Rachel Maddow shares Wall Street Journal reporting on how countries and individuals who want favors from the United States government are seeking to secure those favors by spending money in a way that...

Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

The U.S. said on Saturday it would revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders over South Sudan's failure to accept the return of its repatriated citizens, at a time when many in Africa fear that country could return to civil war.

It gets worse: The order found that the administration was covertly withholding millions in FEMA funds from blue states.

Former TV pitchman has close relationship with boss RFK Jr but regularly encourages Americans to get vaccinated

Roughly $2 trillion was erased from the S&P 500 Index on Thursday amid worries that President Donald Trump’s sweeping new round of tariffs could plunge the economy into a recession.

"They’re not only bad economically, they’re bad politically," warned Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

Donald Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz, reportedly used his personal Gmail account for government communications.

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Homicide by an abusive partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. – and researchers are gutted by the sudden cuts.

The national security chat debacle certainly merits attention. But the Trump administration is now blatantly disappearing students and others who are in the country legally.

We are facing an entirely new security environment, Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson said as he presented plan to raise Sweden’s defence spending to 3,5% of GDP by 2030.

China could look to sectors that it already leads — like agriculture and public health — in places like Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia.

The new Canadian prime minister announced the two countries’ relationship is “over.”

As federal food assistance hangs in the balance, Today in Ohio podcast hosts question whether it's cruel policy or catastrophic incompetence

A public watchdog group has launched the first lawsuit over the Trump administration’s use of Signal to discuss war plans, HuffPost has learned.

Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted Trump's agenda.

The Kremlin confirmed Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted to U.S. President Donald Trump a portrait he commissioned of the U.S. president.

Vladimir Solovyov then said, “We’ll have to take back our bases in Eastern Europe, we’ll have to go back to Berlin, we’ll have to teach the Baltics to love the Russian language again"

The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...

By Jeff Zeleny and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time...

There have been multiple attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships.

Lee Dudek, Trump’s interim Social Security chief, says he wants to turn off the program if Musk and DOGE can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data.

As a federal judge, Donald Trump’s sister ruled unconstitutional the immigration law Trump officials have cited to deport protesters.

The IMLS is the only federal agency dedicated to supporting the nations museums.

Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk have lost ground in recent days but are not encircled by Russian forces, contrary to recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to three U.S. and European officials familiar with their governments' intelligence assessments.

Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion...

Europe is locking the U.S. out of a key defense plan.

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

The return of astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore after an extended stay on the International Space Station has been the subject of competing claims about the actions of the Trump and Biden adm...

Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump ...

A Minnesota Senator from Grand Rapids was arrested, accused of soliciting a minor for prostitution.

The Supreme Court’s chief justice issued a rare public statement.

Moscow is elated by President Donald Trump’s moves to gut U.S.-funded media outlets Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America, high-ranking Russian officials and diplomats told The Moscow T...

S&P Global Mobility released its study on the impact the tariff war will have on autos. The chance of bad-to-dire consequences is a 70% probability.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed to Fox News that the Israelis spoke with the White House before launching their surprise attack.

MAGA's false claim about Biden's signatures refuted

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Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia

Their arrival comes less than 24 hours after a federal judge blocked a law Trump planned to use for the deportations.