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Army specialist warns Pentagon basic safeguards 'are being ignored': memo

Editor's Note: This headline was updated for clarity.The U.S. military is racing to catch up with other nations that have realized the importance of cheap, expendable

2026/05/16

Court-appointed lawyer asks judge to evaluate DOJ’s 'atypical' handling of Trump IRS deal

In February, President Donald Trump launched a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), but now, settlement talks are underway. And a court

2026/05/16

Republicans rage as Trump move 'blindsides' key US allies

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull thousands of troops out of Europe and cancel the European deployment of thousands more, Representative

2026/05/16

Bond market 'collapse' as rates surpass milestone that once spooked Trump: experts

A crisis in the U.S. bond market was once enough to spook President Donald Trump away from his tariff policies, but now, the market is once again "collapsing" and

2026/05/16

Cognitive therapists see meteoric rise in patients seeking treatment for political anxiety

During George W. Bush's presidency, Brian Tierney — the Philadelphia-based conservative insider who headed Bush's Catholic outreach in 2000 and formerly published

2026/05/16

Alito refuses to recuse from Supreme Court case despite owning stock in industry

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is refusing to recuse himself from a major climate case despite owning stock in several energy companies, although none in the

2026/05/16

Trump censorship chief: 'I think everything the president posts is appropriate'

Typically, the FCC chairs who regulate broadcasting don’t spend very much time in front of the camera, but as current-chair Brendan Carr has waged a battle to censor

2026/05/16

Texas Supreme Court shoots down GOP governor’s request to punish Dem over protest

The Texas Supreme Court rejected Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts to remove Houston Rep. Gene Wu from office Friday, saying that the Legislature was able to secure House

2026/05/15

Tennessee schools bans Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Roots'

One of the most renowned novels in Black American culture — Alex Haley’s Roots: The Saga of an American Family — has been banned from school libraries in the Tennessee

2026/05/15

How a bogus 'treason' probe became the blueprint for Trump DOJ: ex-DHS official

In 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for a federal investigation of a conservative who served in his first administration: former

2026/05/15