Homeland Security Opens Child Exploitation Probe Into Banned Texas Volleyball Coach
An agent said he began looking into Ryan Richardson after ProPublica and The Washington Post reported that the coach was still working with teens after a sports oversight group found that he had engaged in sexual misconduct.
Breaking up hospital and drug monopolies could save families $6,000 a year, report finds
A 26-group coalition of pharmacists, physicians and patients says consolidation, not coverage gaps, is driving the crisis.
The second worst MAGA Trump calamity – more than equal to its Constitutional concussion
Robert S. Becker on the deeper, still-unfolding costs of Trumpism beyond its constitutional violations.
House Democrat presses Trump Jr.’s venture firm on Pentagon-linked deals
A blocked March subpoena over a rare earth company's Pentagon loan set the stage for a new letter demanding records by September 9.
The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Customers soon learned the hard way that this wasn’t true.
Highest Gasoline Prices ever in Aug., as US-Iran Tit for Tat Strikes Continue
Americans paid nearly $60 billion more at the pump this spring than a year earlier, and the Gulf shipping crisis shows no sign of easing before the price hits again.
This 80-year-old senator isn’t backing off his support for trans rights
Some Democrats have retreated from their party’s once-broad support for transgender rights. Not Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey. “The demonization of the trans community requires political leaders to stand up and to protect them against the unconscionable attacks,” Markey told The 19th ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary, where he faces a challenge from U.S.
Thousands rally at Lincoln Memorial to defend voting rights
Civil rights leaders say this is the first march since the Supreme Court gutted a core Voting Rights Act protection.
Nuclear regulator moves to drop 50-year-old radiation safety standard
The rule NRC officials are preparing to eliminate has required the nuclear industry to keep exposure below legal limits, not just under them.
Rep. LaMonica McIver isn’t just fighting for reelection — she’s fighting for freedom
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a trial that could send the New Jersey congresswoman to prison over a 2025 clash with officers at an immigration detention center.









