US politics

US politics

Many people have told me I should change my last name, but instead, Donald should change his. 'Donald Epstein' has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

The rumors were sparked by claims from Mark Christopher Lee, a UK-based director and ufologist, who told Daily Mail 'an advisor to the Trump administration' told him that the president 'has been given authority by the other major world leaders to make this announcement.' However, Lee said it has been moved up to coincide with Roswell's 79th anniversary on July 8. He told the Daily Mail that 'new intelligence developments have made it a matter of urgency.'

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt has said Iran would be wise to make a deal, as the United States surges further military assets to the Middle East. Her statement came as part of a series of veiled threats from officials under US President Donald Trump, a day after US and Iranian representatives held a second round of indirect talks this month.

The Department of Justice admitted in a recent court filing that it had violated over 50 court orders in immigration cases and that stunning figure was just since Dec. 5 and only included cases in New Jersey. The tactics used during President Donald Trump administration's immigration crackdown have been loudly criticized and sparked nationwide protests and multiple court challenges, especially after two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis:

During questioning by Congress, Attorney General Pam Bondi used shouting as a technique to deflect difficult questions about President Donald Trump and the Epstein Files, citing the current strong stock market as an example of Trump's success. But Trump cannot be let off the hook for possible crimes just because he is perceived as doing some things right. Even a criminal as notorious as mob boss Al Capone appears to have been a family man who supported projects in his community. Such benevolence, though admirable, didn't erase the need for accountability when he committed tax evasion and murder.

The Late Show was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with Rep. James Talarico, the network said in a statement. The show was provided legal guidance that the broadcast could trigger the FCC equal-time rule for two other candidates, including Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and presented options for how the equal time for other candidates could be fulfilled. The Late Show decided to present the interview through its YouTube channel with on-air promotion on the broadcast rather than potentially providing the equal-time options.

The bill, named the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, seeks to establish new federal standards for voter registration and voting in federal elections, focusing on proof of citizenship and stricter photo ID requirements. This comes ahead of the midterm elections in November. What does the SAVE America Act propose? The proposal would require citizens to present documents such as a passport or birth certificate to register to vote or update their registration.

It reports that Google, Reddit, Discord, and Meta have received hundreds of administrative subpoenas from the Department of Homeland Security in recent months. The goal is to get information on the identities of people behind accounts found to be tracking ICE agent movements or criticizing the group as it carries out its operations, during which officers have killed at least two people so far in 2026.

It's not hard to do the job you signed up for if you're allowed to do the job you signed up for, and President Trump and this administration backs law enforcement and gave us the resources and gave us the autonomy in you and I in running this building to remove the red tape, to remove the unnecessary approvals, and to get a thousand extra agents that's what we did, Dan.

An aide to Gov. Maura Healey sued the Trump administration last month, arguing that the government's "arbitrary and capricious" visa application policies could cause her to lose her job. The administration responded this week, contending that Massachusetts federal district court does not have proper jurisdiction and that "national security concerns" outweigh any harm to her. Valentina Amaro Bowser, an immigrant from Venezuela who worked as a media director for Healey beginning in 2023, is suing the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

A New York City Board of Elections worker said it is not his job to report anyone when asked about processing registrations for non-citizens, hidden video footage shows. According to undercover video captured by Muckraker, in which its reporter attempted to pose as a non-citizen, a worker said he would process applications for non-citizens. "Once in a while ... we have people come in here ... and they register, they weren't a citizen," the worker told the reporter. When the reporter claimed to the worker that he was a green card holder from Canada, he was told he needed to be a citizen.

As a two-time Peabody Award-winning broadcast journalist and the founding director of the University of Colorado Boulder's Visual Evidence Lab - and as fellows at Stanford University's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences - we understand how video can be easily manipulated. Even when genuine, it can distort reality by triggering our own biases. Video makes us believe we are witnessing events firsthand, but we are not.

"Driving the news: Wexner generally cooperated and answered the panel's questions, though he repeatedly claimed he did not "recall" events he was asked about, Democrats said, adding that he did not plead the Fifth Amendment. Wexner told the panel that he did not consider Epstein a close friend, and that he was instead "conned" by him, a person familiar with the matter told Axios. Wexner has previously accused Epstein of misappropriating $46 million of his fortune."

Bernie Sanders will be in Los Angeles campaigning Wednesday for the tax proposal that has the Silicon Valley in an uproar, with tech titans are threatening to leave the state. A large health care union is attempting to place a proposal before voters in November that would impose a one-time 5% tax on the assets of billionaires including stocks, art, businesses, collectibles and intellectual property to backfill federal funding cuts to health services for lower-income people that were signed by President Donald Trump last year.

The 90-second spot begins with footage of the men posing shirtless in front of what appears to be a taxidermied bear. It then shows slow-motion imagery of a shark, a military plane and a bald eagle flying, followed by the words Rock Out Work Out. I've teamed up with @KidRock to deliver two simple messages to the American people: GET ACTIVE + EAT REAL FOOD, Kennedy captioned the video on social media.

Democrats are calling for the censure or even resignation of Randy Fine, a Florida congressman known for his inflammatory rhetoric, after he wrote particularly Islamophobic social media post last weekend. But other than one retiring Republican Congressman, the GOP has largely been silent on the matter. On Sunday, Fine wrote a post on X indicating that he preferred dogs to Muslims. "If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one," he said.

As artificial intelligence becomes more mainstream, many people are using it to do things that they would normally hire someone else to do. AI is helping people conduct research, analyze options, and even create artistic works. While this makes certain things easier and more efficient, it means that some people will get reduced work or lose their livelihoods. For governments that have to look at the big picture, this means more unemployment which translates to less tax revenue, with an emphasis on social security funding.

In a candid discussion regarding the mechanics of President Donald Trump's hold on power, longtime Yale leadership scholar (and regular Fortune contributor) Jeffrey Sonnenfeld warned the president's chaotic style is often mistaken for incompetence when it is actually a calculated strategy. Speaking on the Raging Moderates podcast with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov, Sonnenfeld laid out the thesis of his new book, Trump's Ten Commandments, while explaining Trump is "dumb as a fox," and business leaders underestimate him at their peril.

These aren't optional programs - these are investments approved by bipartisan majorities in Congress, and the President doesn't get to cancel them simply because he disagrees with them," Bonta told reporters Wednesday.

The 2009 "endangerment finding" came about as a result of a prolonged legal battle that ended in a 2007 Supreme Court ruling, Massachusetts v. EPA, where it was determined that greenhouse gases qualify as pollutants under the Clean Air Act. The ruling directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether they pose a danger to public health and welfare and it did so, based on overwhelming scientific consensus that six greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare by fueling climate change.