Politics

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act was passed to protect Americans—especially Black voters—from discrimination, the law is being stripped of its power. Courts, once a place where people could challenge unfair voting rules and hold leaders accountable, are becoming harder to access.The biggest setback came in 2013, when the...

On Tuesday, Donald Trump posted on his social media site, Truth Social, about the upcoming Kennedy Center Honors ceremony. While talking about it, he jokingly suggested renaming the center after himself, calling it the “Trump/Kennedy Center” before correcting himself.He said the nominees for the awards would be revealed Wednesday and...

Crime in Washington, D.C. is currently at its lowest level in decades and has dropped sharply over the past two years.On August 11, 2025, President Donald Trump held a news conference in which he displayed a chart and claimed that crime in the capital was “totally out of control.” He...

On Monday, President Donald Trump spoke to reporters at the White House and announced a sweeping plan to deal with crime and homelessness in Washington, D.C. He said he believes the nation’s capital is in a worse condition than some of the most troubled places in the world, and he...

On Monday, former President Donald Trump held a press conference in Washington, D.C., to talk about his new plan to fight violent crime in the city. The event was supposed to focus on serious topics—he announced that he wanted to declare a state of emergency, put Attorney General Pam Bondi...

Donald Trump announced that he’s taking control of Washington, D.C.’s police department and sending in the National Guard, saying it’s to make the city safer. He promised to crack down on both homelessness and crime, calling this a “liberation” of the capital and vowing to end what he described as...

Donald Trump announced today that he’s holding a meeting to discuss a new, highly controversial plan that many people are calling “insane” and “dangerous.” He issued a strong warning to Washington, D.C., promising a no-nonsense approach to dealing with two groups: the homeless and criminals.Trump said he wants to make...

Donald Trump unleashed one of his most aggressive public attacks yet against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, taking to Truth Social late Sunday night to call her a “disgusting degenerate” and accuse her and her husband, Paul Pelosi, of corrupt financial dealings. His post was part personal insult, part financial...

A federal judge in New York has rejected a request from the Trump administration’s Justice Department to make public the grand jury transcripts and evidence from Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case.Judge Paul Engelmayer said the reasoning behind the government’s request was “clearly false.” The administration had claimed that releasing the grand...

Near the U.S. Capitol, people gathered for a vigil to protest possible cuts to Medicaid. I’m often asked what we can do to fight back against the wrongs in the world and set things right. Sometimes I have an idea, but often I’m just a writer who can describe the...

Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook have sparked intense public debate after meeting in the Oval Office, where Cook presented the president with an unusual gift. The meeting took place after Apple announced it was increasing its investment in US manufacturing, adding $100 billion to a previous $500 billion...

Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska next week, marking their first in-person meeting since 2019. The meeting is planned for Friday, August 15, 2025, and will focus on trying to end the war in Ukraine. Trump announced the meeting on his social media platform, saying...

Donald Trump has been making headlines again after declaring that he is the only U.S. president  apart from possibly George Washington to have given away his presidential salary. His statement came with a dose of pride, but it quickly set off a wave of debate online, with people split between...

A longtime Republican insider says Donald Trump has finally made the one mistake many voters can’t forgive  proving he’s not capable of doing the job well.Peter Wehner, who worked for three different Republican presidents as a speechwriter, wrote in an opinion piece that Democrats should stop focusing so much on...

Donald Trump Jr. has once again shared a strange meme about his father, continuing a pattern of unusual online posts. In his latest Instagram post, he used an image originally from the “Grand Old Memes” account on X (formerly Twitter). The image appears to have been at least partially made...

Laura Loomer, a far-right political activist known for making inflammatory and controversial statements, went after Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett from Texas in a series of posts on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter. Loomer’s comments came after she saw another post that mentioned unverified claims about how Crockett...