The president of Yale, Maurie McInnis, got caught trying to make a deal with the Trump administration to change its admission procedures as a way to settle an administration investigation of Yale and ...

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On the verge of a potential governing trifecta, state party leaders have hopscotched from candidate to candidate in the governor’s race, trying to stop democratic socialist Francesca Hong.

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Thor Benson is an independent journalist who has contributed to The American Prospect, Wired, Rolling Stone, and many other publications. He’s currently based in Chicago. Cut through the noise of ...

OMB’s Russell Vought would bring all federal research grants under direct political control, to align with ‘the president’s agenda.’ ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson arrives to meet with reporters as he tries to advance the spending package at the Capitol in Washington on July 21, 2026. Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo It says ...

In Whiting, Indiana, 800 workers have been locked out for four months, and they say the survival of their union is at stake. WHITING, Indiana – Elizabeth Piña has been at her union hall since 4 a.m., ...

At the end of June, crypto super PAC Fairshake had almost $127 million cash on hand, second among outside campaign groups only to the primary Republican PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund. The crypto ...

If there’s a problem with the American economy, it’s only because some people have to work for a living. Income from investment—the primary source of income for roughly 1 percent of Americans—is ...

A look inside the judge’s ruling for a brief pause in Paramount’s proposed deal with Warner Bros. reveals that the merger is in a shaky position.