Politics

BBC - Politics (35 minutes ago)

The row over Greenland risked uprooting the PM's carefully cultivated relationship with the US president.

#politics #uk

Read

BBC - Politics (35 minutes ago)

Voters in Wales will elect a new devolved government - and opinion polls suggest the prospect of a groundbreaking result.

#politics #uk

Read

The Washington Post - Politics (45 minutes ago)

President Donald Trump filed suit against JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, saying the bank abruptly closed his accounts.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

One year after President Trump announced it, the U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Infectious disease experts call the decision "scientifically reckless."

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

President Trump said Thursday that Canada is no longer invited to join his international Board of Peace, following days of tension between the president and the U.S.'s northern neighbor.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

The Department of Homeland Security disputes a Minnesota school district's claims that ICE agents used a 5-year-old boy as bait​ before taking the boy and his father into custody Wednesday.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

More than 200 million Americans brace for powerful winter storm; PETA suggests 3D hologram replace Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

President Trump indicated he's watching the Iranian regime's response to massive protests that began late last month.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

A year ago, a law that effectively banned TikTok in the U.S. went into effect, though President Trump has not enforced it.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

The 5-year-old immigrant boy taken into ICE custody alongside his father in Minnesota has an active immigration case and cannot be legally deported yet, records reviewed by CBS News indicate.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

A federal judge says the Trump administration must keep the money flowing for now for programs aimed at helping low-income families with children in five states.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

Tracee Mergen, whose FBI squad was involved in the Renee Good investigation and probes into public benefits fraud in Minnesota, resigned last week, sources said.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

It's the 35th strike on alleged drug-smuggling boats since early September 2025, and the first since the U.S captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro​​.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

Thousands braved subfreezing temperatures in the Twin Cities to protest ICE operations. It comes as Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison calls "Operation Metro Surge" a political tactic meant to punish Minnesotan leaders. Nicole Sganga reports.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

European military veterans, families of the fallen and politicians have voiced outrage after President Trump claimed the U.S. had "never needed" its NATO allies, and that allied troops had stayed "a little off the front lines" during the 20-year war in Afghanistan. Nancy Cordes has the latest.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

Biggest snowstorm in years set to hit half of U.S.; Grief-stricken widow was living at husband's grave, until help arrived

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

European veterans, families of the fallen, and politicians are voicing outrage over Trump's claim NATO allies stayed behind the front lines in Afghanistan.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (56 minutes ago)

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he has seen "no evidence" of a federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer earlier this month.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (57 minutes ago)

Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer, accountant and billionaire benefactor were issued subpoenas to testify before the committee in February and March.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (57 minutes ago)

Hundreds of businesses in the Twin Cities were closed Friday to protest the presence of federal immigration agents in Minnesota, as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis in a show of solidarity.

#politics #us

Read

National Public Radio - Politics (59 minutes ago)

It was a volatile week for trans-Atlantic relations, marked by President Trump statements that unsettled global markets and strained ties with U.S. allies — on topics ranging from Greenland to Gaza.

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (An hour ago)

Reaction was swift and brutal online after news broke that the Department of Justice sought to investigate Minnesota mother Renee Good for criminal liability even after her death – a move that elicited an "extremely rare” judicial rejection.According to a report in MS NOW, aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S....

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (An hour ago)

President Donald Trump's civil rights chief, Harmeet Dhillon, took to the right-wing Newsmax channel on Friday to bash a magistrate judge who blocked the ongoing detention of Minnesota activists charged with conspiracy against rights for protesting inside a church where an ICE official worked."When you go in front of a magistrate with these types...

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (2 hours ago)

The "Board of Peace" was first announced as part of the Trump administration's peace plan for Gaza. Mr. Trump led a signing for its founding charter in Davos.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (2 hours ago)

A historic preservation nonprofit is trying to block ongoing construction of Trump's new White House ballroom.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (2 hours ago)

The Treasury Department announced it's sanctioning nine vessels that transport Iranian oil, as well as the ships' owners.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (2 hours ago)

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said President Trump called him after the April 2025 arson attack at his home in Harrisburg. He recalled the "strange conversation" he had with Mr. Trump to CBS News senior correspondent Norah O'Donnell for "CBS Sunday Morning."

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (2 hours ago)

A series of informational signs about slavery was removed from the President's House in Old City Philadelphia, prompting Philadelphia officials to file a lawsuit against the federal government. Elaine Quijano has more.

#politics #us

Read

CBC - Politics (2 hours ago)

Here's a look at some of the reaction Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this week is getting from political leaders around the world.

#politics #ca

Read

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 hours ago)

Perth's new film studio is almost ready to receive its first production. There's just one problem – no one has signed up yet. Is that a sign of things to come from a facility the government has sunk millions into?

#politics #au

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (2 hours ago)

Trump stirs talk of 'new world order' as leaders signal shifting global alliances

#politics #us

Read

New York Times - Politics (2 hours ago)

The U.S. Southern Command said it had asked the Coast Guard to search for one survivor.

#politics #us

Read

New York Times - Politics (2 hours ago)

The ruling represents another setback in the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

The Trump administration has lied about the death of Renee Nicole Good at the hands of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, former prosecutor Kristy Greenberg stated on the latest episode of her "Courtside" web show — and a key new piece of evidence drives this point home."A Minnesota FBI agent did his job," said...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

A year into his second term, President Donald Trump faces a furious backlash from anti-abortion leaders who say he's abandoned them.Abby Johnson, a prominent anti-abortion advocate, railed to Notus on Friday that Trump has "done nothing for the pro-life movement.""He's made things significantly worse, just like he said he would,” Johnson...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

As a major winter storm swept across much of the United States, Donald Trump seized on the cold snap to attack climate science, posting a confused rant on Truth Social mocking what he called "environmental insurrectionists” and questioning global warming. The president, who has repeatedly dismissed climate change as a hoax, has used his second...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

A federal judge in Washington State blocked President Donald Trump's ability to rewrite one of former President Joe Biden's signature policies on Friday.U.S. District Judge Tana Lin, a Biden appointee, ruled that Trump violated the law when he changed the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which awards grants to states to...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

MAGA activist Laura Loomer unleashed a blistering attack on Vice President JD Vance on Friday, accusing him of protecting conservative figures she says openly attack Donald Trump while refusing to confront extremists within his own political orbit.In an explosive post on X, Loomer tore into Vance over a laundry list of unresolved issues."Since the...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Plans for Donald Trump to hit the campaign trail weeks ahead of schedule have drawn mockery from Democratic strategists, who see the move as a sign of panic inside the White House as his poll numbers slide. After Politico reported Trump would begin campaigning weekly to shore up sagging support, former Trump aide Sarah Matthews said his presence...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

An attempt to troll critics by President Donald Trump's White House backfired spectacularly on Friday as observers gave the administration a geography lesson.As Trump openly fantasizes about taking over Greenland from Denmark, the official White House account posted an artificial intelligence-generated photo of the president walking next to a...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

A public health expert is sounding the alarm after a Trump administration appointee openly questioned the need for measles and polio vaccines — and suggested letting outbreaks spread to observe the consequences. Kirk Milhoan, the newly installed chair of a key federal vaccine advisory panel, argued on a podcast that modern sanitation and medical...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

President Donald Trump and his Republican acolytes are gearing up to try to provoke a "race war" over his Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, veteran Democratic strategist James Carville warned MS NOW's Ari Melber on Friday evening.And the key moment he's going to try to do it, Carville argued, is during the "convention" Republicans are...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Right-wing conspiracy theorist and activist Laura Loomer unleashed a bombshell claim Friday night that members of the Republican Party are intentionally tanking the midterms to pave the way for President Donald Trump's impeachment.Loomer laid out her theory with stark language on X. "You can tell a lot of people in the GOP are deliberately trying...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Former Trump administration official turned whistleblower Miles Taylor revealed startling details Friday about the dangers he says Donald Trump posed during his first White House term, revealing that the Department of Homeland Security quietly prepared for the real possibility of nuclear war.Speaking at Zeteo's "One Year of Trump” live event at...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

The Wall Street Journal editorial board tore into President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission chairman, Brendan Carr, for his effort to regulate the ability of late-night comedians to host political interviews.Carr has come under fire for drastic changes at the FCC, including a proclamation that he does not consider his agency...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Trump suffered a humiliating week of defeats that exposed cracks in his iron-fisted façade, legal experts said Friday. This week, President Donald Trump "suffered a string of defeats that exposed the real limits of his power at home and abroad," noted Slate's Marc Joseph Stern and Dahlia Lithwick on Friday.For starters, the Justice Department...

#politics #us

Read

New York Times - Politics (4 hours ago)

The Department of Housing and Urban Development said it would punish public housing authorities that did not adequately verify tenants' immigration status within 30 days.

#politics #us

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (5 hours ago)

Florida sets execution date for man convicted of killing a grocery store owner

#politics #us

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (5 hours ago)

California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast

#politics #us

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (5 hours ago)

Massive snowstorm will test Trump's strategy on disaster aid

#politics #us

Read

Global News - Politics (5 hours ago)

Canadian officials and world leaders are condemning Trump for claiming troops from NATO-allied nations 'stayed a little back' from the front lines in Afghanistan.

#politics #ca

Read

Global News - Politics (5 hours ago)

Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said ministers are focused on creating good jobs for Canadians and building 'a safe, sovereign and secure, strong economy.'

#politics #ca

Read

Global News - Politics (5 hours ago)

The Public Service Alliance of Canada said more than 5,000 of its members alone received 'workforce adjustment notices' this week across multiple federal government departments.

#politics #ca

Read

Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

A writer at the conservative National Review warned Friday that a looming Supreme Court decision on Donald Trump's tariff powers could trigger political chaos – and potentially turn MAGA world against the high court.In a column titled "The Storm is Coming to Washington, D.C.,” staff writer Jeffrey Blehar zeroed in on the case challenging...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Prince Harry on Friday rebuked President Donald Trump's comments dismissing NATO allies and spoke out about sacrifices among those who fought alongside the United States. The Duke of Sussex served in the British Army for a decade and did two tours in Afghanistan, among many of the service members who answered the call to serve after NATO invoked...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

ICE agents in Minneapolis sparked outrage after detaining 2-year-old Chloe Renata Tipan Villacis and her father, Elvis Joel Tipan Echeverria, during a traffic stop, raising fresh concerns over the agency's practice of targeting children. The arrest drew bystander protests, chemical irritants, and widespread criticism, even as DHS claimed the father...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

A bodyguard of President Donald Trump's Secretary of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, has been placed on leave, as officials investigate whether the two engaged in a secret romantic relationship, reported Bloomberg Law on Friday.This follows prior reporting that Chavez-DeRemer was herself under investigation for "inappropriate" dealings with a...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Criminals are dropping serious cash to grease the wheels of Trump's pardon machine, according to a new report. New disclosures reveal federal lobbyists raked in over $2.1 million last year from legally troubled individuals desperately seeking presidential clemency — and that's probably just the tip of the iceberg, Notus reported Friday.At least...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Newly unsealed court documents reveal that the Trump administration justified the arrest and attempted deportation of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk almost entirely based on an op-ed she co-authored criticizing Israel. DHS officials labeled her commentary as "anti-Israel activism” and claimed it violated Trump-era executive orders on...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

An FBI supervisor walked away from her job after top brass in Washington shut down her civil rights probe into an immigration officer who shot and killed a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis. Renee Good was unarmed and behind the wheel of her Honda Pilot when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross opened fire multiple times. The...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

A live interview on CNN took an uncomfortable turn Friday when anchor Jake Tapper challenged a Minnesota bookstore owner for insisting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were using "concentration camps” to house detainees. The moment unfolded during a segment on Tapper's show, "The Lead,” featuring a co-owner of Moon Palace Books,...

#politics #us

Read

Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 hours ago)

As One Nation and Pauline Hanson threaten to overtake the fractured Coalition as the nation's leading conservative force, we test if the party's policies make practical and economic sense.

#politics #au

Read

New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

Polls, careful remarks from JD Vance and chats with voters all point to some wariness.

#politics #us

Read

New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

The change, which could affect more than $30 billion in foreign assistance, is the Trump administration's latest move against what the president calls "woke ideology.”

#politics #us

Read

New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

The agency says that victims of an investment offering involving Gemini Trust got their money back, though after a regulatory action brought by the New York attorney general.

#politics #us

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

California to join WHO health network in rebuke of Trump

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) got a hard grilling on MS NOW's "Katy Tur Reports" on Friday after he backed a Homeland Security funding bill that boosts funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by another $10 billion despite mounting controversy over their tactics and abuses of basic constitutional rights."Why does ICE need more money?" asked...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Donald Trump returned from Davos empty-handed on his push for Greenland, a public rebuke his niece Mary Trump described as a devastating humiliation rooted in fear, decline, and loss of control. Writing on Substack, Mary Trump said her uncle's nearly 90-minute World Economic Forum speech — packed with threats and grievances — underscored what...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

A gun law passed by Hawaii is testing the Supreme Court's position in a ruling critics say relied on "beyond stupid" logic to gut modern firearms regulations. In his latest column, legal commentator Elie Mystal, a columnist for The Nation, tore into the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in New York State Rifle Association v. Bruen, a ruling that he...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

The Department of Justice under Attorney General Pam Bondi intends to leave the second volume of former special counsel Jack Smith's report in "the dustbin of history."On the second day of President Donald Trump's second term, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon ordered that the DOJ could not release the report concerning the alleged...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

CNN commentators Scott Jennings and Kate Bedingfield clashed Friday during a live broadcast, stunning the controversial pundit into silence. Bedingfield, former Biden White House communications director, and Jennings were part of a panel discussing the aggressive tactics employed by ICE agents in Minnesota when Jennings tried to defend the Trump...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Vice President JD Vance is an obvious frontrunner to succeed President Donald Trump in 2028 — but a new focus group already suggests danger signs for the GOP if he becomes the nominee.According to Politico, a newly held focus group session with nine young male Trump supporters, by Trump-skeptical GOP strategist Sarah Longwell, revealed that only...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

A Republican lawmaker appeared caught off guard during former special counsel Jack Smith's first public testimony when his attempt to downplay Donald Trump's threats instead prompted a blunt fact-check from the prosecutor. Questioned by Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) about the gag order sought against Trump, Smith calmly detailed how courts found statements...

#politics #us

Read

CBC - Politics (6 hours ago)

Doug Ford calls for Chinese EV boycott in Canada after Carney deal

#politics #ca

Read

CBC - Politics (6 hours ago)

Carney cancels news conference appearance last minute after Quebec City cabinet retreat

#politics #ca

Read

The Washington Post - Politics (6 hours ago)

A grand jury indicted a federal contractor accused of leaking classified information to a Washington Post reporter, charging him with six counts.

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's erratic behavior on the world stage — threatening to seize Greenland from Denmark, making rambling speeches and attacking key NATO allies at Davos — was just business as usual, a prominent moderate Republican insisted."Eleven years of this, have people not figured it out?” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) told...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

A U.S. citizen who immigration agents dragged outside in his underwear during the freezing cold in Minnesota was mistaken for a man who has already been in prison since 2024, according to reports Friday. ChongLy Scott Thao, 56, said that ICE agents forced themselves inside his home without a warrant and held him at gunpoint, CBS reported. Thao said...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Donald Trump has quietly reached out to top Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer to discuss the affordability crisis, a move Politico described as a striking and unexpected shift for a president with a long record of scorched-earth politics. According to Democratic lawmakers and White House officials, the conversations touched on...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Advocates sounded the alarm Friday over federal agents' arrest last week of a family of legal asylum-seekers apprehended just outside a Portland, Oregon, hospital where they had rushed their 7-year-old daughter for emergency medical treatment.Yohendry De Jesus Crespo and his wife Darianny Liseth González de Crespo—Venezuelans with pending asylum...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump's corrupt and lawless Justice Department served grand jury subpoenas on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, State Attorney Gen. Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and two county administrators, as part of an investigation into whether they "obstructed or impeded law enforcement...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Homeland Security authorities were reportedly telling the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday not to use the word "ice" in its public messaging as a monster storm was expected to hit the United States. Two people who were familiar with the command told CNN that federal officials were worried that using the word while states brace for the...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman says Donald Trump emerged from his Davos speech looking far less formidable than he likely intended, arguing the president's attempt to bully Europe with insults and tariff threats collapsed in real time. Writing on Substack, Krugman said Trump arrived determined to demean U.S. allies and extract...

#politics #us

Read

BBC - Politics (7 hours ago)

Nearly 30 councils will no longer hold elections this year due to a major rejig to simplify structures.

#politics #uk

Read

CBS News - Politics (7 hours ago)

The Republican National Committee on Friday voted to amend its bylaws to clear the way for a GOP "midterm convention" ahead of November's elections.

#politics #us

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (7 hours ago)

RNC clears the way for "midterm convention" later this year

#politics #us

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (7 hours ago)

6 things to know about Trump's obsession with Greenland

#politics #us

Read

The Washington Post - Politics (7 hours ago)

The mission followed a jailbreak earlier this week amid an advance by Syrian government forces into parts of the country long held by U.S. partners.

#politics #us

Read

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

After toppling Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's newest political party faces its first election next month, testing a newly formed alliance.

#politics #au

Read

Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk fired a pointed reminder at President Donald Trump about America's promises to Polish soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan.Tusk, who has served as Poland's prime minister since December 2023, took issue with Trump's recent comments. In a Thursday interview with Fox News from Davos, Trump...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

ICE agents have reportedly doxed themselves on social media despite claims from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that other people are targeting them online.ICE employees have apparently posted on social media, including LinkedIn, outing their roles with the agency. At the same time, Noem has threatened that sharing the agent's identities is...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

A federal judge has rejected the Trump Justice Department's move to demand the state of Georgia hand over sensitive voter data from its election office.Senior U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal, a George W. Bush appointee in the Middle District of Georgia, concluded that the DOJ filed its motion in the wrong court, and he lacks jurisdiction to...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Mega podcaster Joe Rogan speculated that President Donald Trump was using Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics to drown out the coverage of the Department of Justice's refusal to comply with a law requiring the release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.During an interview with comedian Ehsan Ahmad this week, Rogan asked...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Donald Trump fired off a scathing post Friday on Truth Social, lambasting Canada for rejecting a proposed "Golden Dome" project over Greenland and cozying up to China instead.In the bombastic message, Trump claimed the dome would actually benefit America's northern neighbor, yet Canadian officials chose to align with Beijing...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

As Donald Trump's dementia worsens, several axioms are useful for interpreting his increasingly incoherent bloviation.Axiom #1: Whatever he asserts to be a fact is either a wild exaggeration or a bald-faced lie. Always disregard.Axiom #2: Whatever he blames on anyone else is something he's done. He projects like mad, so his accusations are always...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

U.S. District Court Judge Laura M. Provinzino ordered two people released after the Department of Justice argued they should be held in jail over an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church.In a nine-page order on Friday, Provinzino asserted that the government did not meet its burden to deny the release of defendants Nekima Valdez Levy-Armstrong and...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Donald Trump sparked fresh alarm after firing off nearly 100 Truth Social posts in a middle-of-the-night binge that included jabs at NATO, a personal attack on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and self-congratulatory boasts about "saving TikTok.” Over five hours, the president churned out 85 posts — many reposts of right-wing clips featuring Elon...

#politics #us

Read

New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

It will be the latest in at least half a dozen events that the breakaway league has held at Trump Organization resorts in the past four years.

#politics #us

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Colombian President Petro optimistic about high-stakes White House meeting with Trump

#politics #us

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Vance announces aid restrictions for groups that promote diversity, transgender policies abroad

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (9 hours ago)

In his new memoir, the Pennsylvania governor writes of the aftermath of the April 2025 arson attack on his home, and of the character of ordinary Americans representing "the bonds that lead to a more perfect union."

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (9 hours ago)

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” President Trump's national security team takes his MAGA movement to Europe. We talk to Secretary of State Marco Rubio in his first Sunday show interview since taking office.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (9 hours ago)

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," as the Trump administration continues its dismantling of USAID, Republican Rep. Michael McCaul and Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar join to discuss. Plus, our correspondents' panel.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (9 hours ago)

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Bernie Sanders join as President Trump makes good on his campaign promises — despite the confusion that comes with them. Plus. Hanna Siegel, whose uncle Keith Siegel was released by Hamas, joins.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (9 hours ago)

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, a ceasefire deal takes effect and TikTok is shut down. Biden White House Middle East envoy Brett McGurk joins, as does incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (9 hours ago)

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," after the devastating Pacific Palisades fire, Jonathan Vigliotti reports from the area, while FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell and Rep. Judy Chu of California discuss the response. Plus, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich joins.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (9 hours ago)

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Vice President JD Vance gives his first interview since taking office. Plus, Republican Rep. Mike Turner and Democratic Rep. Jason Crow join.

#politics #us

Read

New York Times - Politics (9 hours ago)

House leaders were forced to rush Representative Wesley Hunt, Republican of Texas, to the Capitol with a police escort to avoid an embarrassing defeat on the floor.

#politics #us

Read

New York Times - Politics (9 hours ago)

The department has been investigating complaints about the conduct of Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

#politics #us

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (9 hours ago)

RNC takes steps toward a 2026 GOP midterm convention

#politics #us

Read

BBC - Politics (9 hours ago)

Some NI Executive departments are keeping "under review” their subscriptions to social media site X.

#politics #uk

Read

Politico - Europe (9 hours ago)

The U.K. is pushing to ease trade frictions, with a focus on services exports.

#politics #eu

Read

Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

President Donald Trump took to social media Friday to promote the film "Melania,” a documentary about first lady Melania Trump set to premiere in theaters next week, though the film's director has raised eyebrows after having been featured in the Justice Department's latest drop of files related to Jeffrey Epstein."COUNTDOWN: 7 Days until the...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Vice President JD Vance warned of a time when "baby skeletons" were seen in brothels while speaking to an anti-abortion crowd.Standing behind bulletproof glass at Friday's March for Life, Vance reminded the crowd of pagan times."What ultimately gives meaning and life to the United States of America?" Vance said. "This is not a new question. Every...

#politics #us

Read

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (9 hours ago)

Dissecting the implosion of the Coalition and figuring out what comes next has become a full-time vocation for the newly emancipated Liberals and Nationals.

#politics #au

Read

Politico - Europe (10 hours ago)

As EU leaders seek not to offend Trump, Rome and Berlin are consulting their constitutions for reasons to say "No, thanks."

#politics #eu

Read

Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Maine was captured on video adding an onlooker recording their activity to a supposed "database” of domestic terrorists, drawing alarm from political experts and journalists alike.Uploaded to social media Friday by freelance reporter Nathan Bernard, a contributor to the Maine Morning Star, the video...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

The use of a 5-year-old Minneapolis child who was grabbed off the street and used as bait to arrest his immigrant father by an ICE agent has set off a wave of outrage comparable to the shooting of 37-year-old mom Renee Good, which prompted a Hofstra law professor to warn the child's health and life are both at risk.Appearing on MS NOW, legal expert...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

The internet had scathing reactions Friday to Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino's comments about a 5-year-old in Minnesota who was taken into ICE custody after agents targeted his father. Bovino was speaking at a press conference in Minneapolis and confirmed that Liam Conejo Ramos was in his family's driveway when he returned home from school with...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is backing off plans to terminate disaster relief workers as a major winter storm bears down on much of the country.Bloomberg News reviewed an internal email sent this week to some FEMA officials instructing them to "cease offboarding” some of FEMA's Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees (CORE) and...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

ICE agents reportedly took a 2-year-old and her father in Minneapolis as anger grew over the agency targeting children and detaining them. Minneapolis City Councilmember Jason Chavez said that Chloe Renata Tipan Villacis and her father, Elvis Joel Tipan Echeverria, were driving back home from the grocery store Thursday when immigration officials...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

A report that Donald Trump will be leaving the White House and hitting the road in the next few weeks to boost his wretched polling numbers drew a laugh from a Democratic strategist and a comment that the White House is in panic mode.Two days ago Politico reported that Trump will start campaigning surprisingly early, and on a weekly basis, as his...

#politics #us

Read

Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (10 hours ago)

The Liberals and Nationals used to stand against Pauline Hanson's far-right ideas. Now they copy them and it's not going well.

#politics #au

Read

BBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

Labour MPs have strong views on whether Burnham should be Labour's candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

#politics #uk

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (10 hours ago)

Collins, Mills take different tacks on ICE's sweeping enforcement action in Maine

#politics #us

Read

CBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney is huddling with his cabinet in Quebec City to chart out the government's plan for the new year after using a closely watched moment on the world stage earlier this week to condemn the U.S. administration and signal a pivot for Canada.

#politics #ca

Read

The Washington Post - Politics (11 hours ago)

In a federal lawsuit, a group of gun owners and advocacy groups argued that state bans against firearms in public places such as schools or hospitals violate the Second Amendment.

#politics #us

Read

The Washington Post - Politics (11 hours ago)

Trump rules out force on Greenland, assails allies at Davos

#politics #us

Read

CBC - Politics (11 hours ago)

Trump calls Denmark 'ungrateful' — but tells Davos forum he 'won't use force' to acquire Greenland

#politics #ca

Read

CBC - Politics (11 hours ago)

The people of Greenland are looking to Canada for support as they continue to face threats of annexation from the U.S., says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon. Simon, a former ambassador to Denmark and Canada's first ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs, says she has spoken with Greenlanders who feel "uneasy” about U.S. President Donald Trump's stated desire...

#politics #ca

Read

CBS News - Politics (11 hours ago)

The Justice Dept. suggested independent journalist Don Lemon could be charged after he was seen in video of a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday.

#politics #us

Read

CBS News - Politics (11 hours ago)

Vice President JD Vance's acknowledgement came after he implored state leaders to help deescalate the situation in Minneapolis.

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) admitted that he would "love to see" the U.S. military at war with the French Armed Forces over the right to own Greenland."It looks like America is firmly in control and empire-building again," MAGA influencer Benny Johnson told Steube in a Friday interview. "It's kind of awesome.""Well, I mean, it's all President Trump,"...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

The Trump administration was exposed for justifying its arrest and attempted deportation of Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk "solely on the inferences made” from an op-ed she co-authored that was critical of the Israeli government, newly unsealed court documents revealed Thursday.Appointed during the Reagan administration, U.S. District...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

U.S. Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino boasted about detaining a 5-year-old boy in conditions that he insisted don't get "any better."During a press conference on Friday, a reporter asked about the boy and his father, who were detained in Minnesota."Another way of looking at that might be that we don't imprison or detain American children,...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

I confess. I don't fully understand why anyone steeped in the culture of MAGA would be having doubts. Donald Trump is the same man he was the first time he was elected. Literally nothing about him has changed. If you didn't mind what you saw after 2016, why would you mind what you're seeing after 2024?And yet it appears to be the case that MAGA is...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has put the world on a trajectory toward a "crackup" that would be as predictable to the nation's founders as it was to ancient philosophers, according to a new column.New York Times columnist David Brooks argued the world was in the midst of four unravelings – postwar international order, domestic tranquility, democratic...

#politics #us

Read

BBC - Politics (11 hours ago)

The Greater Manchester mayor must overcome substantial obstacles in order to challenge Keir Starmer.

#politics #uk

Read

CBS News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said President Trump called him after the April 2025 arson attack at his home in Harrisburg. He recalled the "strange conversation" he had with Mr. Trump to CBS News senior correspondent Norah O'Donnell for "CBS Sunday Morning."

#politics #us

Read

New York Times - Politics (12 hours ago)

The president appeared to be lashing out in response to stark, high-profile remarks by Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada that rejected Mr. Trump's efforts to dismantle the international order.

#politics #us

Read

New York Times - Politics (12 hours ago)

Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician, reluctantly voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. It didn't appease President Trump.

#politics #us

Read

Politico - Europe (12 hours ago)

"People are talking,” Bessent said. "People want sovereignty. They want what the U.S. has got.”

#politics #eu

Read

BBC - Politics (12 hours ago)

The Scottish Information Commissioner is taking ministers to court after they missed a deadline to release documents.

#politics #uk

Read

BBC - Politics (12 hours ago)

The Tories regain control of a council as a politician jumps ship after winning for Reform in May.

#politics #uk

Read

BBC - Politics (12 hours ago)

Marco Valente said his business had been targeted by a flyer which linked him to Reform candidate Romano Valente by mistake.

#politics #uk

Read

BBC - Politics (12 hours ago)

Some of Sir Keir Starmer's allies say they will try to stop Burnham from standing in a by-election.

#politics #uk

Read

The Washington Post - Politics (12 hours ago)

As Europeans worked furiously to divert a crisis over the president's threatened takeover of Greenland, his allies took over this Swiss alpine village.

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

An analyst Friday predicted that it's likely White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and Attorney General Pam Bondi will spend time behind bars. In an opinion piece for Salon, White House columnist Brian Karem described how the Trump administration has viewed President Donald Trump falling "further into delusion" and what could happen next...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce revoked his support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations after one of his correctional officer recruits was detained.In a Wednesday evening press conference, Joyce blasted ICE's handling of the recruit's detention in Portland, Maine."They all took off, leaving his car with the windows down,...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

The Trump White House has reportedly ordered federal agencies to conduct a sweeping review of funding to more than a dozen states carried by former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, a move that lawmakers from the targeted states condemned as unlawful political retaliation.The review, first reported by RealClearPolitics, was...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

While President Donald Trump made news at the World Economic Conference in Davos this week with his demand to be handed Greenland, followed by a rambling speech and the launch of his much derided "Council of Peace," Canada's prime minister was lavished with the kind of praise and positive international attention the American president can only...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

A former GOP strategist Friday said that new polls have increased Republican fears that a "bloodbath" is coming this November. Rick Wilson, co-founder of the anti-Donald Trump The Lincoln Project, wrote in his Substack that recent poll results indicate that the president's approval ratings are spelling trouble for the party's chances in the midterm...

#politics #us

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Trump warns U.S. 'armada' heading to Iran; death toll in protest crackdown tops 5,000, activists say

#politics #us

Read

Yahoo News - Politics (13 hours ago)

Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park

#politics #us

Read

Politico - Europe (13 hours ago)

America's insults and taunts have been a wake-up call for the continent, Christine Lagarde tells Davos.

#politics #eu

Read

Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

You've got to hand it to the Republicans. The hypocrisy they practice daily is truly world class, and never more so than as it applies to the Epstein Files.You may have heard that on Wednesday, the ironically named House Oversight Committee — whose unwillingness to examine any culpability from the current administration in the matter of the late...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Reacting to Republican House members' attempt to whitewash the Jan. 6 insurrection at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, Axios founder Jim VandeHei was incredulous and furious at the GOP's ever-changing views of the Capitol cops who defended them.During an appearance on MS NOW's "Morning Joe," the co-hosts shared a clip of Rep. Jared...

#politics #us

Read

Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

A public health expert excoriated a Trump administration official for suggesting a potentially deadly disease should be allowed to rip through the population to see what happens.Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist and newly installed chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, spoke with the podcast "Why Should I Trust You?” and...

#politics #us

Read