Just under an hour’s drive from the White House, Anthony Brown is busy. As Maryland’s Democratic attorney general, Brown is on the front lines of the legal resistance to sweeping changes to policy and law carried out by the Trump administration. Brown, a retired colonel who served in the U.S. Army for three decades, is […]
Rejecting decades of scientific consensus, the man in charge of vaccine recommendations in the United States says polio and measles vaccines, and maybe those for other diseases, should be optional. Appearing on the “Why Should I Trust You?” podcast, Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist and chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, acknowledged […]
Minnesota is frozen both environmentally and economically as activists and labor unions carry out their 24-hour blackout to protect people at risk of immigration arrests. It remains to be seen if the blackout could bring change, or if it will harm the Great North state’s economy. A threat of subzero temperatures hasn’t stopped residents from […]
Since President Donald Trump returned to office, his administration has been removing or altering displays at museums and parks across the country. The effort traces back to last year, when Trump signed an executive order aimed at “restoring truth and sanity to American history.” Since then, the president has ordered the National Portrait Gallery to […]
A federal grand jury indicted a government contractor accused of leaking classified information to a Washington Post reporter. The case came under scrutiny after the FBI raided the reporter’s home and seized her phone and laptops, raising concerns about First Amendment violations. Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, 61, of Laurel, Maryland, is charged with five counts of […]
TikTok’s U.S. spinoff is now official, and the new joint venture has begun operations. Control of the app’s American business has transferred from ByteDance to a U.S.-led ownership group just ahead of a Trump administration deadline. The new entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, announced Thursday that it has been formally established. It also named […]
Jack Smith defended his Trump prosecutions before Congress on Thursday and rejected claims that his investigations were politically driven. The former special counsel used his first public testimony to restate his case that President Donald Trump broke the law and would have been convicted if not for Justice Department rules barring prosecution of a sitting […]
Minnesota activists are calling for a statewide “Day of Action” to shut down work, school and shopping as tensions escalate over ICE enforcement, with Vice President JD Vance heading into the flashpoint. Plus, a massive winter storm is slamming the U.S. with ice, snow and brutal cold — and in some places this morning, it […]
President Donald Trump has rescinded his invitation for Canada to join his international Board of Peace. It comes after the country’s prime minister pushed back against comments Trump made during a speech at the World Economic Forum. He said, he said On Wednesday, Trump called Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney “ungrateful” for his response to […]
After days of escalating tension and a flurry of one-on-one diplomacy with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, President Donald Trump is backing away from threats of a global trade war and taking Greenland by force. But the episode raised questions about whether the U.S. has damaged its relationships with other NATO member nations, as well […]
