President Donald Trump will attend a newly rescheduled White House Correspondents’ dinner event months after an assassination attempt cut the previous one short.  The new event will take place on July 24, the White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday. “We will not allow an act of violence to have the last word, especially during […]

Nobody wins any major election in the United States without some financial backing. The big-time battles for California governor and Los Angeles mayor have brought out a slew of names and mountains of cash. But do the votes always go where the money goes? Tuesday’s primary election day will help answer that question. While we […]

The political backlash over data centers is making its way to state and municipal tax policy. Last week, Ohio suspended its tax breaks for data center development, and lawmakers in other states are considering proposals to follow suit. Illinois’ tax breaks for data centers started in 2019, and a report in 2024 found that over […]

When President Donald Trump sued his own government, seeking billions from the Internal Revenue Service, retired federal judge John Jones III thought the case smelled of collusion. “Because of the obvious: It’s the president against the executive agencies that he controls,” Jones, appointed 24 years ago to the U.S. District Court in the Middle District […]

As graduation caps fly skyward this spring, many new college graduates have been grounded by a punishing job market.  The unemployment rate for recent college graduates was about 5.7% in the first quarter of 2026, while 41.5% were underemployed, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Generative AI has taken much of the […]

Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine overnight Monday into Tuesday, in one of its largest air assaults yet. Ukrainian officials say at least a dozen people were killed and more than 100 wounded in the attacks. Ukrainian air defense forces were able to destroy or suppress 40 missiles and 602 drones, but […]

A federal appeals court dealt a new blow to the Trump administration’s transgender military policy, ruling that the ban is likely unconstitutional. In a 2-to-1 decision, a panel of judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said the policy appears to target service members based on their gender identity and may violate constitutional equal […]

It’s not clear whether the U.S. and Iran are still negotiating a ceasefire after Tehran said it was halting talks over Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Monday. President Donald Trump insists negotiations are moving forward, saying negotiations with Iran are continuing at a “rapid pace.” At the same time, Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency reports that officials are still reviewing a final draft proposal for extending the ceasefire, despite […]

Are the U.S. and Iran still negotiating? President Donald Trump is pushing for calm in Lebanon, but the fighting — and friction with Israel — continue. Plus, a controversial $1.8 billion fund may be dead before it starts. The Trump administration is backing away after a court fight and mounting criticism. And a closed-door meeting […]