2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1014+ words) They’re also setting the stage for what could come next, in a post-Trump era, as Vice President JD Vance takes center stage with a primetime speaking slot just ahead of the president. Vance has not said whether he will run…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (565+ words) The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country’s nearly $1.8 trillion annual budget deficit and concerns about inflation. “If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000,” Trump…...

4+ day, 25+ min ago   (262+ words) Malone Lam, an eighth-grade dropout who came to the U.S. from Singapore, faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years after pleading guilty to a federal racketeering conspiracy charge. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly didn’t immediately schedule Lam’s sentencing hearing in Washington. Lam…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (294+ words) The legal wrangling comes even as states start sending out mail ballots, leaving the administration little time to make big changes in mail ballot rules. “Ballots have already begun to be mailed in North Carolina, and more States will begin…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (642+ words) The strikes — a day after U.S. President Donald Trump sought to minimize the conflict as “small potatoes” — keep up a new tilt back toward fighting after six months of on-again, off-again war that began with U.S. and Israeli attacks…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (192+ words) In addition to seizing cryptocurrency meant to support Hamas’ military wing, the department said that it had taken control of website domains and communication platforms used for fundraising and recruitment, and had obtained information about thousands of people who had…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (895+ words) Army Secretary Dan Driscoll No reason was given for the departure of Driscoll, who is a friend of Vice President JD Vance, but tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been widely reported. It marks the latest in a series…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (427+ words) U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that the strikes “follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.” On Sunday, the U.S. military said it struck…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (680+ words) Trump in a social media post announcing the agreement said it was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez. “The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (248+ words) The action, filed by about two dozen states against the U.S. Postal Service, marked a new phase in the high-stakes litigation just two days after the Supreme Court ruled against them in a separate case, but did not say Trump’s order…...