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The paranoia and conspiracy theories of the McCarthy era still inform our culture and politics in the present day.

Wendy McMahon’s exit has some employees feeling “like a purge is underway,” one CBS correspondent told CNN on Monday.

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Trump is the head of a criminal syndicate, and he should be treated accordingly.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has “deep reservations” about a plan for the Department of Homeland Security to use National Guard members to help with federal immigration enforcement.

Reform groups in Allegheny County endorsed candidates with experience in public defense, social work, or civil rights in the May 20 primaries—part of a long game to shift local power.

Almost all of the wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest is for export, and even before President Trump's trade war, farmers were dealing with rock bottom prices and slagging global demand.

A federal judge is blocking the Trump administration from moving forward with its dismantling of the U.S.

On first glance, Dr. Vinay Prasad’s medical credentials sound impressive. But look closer and you’ll find a narcissistic attention-seeker peddling misinformation, whose views will cost lives.

The president’s ire toward celebrity critics might seem trivial, but his willingness to use the power of the state to attack his critics matters.

Duffy is the second member of Trump’s cabinet who sold securities shortly before the president’s tariff announcements sent markets plunging. A spokesperson for Duffy said an account manager made the t...

The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team.

A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration unlawfully removed the board of the US Institute of Peace earlier this year and that subsequent actions taken by officials installed by the D...

The folks behind DREAM will never be able to outspend the would-be mayor of New York City. But they believe their fresh approach to campaigning might give them an edge.

Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its traditional mission.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said President Donald Trump lacked the power to terminate without cause the board of the independent U.S. Institute of Peace.

The decision by Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs to resume capital punishment aligns with a larger trend of death penalty states hiding key details about executions.

Before he helped fire most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffers, DOGE’s Gavin Kliger was warned about his investments and advised to not take any actions that could benefit him personally,…

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Mexican General Motors workers in the Silao, Guanajuato, factory complex clinched record raises after staring down company scaremongering about tariff threats. “They said, well, we’re offering 6 perce...

One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's top advisors, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.

A Democratic former member of the federal agency that enforces U.S. laws banning workplace discrimination filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming her firing by President Donald Trump was illegal and seeking to be reinstated to her post.

Several U.S. Department of Agriculture employees who worked on the agency's bird flu response will leave at the end of April, straining the federal capacity to monitor the spread of the virus, according to a source familiar with the situation.

The United States issued fresh sanctions targeting Iran on Wednesday, the Treasury Department said, two days after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. planned direct talks with Tehran over its nuclear program.

Outcry as CNN reports president to stop funds for program that would have created jobs in Middletown, Ohio

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday delivered an expletive-laced reaction to reports that highly sensitive war plans were shared with a journalist who was somehow added to a Signa...

After the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, a new rule targeted the riskiest deposits. Now Trump has rescinded it.

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