Politics

Pro-Palestinian activists accused of intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials

Federal prosecutors unsealed indictment against activists trying to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel

Trump administration unveils new prediction market regulations

Federal regulators on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping proposal to establish new rules for the rapidly growing prediction markets industry as legal battles continue over whether the platforms constitute federally regulated financial markets or state-regulated gambling.

USDA's Rollins called screwworm a 'little pest' amid U.S. spread. Last year, she called it 'terrifying'

The U.S. agriculture secretary is downplaying the threat posed by the spreading screwworm now compared with her more dire remarks last year.

Gordon Wood and those who told the real story of the founders

The sudden death of the historian Gordon Wood, just weeks before the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, is one more mark of the closure of a golden age of the historiography of the revolutionary era. It’s an occasion to reflect on the uniqueness, indeed the idiosyncrasy, of the emergence of the primacy of this United States among the nations of the world.

Vance pushed for 'maximum transparency' during Epstein files fallout

Vice President JD Vance and President Donald Trump’s core team had deep disagreements over how to handle fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein case last year, according to a new book.

Dems urge a reluctant party to coalesce around Graham Platner

Senate Democrats want their party to offer the Ken Paxton treatment to Graham Platner after clinching Maine’s Democratic nomination for Senate.

College Faculty are ‘only slightly less left-leaning’ than Bernie Sanders

College faculty members are only slightly less radical than Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a new study commissioned by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has found.

Elon Musk’s X not facing action from UK government over posts inciting violence in Belfast

Any official reprimand will come from regulator Ofcom, but not for at least two months

California voters finally know outcomes of primaries ... eight days later

More than a week after Californians cast their ballots, the field is finally set in several of the state’s most closely watched races, ending days of uncertainty over who will advance to November’s general election.

Former Louisiana mayor sentenced to 90 days over rape of 16-year-old boy

Misty Roberts, 44, who faced up to 17 years in prison, convicted of two felonies including statutory rape

Vance says Netanyahu has "certainly gotten some things wrong"

Vice President JD Vance said the interests of the U.S. and Israel are not always in sync as President Trump's relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been tested over the Iran war.

Trump keeps saying an Iran deal is close. Markets keep believing it

Analysts still assume that, despite the continued conflict, a deal will eventually be reached that ends the war and reopens the Strait of Hormuz.