What do Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg have in common? They’re all tech industry billionaires with 12-figure net worths that rival the GDPs of many countries. They also hold the top three ...

Within hours of his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump issued roughly 1,500 pardons and commuted the sentences of 14 Jan. 6 criminals — including violent felons who were in prison for assaulting ...

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * In Minnesota’s open U.S. Senate race, Democratic Rep. Angie Craig has kicked off a statewide bid, hoping to succeed ...

During her first-ever briefing, Karoline Leavitt, the new White House press secretary, struggled to defend the administration’s controversial spending freeze. Donald Trump’s chief spokesperson, ...

Soon after, it was common to see reports quoting CDC insiders referring to the agency in the past tense. The New York Times published a report with a headline and subhead that immediately generated ...

Donald Trump’s discomfort with facts has become the stuff of legend. But given recent events, it’s worth dwelling on a specific part of the president’s rejection of reality — specifically, the war on ...

Around this time 20 years ago, Democrats were in a tough spot: Republicans controlled the U.S. House and Senate; a Republican president had just won a second term; and Democrats struggled to agree ...

Donald Trump’s first personnel failure was the collapse of former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s attorney general nomination. That was soon followed by Chad Chronister’s failed nomination to lead the Drug ...

What exactly did Volodymyr Zelenskyy do that left officials in the West Wing so offended? They have a list, but it’s awfully pitiful. By Steve Benen As Friday’s fiasco in the Oval Office made ...

* At the White House’s direction, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, signed into law a newly gerrymandered congressional district intended to boost his fellow Republicans. If implemented, the map will ensure ...

When the U.S. Space Command was formally created six years ago, it was temporarily based in Colorado and military leaders recommended that it stay there. There was no great mystery as to why: Colorado ...

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * Gov. Mike DeWine is poised to announce his choice to fill the Senate vacancy left by Vice President-elect JD Vance, and ...