5+ hour, 42+ min ago  (123+ words) Cuba is struggling to convince the Trump administration that its most ambitious economic reforms in decades are enough to spark the changes the US is demanding," Bloomberg reports. The 176 proposals rolled out last month are an attempt to bounce back…...

7+ hour, 47+ min ago  (152+ words) Some donors who intended to give money to a bipartisan effort to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary were, instead, steered to a White House-backed initiative under false pretenses, House Democrats allege in a report released Thursday morning, citing whistleblower interviews and…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago  (147+ words) The U. S. overall death rate in 2025 fell to its lowest point on record, even as influenza and pneumonia are now among the nation's top 10 causes of death for the first time in years, according to new data from the Centers for…...

7+ hour, 58+ min ago  (356+ words) Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: "The president's approval numbers, much like gas prices, are a little better lately, but still worse than they were before the attack on Iran." "There is not a consistent pattern for postwar presidential approval from July…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago  (221+ words) Anne Applebaum: "To hold the country together, we still require functioning institutions. But we also need symbols: a flag, a national anthem, shared ceremonies that remind us of our founding ideas. Thanksgiving. The Fourth of July. Presidential inaugurations. The State…...

5+ hour, 45+ min ago  (119+ words) Some leading European powers now accept that ships transiting the vital Strait of Hormuz will have to pay fees to Iran and Oman," Bloomberg reports. The prospect of some sort of service fee in the aftermath of the US and…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago  (236+ words) The Atlantic: "The White House is an active construction site, with cement trucks going through the same gates typically used by the president's armored limousine. There's a gaping hole where half of the building once stood, a project held up…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago  (289+ words) President Donald Trump became so enraged by photos of a small crowd at his rally kicking off the Great American State Fair that White House officials deleted the images from their social media accounts," Mediaite reports. Goddard spent more than…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago  (131+ words) The U. S. is one of only nine countries in the world that doesn't guarantee workers some kind of paid annual leave, according to a comprehensive new analysis of all 193 United Nations member states," Axios reports. Why it matters: These policies have…...

7+ hour, 51+ min ago  (284+ words) We told you bro, we fucking warned you." " Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, on the Democratic party establishment. Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of…...