SpaceX founder had publicly blamed president for chaos over restrictions, but sources say he initiated them

The world’s richest person, who has become the biggest known midterm donor, gave $158 million to a group that quickly spent that much to help Mr. Paxton’s Senate bid in Texas.

The Treasury Department published the U.S. budget deficit for the 2026 fiscal year.

Elon Musk has assembled a presidential-level field operation this midterm cycle, underscoring the extent to which he has taken over the get-out-the-vote effort for the Republican party.

Trump blamed Zelensky, thanked Putin and called for regime change in Kyiv. None of it survives a fact-check.

Why Democrats must prioritize court reform.

Federal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar’s Washington-area home in an escalation in the Trump administration’s scrutiny of the Minnesota Democrat, according to a person familiar with the matt...

Ukrainian president says Russia conducted strikes on power plants after US president’s announcement on Sunday

Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces in Yemen said the kingdom’s main airport in Riyadh was hit by an unknown projectile on Sunday, causing a fire.

Poland's police have received information about a possible plot to attack Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz

A different and alarming take on the economic risks

Companies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations

Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow

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The Justice Department is considering a perjury and obstruction-of-justice case against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified against Donald Trump to the January 6 committee.

Moscow’s drones have hit two bridges in Kyiv and one in Zaporizhzhia over the past week

Archbishop Paul Coakley, President of the US Bishops’ Conference, expresses shock over the planned livestreamed execution of Nidal Hassan, warning ...

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

Elon Musk is a trillionaire again.

Frank Strada facing mounting questions after Pike survives injection with lethal drugs in Tennessee Tennessee’s prison chief is under fire for the failed execution of Christa Pike, which lawyers say was the fifth “botched” execution under his leadership across two states since 2022. Frank Strada, the commissioner of the Tennessee department of correction, has faced mounting questions about the state’s highly secretive death penalty protocols since Wednesday evening when Pike became the first death row prisoner in the US to to be injected with lethal drugs and survive. Continue reading...

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

Oracle sent a force majeure notice to the developer, has removed one key development partner and faced local resistance in Project Jupiter.

Actual disenrollment will depend heavily on how easy states make it for young adults, who move frequently and participate in hard-to-track gig work, to prove they should stay enrolled, the Urban Insti...