President Trump is vowing to give Americans $2,000 checks using funds from tariffs. Here's why experts say that proposal won't work. buff.ly/4fT1X2t

Anti-science activists are supercharged by today’s chaotic information ecosystem. Two new books reveal the skeptic’s playbook, and how we’ve seen this revolution before.

The man President Trump wanted to be attorney general was allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year old girl who was working at a McDonald’s, saving up for braces, and partly living at a homeless shelter. trib.al/RzeMX0T

President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents who were investigating a tip that she may have been at the Capitol, officials said Saturday.

The officer was "providing a dignitary protection detail escort" for Vice President JD Vance when the crash happened in Maryville, Tennessee.

President Trump says the government will distribute checks to Americans from tariff revenue. Here's what that could mean.

The Trump administration demanded UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus. n.pr/4hYa0pY

Great backgrounder from the Advocate on how a small group of more or less professional detransitioners and rare stories of regret are being weaponized by Reps to drive policy and drown out local voices. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

The recently ousted leader of the University of Virginia released a tell-all memo Friday on the DEI feud with Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin that cost him his job. trib.al/jMXxASx

Guards at the Rankin County jail beat people behind closed doors and encouraged some inmates to join in on the brutality, former inmates and guards said. The violence created a culture of fear, widely accepted by officials to keep order, a New York Times and Mississippi Today investigation found.

As millions brace for higher insurance prices, plans touted by the Trump administration are attracting attention. They are cheaper, but coverage is often skimpy.

"Federal law enforcement agencies have historically spent weeks or even months conducting exhaustive investigations before deciding whether an agent’s use of force was appropriate," writes Josh Campbell | Analysis https://cnn.it/4pajMHU

The attorney for a woman who testified she had sex with the former congressman as a minor wants the public to understand how she was victimized.

The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD

Kash Patel, as you might remember, had long crusaded for the release of the Epstein files and victim lists—only now in office to reverse course, downplay the whole thing, and become one of the leaders of the effort to muzzle the release of further information.

FBI Director Kash Patel DOES NOT want you to track his luxury jet. But you can. Read more: interc.pt/47H9Dg9 ✍️ @sambiddle.com 📹 @jordanuhl.com

Hundreds of thousands of deaths have already occurred as a result of the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID.

The U.S. President insists litigation is needed despite receiving a full apology earlier this week.

During the recent government shutdown, Trump directed Pulte to think about ways to use Fannie and Freddie to ramp up housing production and address the US’s critical housing shortage. Pulte flew down to Trump’s Palm Beach golf club to present his idea for the president’s demand: a 50-year mortgage.

The Vatican has returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada.

Strike comes a day after fierce Russian assault on Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed at least six people and injured dozens.

The United States will hold new military drills in Trinidad and Tobago for five days, the Caribbean nation says. https://cnn.it/3JXJctp

Major sporting events will return to YouTube TV this weekend, after Disney and Alphabet said they had reached a deal to stream content from ESPN, ABC, FX and National Geographic, among other channels, on the platform.

Heightened hunger will continue long after federal government reopens. 'We can't magically go back to the before times and everything feels normal.'

Trump on Friday called for Greene to face a primary challenge.

On Friday, Trump reversed the administration’s stance that there was nothing left to see in the Epstein case and ordered the FBI to target his political enemies.

US clears the way for bids for Lukoil’s international business on.ft.com/49ncRa0

How to fight in ‘hell’: Ukraine veterans say Nato not ready for war with Russia

The wastewater finding underscores the ongoing health threat, decades after Europe was declared polio-free.

In Opinion “Acting just like a corrupt king, Trump is transforming the American system of justice into his personal plaything,” David French writes. “Friends of the crown break the law with impunity. Enemies of the crown experience the sharp end of the law, whether they deserve it or not.”

The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades. By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social (Published Oct. 2024)

President Donald Trump pulled his nominee to be the IRS’s top attorney days after getting blowback from a prominent member of his political movement.

President Trump said he no longer supports Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is pushing for the release of the Epstein files.

China seems to be gaining global support as a leading power. Our analysis shows that a fall in affection for America is benefitting its biggest rival

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announces bonuses for "exemplary" TSA officers who worked through the government shutdown without pay.

For Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank, the annual olive harvest has become a time of terror. Across 77 towns and villages, according to U.N. figures, gangs of Jewish extremists have vandalized more than 4,000 trees and saplings.

AP reporter Bianca Vazquez Toness has heard teachers worry that the most pernicious challenges their students face, like poverty or housing insecurity, are beyond the realm of what schools can fix.

Smoke, meet fire: @sbg1.bsky.social writes about the trove of Epstein e-mails and the Trump Administration’s attempts at damage control, which have only fuelled the story. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/3LJNCo

Employees of a minimum-security prison camp in Texas, where convicted child-sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is serving time have been terminated, Maxwell’s lawyer said Friday. https://cnn.it/4pbaX0G

Analysts in Israel say Israel is continuing on the same path, despite the ceasefire in Gaza.

A former vet who gave children sweets laced with tranquilliser at a summer camp in Leicestershire has admitted sexual offences against two boys

Somebody to love: should AI relationships stay taboo or will they become the intelligent choice? | Brigid Delaney

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Wednesday that the meeting took place as the Trump administration scrambles to stop the files from being released.

As many as 200,000 Mississippians could soon lose health insurance, the state's Republican insurance commissioner, Mike Chaney, warned the Mississippi Free Press in October. Those odds have increased since the government shutdown ended with no extension of expanded ACA tax credits. buff.ly/3Q5l5t4

Mother sues Roblox after she says daughter’s suicide linked to extremist group #usnews

President Trump said that he is asking the Justice Department to launch investigations of Jeffrey Epstein’s ties with former president Bill Clinton and several other prominent people, suggesting those interactions deserve more scrutiny than his own.

The Trump administration last week announced new rules that constitute the “most devastating housing cuts in modern U.S. history,” according to Minnesota organizations that house people transitioning out of homelessness.

House Republicans socializing bill mirroring Trump's health care demands

The FBI throws cold water on a story on a right-wing website that named a former Capitol Police officer as a potential match for the individual who planted pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Just stop and think: We are sitting here, in November 2025, in the middle (or the beginning-middle) of a credible investigation into whether the president of the United States engaged in sex acts with underage girls. Let that sink in. trib.al/EftXZVw