Firework mortars, gas cannisters stuffed inside Tesla that exploded outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel  —  Firework mortars and camp fuel canisters were found stuffed into the back of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel early Wednesday …

Liz Cheney Is Among 20 Chosen to Receive Presidential Citizens Medal  —  Two close advisers to President Biden will also be honored, in addition to career lawmakers who have worked across the aisle and advocates for liberal causes.  —  President Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal …

Speaker Johnson faces narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years  —  Speaker Mike Johnson will face a major challenge in the new Congress - the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years.  —  That is, if he can keep the gavel.  —  Republicans will soon control the House, Senate and White House.

New Orleans attack suspect named, accused of killing at least 10, injuring dozens  —  The suspect accused of plowing a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street early Wednesday morning has been identified by a law enforcement source as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar.

The attack was the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a year.  —  Officials postponed the Sugar Bowl and said they were hunting for possible connections between the suspect, who rammed into New Year's revelers, and terrorist organizations.  —  TRANSCRIPT  —  Back  —  Deadly New Year's Day Attack in New Orleans

Texas sues to impose bigotry on the rest of the country  —  Ken Paxton's lawsuit against the NCAA is a glorified Fox News segment.  —  Donald Trump and JD Vance spent the 2024 election spewing the most rank transphobia, a tactic that should have made them pariahs but instead helped win them the presidency.

Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South  —  Almost two years ago, Louisiana passed a law that started a wave that's since spread across the entire U.S. south, and has changed the way people there can access adult content.  As of today, Florida, Tennessee …

Cruise ship stomach bug illnesses hit 12-year high: CDC  — 14 of 16 cruise ship outbreaks caused by norovirus  — Five of the outbreaks took place in December - Norovirus prevalent in crowded, semi-enclosed spaces  —  More people experienced gastrointestinal illnesses while aboard …

The huge stakes in a new Supreme Court case about pornography  —  Texas asks the justices to abandon longstanding First Amendment protections for sexual speech. … If you've studied First Amendment law, it's impossible not to experience déjà vu while reading the briefs …

Trump plans ‘victory rally’ at Washington arena day before inauguration  —  President-elect Donald Trump plans to hold a “victory rally” at the Capital One Arena in Washington on Jan. 19, the day before he is sworn in, according to a sign-up page on his inaugural website.

Here's What Trump's Mexico Invasion Plan Could Look Like  —  As Trump and his incoming administration threaten Mexican drug cartels, experts warn their plan could create more violence and put Americans in danger  —  A MQ-9 Reaper drone keeps watch above the caravan of SUVs as a pair of helicopters …

The Rise Of Big Potato  —  Allegations of price collusions among the potato cartel reveal the new, sophisticated methods food corporations are using to keep prices high.  —  One afternoon in April 2022, Josh Saltzman, the owner of a sports bar in Washington, D.C., opened his inbox to find …

Trump's election changed how Americans feel about the economy  —  Turns out America's economic gloom was fueled by something far thornier than inflation  —  It's generally a rare thing for the person you're interviewing to burst out laughing.  But that's what happened to me, recently …

Trump Falsely Suggested New Orleans Suspect Was an Immigrant  —  The president-elect said on social media that he was right about fearing criminals on the other side of the border.  Officials later identified the suspect as a U.S.-born citizen and Army veteran.