France's far-right leader Le Pen sentenced to prison and banned from office in embezzlement trial  —  Le Pen may still appeal the four-year sentence, two years of it suspended, and five-year political ban, which came after she was found guilty of misusing $3 million to pay party staff.

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Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him  —  Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that the tech billionaire cast …

A Special Election That Was Supposed to Be a Snoozer Is Suddenly Buzzing  —  A House race in a deep-red Florida district is seeing millions of dollars in spending ahead of Tuesday's election.  Even in a loss, Democrats hope it will signal much-needed momentum.

American progress in peril  —  The U.S. is freezing research funding, canceling projects, firing thousands of federal scientists and creating an atmosphere of uncertainty that scientists warn could slam the brakes on progress.  —  Why it matters: America has enjoyed decades of dominance …

White House Weighs Helping Farmers as Trump Escalates Trade War  —  The Trump administration has discussed providing financial aid for farmers who may be subject to retaliation by America's trading partners.  —  Ahead of President Trump's plan to impose sweeping tariffs across the globe this week …

Where Do You Draw the Line?  —  While I concede the legality of the administration's move against Rumeysa Öztürk, I reject its morality and prudence.  —  Last year, a Turkish graduate student at Tufts University named Rumeysa Öztürk co-wrote an op-ed …

America's Future Is Hungary  —  MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán.  But he's left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.  —  flashy hotels and upmarket restaurants now dominate the center of Budapest, a city once better known for its shabby facades.

MAGA is Bad for Business  —  One odd feature of U.S. politics is that businesspeople, especially small business owners, always seems to believe that they will do better under Republicans, even though history shows that business does better under Democrats.  Small business owners supported Trump …

Attorney General Pamela Bondi Dismisses Biden-Era Lawsuit Against Commonsense Georgia Election Law, Advancing President Trump's Mandate to End Weaponization  —  For Immediate Release  —  Today, Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed the Department of Justice to dismiss its claims …

Putin to conscript 160,000 more Russians for war with Ukraine  —  Ukraine warned the Kremlin is preparing for a massive new military offensive.  —  KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered another 160,000 Russian citizens be called up to serve in the military, Russian news agency Interfax reported Monday.

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Mike Waltz Is Losing Support Inside the White House  —  Although Trump decided not to fire his national security adviser over the Signal group chat, Waltz's position is tenuous, officials say  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has decided for now not to fire his national security adviser …

Trump's Threats to the Constitution Are Happening in Real Time, Not (Just) in a Third Term  —  There is no doubt in my mind that the intent of the Trump team is to retain power indefinitely, via whatever means.  —  To fight that effectively, you should focus your action and words …

The Great Grovel: How Trump forced elite institutions to bend to his will  —  The lessons we can take from how easily institutions have folded to Trump's remarkable revenge campaign.  —  One after another, a parade of the wealthiest and most elite institutions in American life since …

DOGE Accesses Federal Payroll System Over Objections of Career Staff  —  Elon Musk's team gains visibility into sensitive information about hundreds of thousands of government workers despite security concerns raised by IT officials.  —  Members of Elon Musk's cost-cutting Department …

Chuck Schumer Is Pushing Young People Away From the Democratic Party With His Toothless Leadership  —  In this op-ed, a former Schumer staffer explains why they blame their former boss for the party's failures.  —  I walked away from my job as a writer for Senator Chuck Schumer after realizing …

3 of 4 U.S. soldiers missing in Lithuania found dead, Army says  —  Three U.S. soldiers who had been at the center of a recovery mission in Lithuania for nearly a week after their armored vehicle sank in a body of water were found dead Monday, the Army said.  Efforts were continuing to find the fourth soldier.

Toddler is kicked out of nursery ‘for being transphobic’ - as families blast school's ‘insanity’  —  A toddler has been kicked out of nursery after being accused of transphobia, new figures reveal.  —  The child, aged either three or four, was suspended for 'abuse against sexual orientation …

How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans  —  The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.  “Recent reports in the media that the …

‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status  —  The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already approved for entry before President Trump took office.  But Mr. Trump is making one exception.

Most Americans Say They Are Tuned In to News About the Trump Administration  —  Far fewer are hearing about the administration's relationship with the media than was the case early in Trump's first term  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  —  Far fewer are hearing …

Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza ‘mass grave’ following Israeli attacks  —  The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a “mass grave,” a week after they went missing following attacks by Israeli forces.

Why Trump Says He's ‘Not Joking’ About a Third Term  —  Donald Trump's interest in seeking an unconstitutional third term as president, like many of his most dangerous or illegal ideas, began as a joke.  Trump would muse on the stump that he deserved an extra term because he was robbed of his first …

Missouri Officials Seize Control of St. Louis Police, in Latest Bid to Shutter Local Reforms  —  It has taken nearly a decade for St. Louis' Civilian Oversight Board to find the footing needed to effectively investigate police misconduct and give residents the tools to hold police accountable, says board member Keith Rose.

The issues where Trump's approval is strongest and weakest, according to a new AP-NORC poll  —  Immigration remains a strength for President Donald Trump, but his handling of tariffs is getting more negative feedback, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Trump's insane pardons are killing any faint flicker of justice in America  —  The Oglala Sioux, and the historic Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota where many tribal members still live, have often witnessed the American government on its worst behavior.