Politics

Fantasy magic thinking is a very expensive folly when human lives are at stake.

GOP lawmakers pushed a sweeping bill forward in a rare Sunday vote after cutting a backroom deal with far-right Republicans to fast-track deeper Medicaid cuts and slash food aid—while offering permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.

Detention practices in a Trumpy post-9/11 age.

An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.

Governor Kathy Hochul has also become involved in promoting nuclear power nationally.

Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.

Living in the world according to Donald Trump.

As House Republicans approve tax breaks for the wealthy, they simultaneously move to gut Medicaid and food assistance, rejecting all amendments to protect vulnerable Americans.

Senior State Department officials in both Washington and Gambia have coordinated with Starlink executives to coax, lobby and browbeat at least seven Gambian government ministers to help Musk, records and interviews show.

But with the recent election results in Canada and Australia, it’s possible to see the limits of Trump’s influence and the signs of a swing back to some semblance of normalcy.