14+ hour, 41+ min ago  (385+ words) Pete Hegseth joined by video for "Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee Of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving" in Washington. Rod Lamkey/AP Donald Trump's MAGA-style celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence ramped up Sunday with a federally funded prayer service that organizers…...

15+ hour, 41+ min ago  (220+ words) President Donald Trump holds a table-seating chart of the new White House ballroom, Oct. 22, 2025. Alex Brandon/AP A GOP bill aiming to use $1 billion of taxpayer money to finance required security for President Donald Trump's White House ballroom was denied…...

16+ hour, 50+ min ago  (215+ words) Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. , greets Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , May 14, 2025. John Mc Donnell/AP Sen. Bill Cassidy may remember coming in third place, but the American people will be left with his legacy of playing a role…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (933+ words) A giant African harvester ant in the Silole sanctuary in Kajiado. Courtesy of Nino Martins In the biblical text Book of Proverbs, King Solomon describes the harvester ant as a model of wisdom and industriousness: "Go to the ant, you…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1005+ words) President Trump, flanked by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, speaks to the press after the shooting at White House Correspondents dinner on April 25. Jose Luis Magana/AP Sen. Ron Wyden, longtime Oregon Democrat and ranking…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (552+ words) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Rick Bowmer/AP On Friday afternoon, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis issued 35 pardons. He also commuted the sentences of nine prisoners, allowing them to be released years before they otherwise would be. Why was Peters" prison sentence…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (197+ words) Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy is up for reelection for the first time since his 2021 impeachment vote. Trump hasn't forgotten. Tom Williams/ZUMA As voters in Louisiana head to the polls for Saturday's primary elections, President Donald Trump is doing all…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (729+ words) Mother Jones Mother Jones illustration; Hugh Kenny/PECVA; Billy Hathorn/Wikimedia You've probably heard that data centers are sprouting all over America like weeds in an empty field. You may also have heard that they are huge water hogs, sucking…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (223+ words) On what was recently farmland, Amazon data centers have been built as close as 50 feet from houses in Aldie, Virginia. Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post/Getty Virginia might be for lovers, but more recently, it's for data centers. The state…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (984+ words) There is a difference between what [Newsom] is trying to project as the resistance or the antidote to Trump and the modern agenda, versus what's in his [proposed] state budget," Julia Feinberg said. Jackson Tammariello/Zuma Wheelchair user Julia Feinberg,…...