The Trump administration has terminated multiple members of the National Science Foundation’s governing board. The move has raised concerns among scientists and lawmakers about the agency’s future direction. Members of the National Science Board received notices from the White House Presidential Personnel Office informing them that their roles were ending immediately. “On behalf of President … Read more
Former Vice President Kamala Harris faced swift Republican backlash after urging Democrats to consider expanding the Supreme Court and abolishing the Electoral College when they are next in power. “Let’s invite ideas, for example, that are about Supreme Court reform, including the notion of expanding the court,” Harris said on a call with the left-wing … Read more
Vice President JD Vance intensified pressure on Senate Republicans this week to pass the SAVE Act. Using a rally in Missouri, he urged GOP lawmakers to move aggressively on election-integrity legislation that has become one of President Donald Trump’s top domestic priorities heading into the 2026 midterms. Speaking Monday at a manufacturing plant in Kansas … Read more
Photos of a young Gavin Newsom have surfaced online that refute a claim he made during a book tour stop in Georgia earlier this week, during which he also remarked a mostly black audience that many viewed as highly racist. When sharing a stage with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Newsom said, “I’m not trying to … Read more
President Donald Trump said the connection between several missing or dead scientists and workers with ties to advanced research is “minimal.” The cases of these scientists have led to claims that there is a link. Reports and online rumors for weeks had made people wonder if there was a link between a string of deaths … Read more
The twenty-one-gun salute had finished echoing across the Virginia hills when Mr. Halloway cleared his throat and read my name. I had been watching the flag ceremony from the window of the estate’s library, the Marines moving through their precise ritual with the contained grief of professionals who perform grief as a form of honor, … Read more
On an overnight flight from New York to London, the cabin was quiet and routine until the captain’s voice broke through with an urgent request: if any combat pilot was on board, they needed immediate assistance. Among the 300 passengers sat Mara Dalton in seat 8A, a quiet woman in a green sweater trying to … Read more
A story about the people who show up, and the ones who eventually find their way back. Clara Mendoza walked into St. Gabriel Medical Center on a cold Tuesday morning in January carrying a small rolling suitcase, a wool sweater she had owned since her sophomore year of college, and the particular kind of exhaustion … Read more
When my ex-husband’s 26-year-old wife, Amber Vale, walked into my home without knocking, eviction papers in hand and a smile full of triumph, she believed she had already won. Flanked by a deputy and two men pretending authority, she declared that the mansion now belonged to her father’s company. My ex, Grant, stood behind her, … Read more
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration against all 15 federal judges in Maryland, rejecting the Justice Department’s bid to curtail court power in fast-moving immigration cases. The judgment characterized the lawsuit as a major constitutional standoff, with Judge Thomas Cullen stating that the Justice Department could not pursue a “constitutional … Read more