Maduro and Wife Return to Court in Prison Garb for Argument Over Who Will Pay Legal Bills of Deposed Venezuelan Strongman, First Lady
‘I am not going to dismiss the case,’ the judge, 92, tells the defense.
By MARIE POHL
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Democrats Introduce Bill To Block Potential Military Action in Cuba
‘The United States cannot bomb Cuba out of economic collapse or political repression,’ the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee says.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Outrage Grows at Jimmy Kimmel for His ‘Elitist’ Mockery of New DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin for Once Being a ‘Plumber’
Some people are once again calling for the comedian to lose his job.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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San Francisco Votes To Teach Algebra in Middle School a Decade After Scrapping the Course in the Name of Equity
San Francisco’s mayor says the plan will ensure the city’s schools are ‘preparing every student for success in high school and beyond.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
|Timeline Shrinks in Social Security’s Looming Bankruptcy Crisis
The Senate is discussing several solutions but has made no concrete decisions.
By LUKE FUNK
|‘Worst Idea Anyone Has Ever Had in History’: Stephen Colbert’s New Job Writing ‘Lord of the Rings’ Film Enrages Tolkien Fans
Some users are questioning whether the movie will actually be made if Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. goes through
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Philadelphia Prosecutor Threatens To Arrest ICE Agents Deployed at the City’s Airport
‘I will put you in handcuffs,’ district attorney Larry Krasner warns.
By LUKE FUNK
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Value of Triple Crown Questioned Amid Prep Races in Florida, Arkansas
Are modern trainers breeding horses to run, or running them to breed?
By GEORGE WILLIS
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Ole Miss Approves Center To Address Gambling Among College Students
Counselors say sports betting boom on campus poses public health concern.
By GEORGE WILLIS
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America Prepares Military Options Even as Trump Says Iran Is ‘Begging’ for a Deal
‘War is negotiation by other means,’ the Secretary of Defense said at a Cabinet meeting Thursday.
By BENNY AVNI
|Assisted Suicide of Spanish Rape Victim Leaves Questions About State’s Responsibility Unanswered
The 25-year-old woman had suffered a gang rape while living in a state-run care facility but the juvenile perpetrators have never been publicly identified.
By HOLLIE McKAY
|The Architect of Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Strategy Killed in an Israeli Air Strike
‘The IDF will hunt and thwart you one by one,’ Israel’s Defense Minister says.
By BENNY AVNI
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As Iranian Missiles Strike Israel, Solidarity Strengthens Among Negev’s Bedouin and Dimona Residents
‘Our strength is in our unity,’ one physician avers.
By ANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ
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While Gulf Countries Are Unlikely To Join Battle, Their Rebuke of Iran Could Bode a New Mideast Architecture
‘If Iran wanted to divide the countries of this region, it united us instead,’ Israel’s UN ambassador tells the Sun.
By BENNY AVNI
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Air Canada Chief Executive Faces Firestorm for Condolence Video About LaGuardia Crash Recorded Almost Entirely in English
The chief executive is being summoned to Ottawa to explain why he did not deliver his message in French.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Senate Democrats Block Bill To Fund All of DHS Except for ICE
Tens of millions of Americans are acutely feeling the pain of this shutdown, with TSA security lines stretching as far back as parking garages in airports across the country.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski Solidify Their Power at MS NOW as They Sign New Multi-Year Contract Days After Shortening Their Show
The president of MS NOW says the ‘Morning Joe’ cannot be ‘replicated.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Democratic Senator Calls Garland a ‘Coward’ in Handling of January 6 Investigations, Wants Portrait Removed From Justice Building
‘He was willing to sacrifice our democracy for the institution of the DOJ,’ Senator Ruben Gallego says.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Republicans Reject Democrats’ Demands for More Stringent ICE, Border Patrol Reforms, Leaving Air Passengers in the Lurch
The Senate majority leader is set to put Democrats on the record by making them vote on a bill to fund all parts of DHS except for ICE.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Democrats Flip Florida State House District Home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
The Republican candidate for the seat was with the president at his Florida club over the weekend.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Opinion
Democrats Bet Their Political Future on the Myth of Class Warfare
By DAVID HARSANYI
Trump Foils Democrats’ Tactic of Using Air Travelers as Leverage in Immigration Debate
By DANIEL McCARTHY
The Shadow War on the Right Against President Trump
By JOSH HAMMER
Overplayed ‘Surf and Turf’ Allegations in the Press Reflect Widening Divide Between Civilians, Military
By SALENA ZITO
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A New Generation Rediscovers the Blitz Spirit in London
Exhibitions showcasing 1980s style are huge in London while New York prefers to celebrate the decade’s art scene.
By TOM TEODORCZUK
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‘Public Charge’ Dramatizes a Diplomat’s Recollection of the Private Machinations of Hillary Clinton’s State Department
Julissa Reynoso’s life story is more inspiring than the dialogue in the Public Theater’s latest political play.
By ELYSA GARDNER
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A Cinematic Testament to Nazi Brutality That Originated Via Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation
Friedrich Biermann relives his harrowing childhood in ‘The Kid Officer,’ using historical footage, family photos, and animated segments.
By MARIO NAVES
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Economy
Reagan-Era Economist Warns Treasury That Figures Show America Is Insolvent
The government’s fiscal year 2025 financial statement shows $47.78 trillion in liabilities against just $6 trillion in assets.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
|Oil Market Trades Executed Minutes Before Trump Iran Announcement Net Mystery Buyers $580 Million in Profits
‘The White House does not tolerate any administration official illegally profiteering off of insider knowledge,’ a Trump spokesman says.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Oil Gets the Headlines, but a Whole Host of Goods Shipped Via Strait of Hormuz Face Global Disruption
Fertilizers for farmers and generic prescriptions of consumers are among the products facing potential shortages and rising costs because of the war in Iran.
By LUKE FUNK
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Trump Administration Plans Jones Act Waivers in Effort To Lower Skyrocketing Fuel Costs
The administration is trying to speed American oil to refiners as oil and gas prices surge amid the war with Iran.
By LUKE FUNK
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Education Department, Accusing Harvard of ‘Stonewalling’ Data Requests, Launches Two New Civil Rights Probes
The department is investigating allegations of racially discriminatory admissions practices and antisemitism.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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Garbage In, Garbage Out: Scientific Publishing Faces Pandemic-Like Spread of Fake Studies
Fake science is big business, and it’s spreading faster than the real thing.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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DOJ Sues Harvard Alleging Civil Rights Violations Against Jewish and Israeli Students
A leading authority on antisemitism and civil rights in higher education calls the suit ‘precisely’ the kind of action that ‘motivates higher education to comply with their civil rights responsibilities.’
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
|Justice
Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Alexis Wilkins Warns of ‘Foreign Influence Network’ Sowing a MAGA Divide
Wilkins claims prominent conservatives like Candace Owens and Joe Kent are being used to deepen fractures in the Republican Party.
By DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN
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Harvey Weinstein’s Latest Rape Re-Trial Runs Into a Roadblock: Luigi Mangione
Weinstein, who recently ditched yet another legal team, is now represented by Marc Agnifilo, who is also Mangione’s attorney.
By MARIE POHL
|Vise May Be Tightening on Jack Smith as GOP Senators Expose Staggering Scope of His Secret Surveillance of Trump Allies
New disclosures offer a behind the scenes look at both prosecutions of President Trump.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
|Fani Willis Refuses To Pay Trump Millions in Legal Fees as She Clings to Case From Which She Was Disqualified
The prosecutor will argue her case to the court that barred her following a secret romance with a deputy.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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AP Photo/Chris Jackson Tennessee Senate Passes Bill Allowing Malpractice Lawsuits Against Doctors for 30-Year-Old Gender Reassignment Procedures
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
|Two Disappearances, One Wave of Speculation: Case of Missing Retired General, a Key UFO Insider, Fuels Online Conspiracy Theories
By JOSEPH CURL
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