting that the Interior Department plans to pay a contractor $13.1 million for the project, far above the $1.8 million figure Trump publicly announced when

Yesterday I spoke with Tennessee state representative Justin Jones, one of the nation’s young Black leaders who’s been a rising star in Tennessee politics, about the Supreme Court’s shameful April 29 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Jones told me that, at Trump’s urging, Tennessee Republicans had prepared a redistricting map even before the Court announced its decision. Then, despite pleas from Black voters and voting rights advocates, the white Republican legislators moved their meeting to another room without a

For months, US President Donald Trump has been fixated on Cuba. He’s issued threats and imposed additional sanctions on the island. The US military has conducted dozens of intelligence-gathering flights off the coast in recent weeks, suggesting a prelude to an invasion.The Cuban government has

With less than six months until the general election, and state primaries already well underway, you’d think that the rules of engagement for the 2026 midterms would be set by now. But two developments last week should quickly disabuse you of that notion.This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access.Redistricting risks confusing voters and costing states millions

For almost a month, I have been limping around my apartment, thinking this has got to be a metaphor for something. It's from one of those household injuries. I missed a step going down the stairs, landed on my foot with all my weight, and popped a calf muscle*. The first thing I thought of was the pain. The second thing: Oh, Jesus, I don't have health insurance.Like I said, a metaphor. Lots of people are like me. According to the Times, as much as 20 percent of Americans who were enrolled in their state's Obamacare exchanges have dropped out. The percentage is expected to get bigger by the end of the year, some an

Despite being an overwhelmingly Democratic state, a quirk in California’s election laws may result in California voters needing to choose between two pro-Trump Republicans in the upcoming governor’s race.“The current system allows the top two candidates, regardless of party, to move on to the runoff,” reported Los Angeles Times' Dakota Smith on Monday. “That has led to instances in which two Democrats or two Republicans have faced off in the general election.”Smith added, “The state's gubernatorial election, for example, has prompted concern that two Republicans could shut out th

Republicans are suspected of using dark money in a widely-distributed ad attacking two of the four Democratic candidates seeking to flip a swing district in the upcoming midterm elections.In a story first broken by Punchbowl congressional reporter Ally Mutnick, it appears that Lead Left PAC — the organization behind the commercial — uses a website with metadata connecting it to WinRed, a website that solicits contributions for

A bestselling author has detailed the indifference Jeffrey Epstein displayed toward the criminal charges pursued against him between 2006 and 2008.In a new column for his Substack, HOWL, Michael Wolff described how "unconcerned" and "uncaring" the disgraced financier was about the investigation. The years-long investigation began after a report was filed with Palm Beach police regarding alleged abuse at his Florida residence.Wolff alleged on Monday that he met with Epstein, who died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019, on multiple occasions during that period. At each meeting, Wolff described Epstein's remarkably composed demeanor."He w

President Donald Trump’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is in potentially hot water because he “doesn’t want to be held accountable” for the failures of his wars, according to a senator currently in Hegseth’s crosshairs.“I think it comes down to the fact that he doesn't want to be held accountable,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said to MS NOW’s Jake Tapper in response to a question about why Hegseth is investigating him. “They've expended an enormous amount of munitions, and I think the only investigation we need — the one we need right now — is: after 15,000 strikes, all we got out of this is 13 dead Americans. We have the Strait of Hormuz closed, gas prices in Arizona are $4.80 a gallon and seem to be heading up.”He added, “And we have a Secretary of Defense who is not only ill-prepar

State Senator and former GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano (R-Franklin) has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Slovakia.Mastriano said in a post on the social media site X that he will continue to serve in the Pennsylvania Senate until a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing.“I am deeply honored and humbled by President Trump’s nomination to serve as United States Ambassador to the Slovak Republic,” Mastriano wrote. “Upon Senate confirmation, I look forward to representing our nation abroad, strengthening the friendship between our two countries, and advancing the interests of the America