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Two-year probe led by Republicans faults agencies for pandemic response, as Democrats on panel challenge final report’s findings on SARS-CoV-2’s origin

Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that the U.S. “should have nothing to do with” Syria, sparking criticism from experts.

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Donald Trump is forming the wealthiest administration in U.S. history, collectively worth over $330 billion.

Russian state TV hosts are celebrating Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, claiming they could “dismantle America.”

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, leading Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” are pushing for $2 trillion in federal budget cuts, which could target Social Security and Medicare.

Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes faces a battery charge for allegedly pepper-spraying and shoving a woman, Marla Rose, outside his Illinois home on Nov. 10.

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Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel, a controversial loyalist, as FBI director.

The politicization of transgender children in the U.S. has escalated, with more than half of states banning gender-affirming care for minors since Arkansas passed the first ban in 2021.

Donald Trump announced plans to reform U.S. elections, including mandating paper ballots, same-day voting, voter ID, and proof of citizenship, while eliminating mail-in voting.

Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow has sparked speculation from Kremlin insiders that Carlson may be serving as a secret back-channel between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

Military leaders are concerned over a list of 20 “woke” senior officers and admirals compiled by the conservative American Accountability Foundation, urging Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth to fire them for supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

“The biggest act of resistance that trans people can do in this country is to refuse to die," said one trans person who fled Texas with TikTok's help.

Trump's sons are scurrying across the globe to secure new deals with foreign governments for the Trump Organization

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who has taken a soft touch with President-elect Donald Trump, left open the possibility of switching to the Republican Party in a pair of Friday morning interviews.

Today, the House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released an interim report titled, "Financial Surveillance in the United States: How the Federal Government Weaponized the Bank Secrecy Act to Spy on Americans." The interim report reveals how under the Biden-Harris Administration, federal law enforcement increasingly works hand-in-glove with financial institutions, obtaining virtually unchecked access to private financial data.

Lawmakers will soon vote on a bill directing a nonprofit to draft curriculum on atrocities carried out by communist regimes.

This really nails home the point that the legal system is not intended to protect ordinary citizens from the worst people in our society, it’s there to protect the very worst in our society from ordinary citizens.

The Hot Topic company was a CIA creation?

The delayed passage of the latest farm bill extended the window for organizations interested in impacting the nation’s food assistance programs, ramping up corporate lobby spending on nutrition issues.

Attorneys have been inundated with requests for adoptions, a safeguard some queer families are using to make sure they retain parental rights to their nonbiological kids before a second Trump administration that may be hostile to LGBTQ+ people.

A U.S. State Department spokesperson told reporters on Thursday that the United States disagrees with Amnesty International’s new report accusing Israel of carrying out genocide in the Gaza Strip.

A U.S. House hearing on the Secret Service’s response to assassination attempts against Donald Trump devolved into a shouting match between acting director Ronald Rowe and Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX).

Nine states have trigger laws that would swiftly end their Medicaid expansions if federal funding falls.

House Republicans blocked efforts to release the Ethics Committee's report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, prolonging uncertainty over allegations of sexual misconduct despite his resignation from Congress.

“My colleagues can no longer deny that this is genocide,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan). “We must follow our own U.S. laws. We need an Arms Embargo now.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to cut 75% of federal agencies, reducing them from 428 to 99, in collaboration with Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), led by Vivek Ramaswamy.

President Joe Biden’s controversial pardon of his son Hunter may give President-elect Donald Trump a blank check to issue his own round of pardons upon taking office.

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If you’ve ever wondered how the right-wing media ecosystem operates and why it’s effective, try viewing it as a form of improvisational theater or improv.

"If our overheating planet is a result of human greed, then it must be a special kind of greed, a kind that emerged puzzlingly late in the long history of our species and then with a sudden vengeance."

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The think tank behind Project 2025, the conservative blueprint linked to President-elect Donald Trump, is launching an effort to back Trump’s imperiled selection for secretary of defense in its latest attempt to wield influence in the incoming Republican administration.

The protest marked a shift in some LGBTQ+ activists’ approach to calling for change ahead of a second Trump administration that is expected to enact harsh anti-LGBTQ+ policies.

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth addressed concerns over his use of alcohol in an interview with a former colleague, Megyn Kelly, pledging not to drink on the job if confirmed to oversee the vast U.S. military apparatus.

The man who received the harshest federal sentence in connection with 2020 protests against police brutality has been in solitary confinement for more than 250 days. Last Friday, Malik Muhammad ended a nine-day hunger strike undertaken in protest of his solitary confinement at Oregon State Penitentiary.

With Trump’s plans for mass deportations, pardons could protect those who have served their sentences, advocates say

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