More than half of the publicly identified donors to Trump's White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion during the past six months, according to a report released by a government watchdog group.

After a major Supreme Court ruling, state-level voting rights acts and redistricting strategies in Democratic-led states are among the limited ways left for protecting racial-minority voters' power. n.pr/4vvM9DO

Scientists are building autonomous robotic labs powered by artificial intelligence. The goal, they say, is for these robots to take over human researchers' most laborious, time-consuming tasks. n.pr/43B8GTX

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, LIKE THIEVES IN HOODIES WHO WOULD RATHER REMAIN ANONYMOUS!

After a marathon 18-hour vote, the Senate has funded immigration enforcement. The GOP bill funds ICE and the Border Patrol for three years. n.pr/43U5X7S

Despite a diminished federal presence, public health departments are preparing for common ailments that could afflict fans who gather for the event — and are keeping an eye on the Ebola outbreak, too. n.pr/4uS9wYj

A link to the highway that cuts travel times from hours to just minutes, and a symbol of a flow of investment that has provided unprecedented access to high-speed internet in this remote region. n.pr/4o6ZgJ2

Re-visiting this assessment, because while there is so much progress taking place around the world, the US is even more stagnant in the six months since this was published, than before. We are moving backwards in every aspect! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Scott Pelley may have lost his job after publicly blasting CBS management. But for many workers, he lived out a fantasy.

Millions of soccer fans are expected to congregate across 11 U.S. cities for the World Cup, and security planners have been coordinating with state, local and federal law enforcement agencies to monitor unprecedented security threats.

From Bay Ridge to the Bronx and beyond, the Big Apple has gone nuts for the New York Knicks making their first NBA Finals appearance in 27 years.

I believe we have the Most Dishonest President of any Country, anywhere in the World.

I prefer a president that ought not be in prison for life.

I hadn't spoken to one of my best friends from high school in years, no drama just drifting apart as one does. My mom told me his dad died in a crash last week so I reached out... and we ended up talking on the phone for 2.5 hours like we had just hung out yesterday. I'm low key emotional about it.

BREAKING: The Senate just passed a bill to add an additional $70 billion to ICE and Border Patrol’s already giant budget without any reforms. The House must hold the line and refuse to give ICE a blank check to violate our rights.

The nepo baby Donald Trump has installed in the nation’s top spy job was better known just a few years ago as a meme-stock hypeman chasing viral attention.

The president has finally found his perfect headliner.

The president made a surprise announcement two days after he elevated housing executive Bill Pulte to oversee intelligence agencies.

Michael Wolff details what the unraveling of Donald Trump’s political project looks like.

The ousted AG has raised eyebrows with her excuse.

Trump’s aides flew into attack mode amid renewed scrutiny of the president’s health.

A leaked memo has revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is changing how it reports the deaths of people in its custody to Congress.

Patel was quizzed about the case in a new interview.

One-hit-wonder rapper Vanilla Ice has admitted he has no idea if the MAGA concert he has been booked for is still happening.

Donald Trump is demanding investigations into a state’s slow vote count and accusing Democrats of rigging the results of this week’s primaries.

Donald Trump seemingly forgot how much the cost of his White House ballroom has ballooned in a spiraling Truth Social post defending the vanity project.

"MAGA-curious," is the understatement of the century!

Paramount bosses are secretly turning on the new MAGA-curious CBS News boss Bari Weiss, according to insider accounts.

At least 97 of the more than 1,500 Capitol rioters pardoned by Donald Trump have since been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of crimes unrelated to Jan. 6.

FLAG: Trump says that his new acting DNI Bill Pulte is going to "find out some things about the rigged elections." There are no rigged elections.

BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee has released the transcript of its interview with Pam Bondi. Bondi said Todd Blanche "oversaw the entire" Epstein investigation. oversight.house.gov/wp-content/u...

Breaking on MS NOW: House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia says Todd Blanche should not be confirmed and, instead, "he should be fired from the job."

WASHINGTON (AP) - House passes bill to aid Ukraine and sanction Russia in a sign of impatience with Trump's approach to the war.

Thousands of Albanians are protesting a luxury resort planned for a pristine strip of the Mediterranean coastline and backed by Ivanka and Jared. The protests are raising concerns about conservation, transparency and the project's ties to the Trump family.

The Kennedy Center is beginning the process of removing references to Trump — a week after a federal judge ruled that his name had been illegally added to the performing arts center.

Breaking: Senate Republicans just rammed through Trump's massive $70 billion bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol, 52-47. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the only Republican to vote against the bill. It now heads to the House.

It's the only way you were able to be elected.

This "don't feel like our land": www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWtt...

AOC: This is what I want people to understand: this is our money. When you pay your taxes, that money is being stolen to pay for a vanity project like a ballroom or whatever it is that this guy wants to do, instead of what it should be used for…

Albania has hit the streets over the government selling off its pristine beauty while US says nothing as Trump sells off logging rights & opens up our protected lands to oil drilling & trophy hunting.

Way to go, Albania! 🇦🇱

Sen. Bernie Sanders "In America today, we rank 34th out of 35 countries in childhood poverty and millions of children are food insecure. Maybe, just maybe, my Republican colleagues would consider holding a single hearing about how we improve the lives of American kids".

Could a single pundit talking about Maine bother to mention that Susan Collins was the deciding vote to put a sexual assaulter on the Supreme Court who then stripped women of decades of legally protected bodily autonomy? Seems relevant.

I dare you to take one long-distance train ride and not be pissed that we as a country refuse to invest in rail service.

🤡 Peskov: If Zelensky wants to meet with Putin, he can come to Moscow. The Kremlin has seen Zelensky's letter. Putin will be briefed on it later.

"Something Weiss apparently doesn’t understand is that a newsroom...is a living organism with a culture all its own. That culture doesn’t function based only on commands from above," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

Trump's treatment of the Ukrainian president reportedly left King Charles “reticent” about hosting the president for a state visit.