Dean Phillips hits Biden over handling of Hamas hostages: ‘Absurd, shocking and dismaying’  —  Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) bashed President Biden Tuesday for the recently negotiated hostage deal between the militant group Hamas and Israel.  —  “No, because we have nine Americans held hostage right …

Have You Listened Lately to What Trump Is Saying?  —  He is becoming frighteningly clear about what he wants.  —  In 2019, Kennedy Ndahiro, the editor of the Rwandan daily newspaper The New Times, explained to readers of The Atlantic how years of cultivated had hatred led to death on a horrifying scale.

Woodbury County supervisor's wife found guilty of 52 counts of voter fraud  —  Prosecutors say Kim Phuong Taylor wanted her husband to win elections in 2020 “by any means necessary.”  —  A jury spent about five hours deliberating before convicting Kim Phuong Taylor on 52 counts of voter fraud in federal court Tuesday in Sioux City.

The Red State Brain Drain Isn't Coming.  It's Happening Right Now.  —  On Memorial Day weekend in 2022, Kate Arnold and her wife, Caroline Flint, flew from Oklahoma City to Cabo San Lucas for a little R&R. They had five kids, the youngest of them five-year-old twin girls, and demanding jobs as obstetrician-gynecologists.

The GOP rallies around Musk after his self-inflicted antisemitism mess  —  Elon Musk's new lawsuit against Media Matters, which X Corp. filed late Monday, has been dismissed by legal experts as a frivolous effort to bully a prominent critic into silence.  But some Republicans apparently …

November 2023 National Poll: Trump Maintains Lead Over Biden  —  A new Emerson College Polling national survey of registered voters finds former President Donald Trump with a four-point lead over President Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup, 47% to 43%, within the poll's margin of error.

Spyglass Says Melissa Barrera Was Fired From ‘Scream’ Due to Rhetoric That ‘Flagrantly Crosses the Line Into Hate Speech’ (EXCLUSIVE) … But now the production banner behind the hit horror franchise's revival is pushing back on a narrative that has quickly coalesced around the decision …

Nikki Haley is consolidating the ‘Never Trump’ vote  —  The former South Carolina governor is drawing support from Trump-skeptical donors and activists in early nominating states.  —  Two years after Nikki Haley vowed not to challenge Donald Trump for the presidential nomination …

Biden admin quietly developing settlement with groups seeking to tear down key power source  —  ‘Congress alone has the authority’ to breach federal dams, lawmakers write in letter to White House  —  The Biden administration is quietly discussing a potentially far-reaching settlement …

How Many Abortions Did the Post-Roe Bans Prevent?  —  The first estimate of births since Dobbs found that almost a quarter of women who would have gotten abortions carried their pregnancies to term.  —  The first data on births since Roe v. Wade was overturned shows how much abortion bans …

Susan Sarandon dumped by Hollywood agency UTA over anti-Jewish rant  —  Oscar winner Susan Sarandon has been dropped by top Hollywood agency UTA after saying frightened Jews are “getting a taste of how it feels to be Muslim in America,” Page Six can reveal.  —  The 77-year-old actress …

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mike Lee get Jan. 6 footage — but trying to blame the FBI could backfire  —  No surprise from a guy who took the lead defending Donald Trump's attempted coup, but the newly appointed Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., moved quickly to abuse his power …

Record percentage says they or someone in household owns a gun: Survey  —  More than half of American voters, a record-high number, say they or someone in their household owns a gun, a new NBC News poll found.  —  According to the survey, which has polled voters since 1999 …

US thwarted plot to kill Sikh separatist on American soil  —  Washington warned India over concerns of government involvement in assassination conspiracy  —  US authorities thwarted a conspiracy to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil and issued a warning to India's government …

Roman emperor was trans, says museum  —  Elagabalus will be referred to as she after claims in classical texts that the emperor asked to be called ‘lady’  —  A Roman emperor has been declared transgender by a UK museum, The Telegraph can reveal.  —  The North Hertfordshire Museum has said it will be …

How one judge is slowing down one of Trump's biggest criminal cases  —  The May 2024 trial in Trump's classified documents case appears headed for a politically precarious postponement.  —  Judge Aileen Cannon seems to be in no hurry.  —  On paper, she has scheduled a trial to open next …

Abortion rights groups seek ballot measures in 9 more states in 2024  —  Despite an unbroken winning streak since Roe v. Wade was overturned, some of the efforts to enshrine abortion rights in state constitutions face substantial challenges.  —  Seeking to extend their unbroken winning streak …