Some of Democrats’ once-hateable figures are out of the picture. And emerging democratic socialists haven’t made for strong lines of attack nationwide.

Candidates across the spectrum are suddenly campaigning against the spread of license plate cameras.

While most GOP-enacted cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs won’t happen until 2027, Democrats are speaking to the voters already feeling the squeeze.

Government struggling to deal with worst crisis in months after being taken by surprise by massive demonstrations

Students angry over the state of the country’s education system have blockaded hundreds of schools. Thousands of protesters have been arrested and dozens of people injured.

The Iris Murdoch quote is from her book The Sovereignty of Good, specifically the essay “The Idea of Perfection.” Murdoch writes,

On a range of issues from Iran to safety-net cuts to voting rights, Trump’s party is holding back until he’s beyond accountability once and for all.

Nikole Hannah-Jones’s essay about her daughter’s education is heartbreaking because it poses a question almost every parent understands: Did I make the right choice for my child? Hannah-Jones made …

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardon’s ruling means federal contractors can’t continue construction in the national park or surrounding areas until a lawsuit opposing the work is resolved.

On October 1, the U.S. Treasury Department released regulations for the federal tax credit voucher program that was slipped into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and pushed through reconciliation. The ...

And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.

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Two of the Defense Department’s biggest contractors will help lead a project that could directly benefit them.

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A woman just filed a lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump, claiming that she

Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...

I’ve just mailed out the September issue of my very simple free monthly email newsletter. It has over 3,000 subscribers, and you can subscribe here. Of course, you can also join the tens of …

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Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...

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Literary interests are a green flag for those looking for a partner with curiosity and communication skills — or just the ability to put down the phone.

The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper.

We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.

MS NOW host Jen Psaki says President Donald Trump's rally in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday shows his support is slipping, even in one of the most Republican states in the country."Even in ruby red Alabam...

By Thomas Ultican 9/30/2026 This weekend, an NPE conference was held at the Hyatt Hotel in Conroe, Texas a suburb of Houston. It was a bit isolated but with the high temperatures outside there was …

After a decade of sounding the alarm over an elementary school plagued by mold, school staff and families in Bessemer, Ala., have finally succeeded in getting the school closed again—seemingly for goo...

A spokesperson for Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) said the “leadership PAC has complied with and responded to the Trump DOJ subpoena because it has nothing to hide.”

Top Republicans are still hoping MAGA Inc. will pump more money into the already expensive Texas Senate race as they fret about their GOP nominee.

The Houthis say they’re just defending Yemen, but their moves are damaging global commerce.