For 20 Years, I Couldn't Say What Donald Trump Did on the Set of The Apprentice.  Now I Can.  —  For 20 years, I couldn't say what I watched the former president do on the set of the show that changed everything.  Now I can.  —  On Jan. 8, 2004, just more than 20 years ago, the first episode of The Apprentice aired.

False right-wing reports about Trump trial jury instructions fuel threats against judge  —  False reporting and social media commentary about the jury instructions in Trump's hush money trial has spurred calls for the assassination of the judge overseeing the case.

November's Presidential Election May 2024  —  NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll  —  Biden and Trump Locked in Tight Race Nationally...West & Stein, Not RFK, Make Difference in Multi-Candidate Field  —  President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are closely matched …

Sam Alito believes you — and, perhaps, his colleagues — are stupid  —  Alito defiantly refused to recuse himself from January 6 or Trump-related cases in a letter sent to members of Congress on Wednesday.  —  Justice Sam Alito, who is a problem, went even further on Wednesday than I thought …

Two more US officials resign over Biden administration's position on Gaza war  —  The officials accuse the administration of not telling the truth about Israel's obstruction of aid to Palestinians in Gaza  —  Two more US officials have resigned over the Gaza war, saying that the Biden administration …

NRA can sue ex-NY official it says tried to blacklist it after Parkland shooting, Supreme Court says  —  A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she pressured companies to blacklist …

Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons  —  It's a major reversal that will help Ukraine to better defend its second-largest city.  —  The Biden administration has quietly given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia — solely near the area of Kharkiv …

Why Trump's team thinks he can survive any verdict  —  The former president's advisers and allies plan to situate any outcome within the same grievance narrative he's been cultivating for years.  —  Donald Trump's pollsters have been tracking the impact of his indictments throughout his first trial and …

GOP mega-donor Miriam Adelson to fund colossal super PAC for Trump  —  The casino billionaire is planning to back the newly reconstituted Preserve America effort to help the former president.  —  Republican mega-donor and casino billionaire Miriam Adelson plans to help bankroll a massive super PAC …

Bystander Shouts ‘You F*cking Suck!’ at Fox News Host Outside Trump Trial  —  DRIVE BY  —  Also calling Gowdy a “c*cksucker,” the unidentified New Yorker sped by on a bicycle during a live TV segment about the Trump trial.  —  A New York bicyclist verbally assailed Fox News host Trey Gowdy …

Off Leash: Inside the Secret, Global, Far-Right Group Chat  —  In his book In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, Erik Larson cites a cable sent to the State Department in June 1933 by a U.S. diplomat posted in Germany that provided a far …

R.I. neo-Nazi member accused of possessing child pornography  —  Stephen Farrea, of Portsmouth, is part of the Nationalist Social Club-131, which targets drag queen story hours  —  PORTSMOUTH, R.I. — A local member of a New England-based neo-Nazi group known for disrupting children's …

Vermont Christian parents say they were punished by foster system over transgender stance  —  Vermont couple say state made them take part in LGBTQ training as part of their license application, which discussed medical procedures for transgender kids  —  A Christian couple in Vermont …

Chief Justice John Roberts declines to meet with Democratic lawmakers about ethics flap and Alito's flags  —  Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday rejected a meeting request from Democratic lawmakers who wanted to discuss two provocative flags hoisted at Justice Samuel Alito's properties.

Free IRS online tax filing program coming soon to all states … - Treasury announced earlier this month that more than 140,000 people participated in the Direct File pilot program in a dozen states claiming more than $90 million in refunds.  — The pilot exceeded its 100,000-person target during this past tax season.

Minnesota GOP's endorsed Senate candidate has faced court actions over unpaid child support  —  Royce White, a former NBA player, won the state Republican Party's endorsement at its convention this month.  —  Royce White, a George Floyd protest leader and former college basketball star …

Trump has touted potential VP picks for months.  He may end up picking someone off the public's radar  —  In recent weeks, an increasingly familiar list of Republicans has dominated the not-very-subtle competition to become Donald Trump's running mate.  Trump himself has added to the air …

SCOTUS's farcical endorsement of gerrymandering  —  The right-wing majority turned back the clock on efforts to address racial inequality. … Perhaps because he's been busy lying about his wife's visible support for an insurrection, Justice Samuel Alito can't seem to make time to do his job properly.

Biden's Black voter troubles are setting off alarm bells  —  The message out of battleground states and focus groups is that the president's problems are real — and he is running out of time to fix them.  —  Prominent Black officials are warning the Biden campaign that the president's efforts …

Meloni Is Bringing Together an Explosive Cast of Characters for Her G-7 Summit  — Italy is seeking to engineer first meeting of Lula and Milei  — Global South is set to have a significant voice at June summit  —  Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looks set to engineer …