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The hush money trial of former President Trump begins Monday with jury selection. Jeenah Moon/AP So, here we are. The first day of the first...
Palestinians transporting the bodies of employees from the World Central Kitchen killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the Hamas-run Gaza...
Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday after a support column was struck by a vessel. Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore Sun/ZUMA ...
Alex Gallardo/AP Racist pseudo-science is making a comeback thanks to Elon Musk. Recently, the tech billionaire has been retweeting prominent race...
Screenshot On Friday, a YouTube Music contractor named Jack Benedict took the podium before Austin’s City Council. He was there to urge the council...
Katie Godowski/AP On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education announced an investigation into an Oklahoma school district for allegedly failing to...
Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via AP A 2021 University of Pittsburgh study, promoted by the American Psychological Association, found that not only...
Stephanie Scarbrough/AP On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced it would forgive more than 150,000 borrowers’ student loans, totaling a...
J. Scott Applewhite/AP On Tuesday, Democrat Tom Suozzi was elected to replace indicted former GOP Rep. George Santos of New York in a special House...
John Locher/AP Roughly two months ago, Donald Trump reminded voters of his authoritarian tendencies when the former president expressed interest in...
FILE - Alabama's lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., is pictured in this Oct. 7, 2002 file photo. Kenneth Smith,...
Sue Ogrocki/AP Today, Alabama will attempt to kill 58-year-old Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas—an untested execution method that experts...
Eric Gay/AP The police response to the May 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which killed two teachers and 19 elementary school students at Robb...
Meg Kinnard/AP On Tuesday morning, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said that she’d no longer attend Republican primary debates unless Donald...
You probably didn’t watch the GOP debates, and now you may not have to read headlines about them either. On Tuesday, fresh off a disappointing third...
Avi Ohayon/AP Lawyers representing South Africa on Thursday said that Israeli soldiers interpreted a biblical reference made by Benjamin Netanyahu...
Craig Hudson/AP After a high-profile incident in which a Black teen was punished over the length of his hair, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is pushing for...
Press Association/AP Images SpaceX, the space flight company owned by Elon Musk, illegally fired eight employees after they criticized Musk’s...
John Lamparski/AP After more than a year of Gov. Greg Abbott continuously busing as many as 150,000 migrants to US sanctuary cities, leaders in some...
Richard Vogel/AP Abnormally large waves, some as high as 40 feet, have been pummelling Southern California’s coastal communities since Thursday,...
Stephen Zenner/AP At least 22 states have a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths. But, as of Friday, Ohio is not one of them. In a...
Budrul Chukrut/AP The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement—a major development in the ongoing, nationwide...
John Minchillo/AP Donald Trump will remain on Michigan’s ballot for the 2024 presidential election. On Wednesday, Michigan’s Supreme Court...
Kai Eckhardt/AP Everyone’s favorite “self-driving” car is experiencing technical issues…again. On Wednesday, Tesla issued a recall for over 2...
Bryon Houlgrave/ AP Photo Donald Trump’s long history of telling on himself continues with the admission of his authoritarian aspirations. The...
: Rep. George Santos (R-NY) talks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on November 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. Charged by the U.S. Department of...
Paul Sancya/AP The United Auto Workers union, in a closely watched vote, has officially ratified its deal with General Motors, bringing the...
Tom Williams/AP Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) became Speaker of the House less than a month ago. Since then, a national audience has become aware of a...
Charles Dharapak/AP T he Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will adopt a first-ever code of ethics, bowing to intense public pressure to...
David McNew/Getty After months of interviews, TV appearances, and hype, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin—and his vision of himself as the new...
Susan Walsh/ AP Live in a key battleground district in Virginia? Then look out for a call from Barack Obama—or at least his pre-recorded voice....
Graeme Sloan/ AP Nearly a month into a non-stop airstrike campaign by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has officially...
Chip Somodevilla/ Getty Since announcing the improper removal of nearly 3,400 eligible voters from Virginia’s voter rolls—more than 10 times the...
A young boy holds a sign during a rally advocating for early voting and voting rights on Sunday, October 30, 2022 in Decatur, GA. Elijah...
Jose Luis Magana/AP “Boo!” “Shut up! Shut up!” That’s what a gaggle of House Republicans yelled at a reporter who dared to ask Rep. Mike...
A United Auto Workers members picket near a Stellantis parts-distribution center. Mike Stewart/AP The United Auto Workers Union is ramping up its...
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, arrives for the Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday,...
Michael Wyke/AP Last week, Barbers High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, after administering more than 40 days of in-school suspension to 18-year-old...
Michael Wyke/AP A Texas high school that suspended a Black student for more than a month over the length of his dreadlocks is removing the student...
Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Virginia Democrats are calling on the Justice Department to investigate the state’s elections department after the...
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., departs a House Republican closed-door caucus to decide who to nominate for speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill Alex...
Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the prominent conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer, is officially running as an independent. On...
Richard Vogel/AP On Wednesday, an estimated 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers across five states and Washington DC walked out in the largest health...
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Two days after Dianne Feinstein’s death, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) has chosen her replacement. On Sunday, Newsom...
Mandel Ngan/Getty “New Low.” “Pathetic.” “Clown show.” On Thursday, during the impeachment inquiry hearing for President Joe Biden...
Kyle Mazza/AP In an effort to tout his support for unions, President Biden doesn’t appear to have to do much talking. In fact, a new campaign ad is...
Andrew Harnik/AP Last Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration advised residents in his state under the age of 65 to not get the newly...
Markus Schreiber/AP On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) announced that the state will join more than 20 others and adopt automatic voter...
Kirby Lee/AP For years, cash bail has been criticized for determining who would be chosen for pre-trial detention based on wealth. Now, Illinois has...
Agencia EL UNIVERSAL/Agustín Salinas/AFBV (GDA via AP Images) After backlash, Drew Barrymore has decided to not resume production of her talk show...