1+ hour, 18+ min ago  (337+ words) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy went on Fox & Friends recently to promote a summer travel series. That sentence alone would not normally say much about the state of American government " cabinet secretaries often go on television to sell policies, defend the…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (845+ words) President Trump left Beijing today after a three-day state visit to China that produced no major agreements on the issues he came to discuss. The trip was filled with pageantry " goose-stepping soldiers, US-flag-waving schoolchildren, a private tour of a leadership…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (650+ words) Europe has just a few weeks of jet fuel left if the current conditions persist. And this affects more than summer vacations " air travel is part of the global economic infrastructure, moving labor and supplies around the world more quickly…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (999+ words) President Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered to broker an end to the war in Iran during their closed-door summit in Beijing yesterday. In an interview with Fox News after the meeting, Trump said that Xi also pledged…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (908+ words) The shutdown ground on through the new year, until Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole helped deliver a compromise deal. The government reopened, but the shutdown marked the beginning of an era of hyperpartisanship in which disruptions to the ordinary functioning…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (861+ words) The Justice Department is weighing whether to settle a $10 billion lawsuit President Trump filed against the IRS in January over the leak of his tax records. Trump, his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and the Trump family business sued the…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (189+ words) The week after his Court issued a decision that has enabled more antidemocratic gerrymandering, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts publicly lamented that the country wrongly views the justices as "political actors." Methinks the Chief Justice does protest too…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (997+ words) Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary resigned today after clashing with the Trump administration over flavored e-cigarettes. Makary was confirmed in March 2025 and oversaw a tenure marked by senior-staff turnover, massive reductions in FDA staff due to cuts and…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (688+ words) What started last year with Texas redrawing congressional maps quickly spread to California, Louisiana, Virginia, Missouri, North Carolina, Florida, and most recently, my home state of Tennessee. Less than one week after the Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais decision that rolled…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (929+ words) Peace talks between the US and Iran have stalled, as President Trump yesterday rejected Iran's counterproposal to the latest US offer to end the war. A ceasefire has been in place since April 8, but both sides have continued to hit…...