Bill Maher humorously pointed out the absurdity of the Trump administration's claim that seashells spelling out 86 47 constituted a death threat against President Trump, highlighting the ridiculousness of the situation.
Trump stated, 'Because it's never been sought before. There's been numerous, many, many times. Nobody's ever gotten it before. They consider it totally unconstitutional.' He emphasized that the administration is in touch with Congress but insists that seeking authorization has never been a precedent.
Denny Adan Gonzalez was the 18th person to die in US immigration custody this year amid the administration of US President Donald Trump's mass deportation drive. He is also the fifth death believed to be by suicide, according to Physicians for Human Rights, which warned of a pattern of increasing suicides.
The message this year is that the country should be 'focusing on workers over billionaires.' We know there are bus drivers in New York and teachers in Idaho and nurses in Louisiana who are feeling the impact of a system that has decided to put billionaires ahead of everyone else.
The average price of one gallon of gasoline in the United States has reached $4.30, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA), up from less than $3 before the February 28 start of the US-Israel war on Iran.
The Trump administration is hemorrhaging tax dollars on vanity projects and personal perks, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Nearly half a billion dollars has been greenlighted for projects such as a military parade, a statuary garden, and upgrades to Air Force One.
I worry these attacks are battering this institution and putting at risk the things that really matter to the public. Powell's decision to stay denies President Trump a chance to fill a seat on the central bank's governing board.
The Israeli military has continued to occupy southern Lebanon and flatten houses there it claims were used by Hezbollah. Hezbollah has continued to conduct rocket and drone attacks against Israeli forces in Lebanon and villages across the border.
"We will ensure a future of American dominance in space," Trump stated, emphasizing the importance of U.S. leadership in lunar and Martian exploration during a speech at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Federal authorities charged Allen with transporting firearms across state lines while traveling by train from California to Washington and with discharging a firearm during the incident at the Washington Hilton, where officials said a federal agent was shot in his ballistic vest.
The Supreme Court's decision to allow Texas' gerrymandered electoral maps for the 2026 midterms underscores the ongoing challenges in addressing gerrymandering and its impact on minority voting power.
"I was just wrong. It was wildly different than the first Trump administration. There was just a sense that this was not going to be the same. And then in the Voting Section, what happened is they just started dismissing cases."
I have watched the systematic dismantling of the scientific advisory infrastructure of this government with growing alarm, and the National Science Board is simply the latest casualty.
