DAVID MARCUS: Stop gaslighting us about Minnesota’s new Somali-themed state flag
“Gaslighting,” a term that is often misused, isn’t just a lie, or even a really big lie. It is a specific kind of lie, and a great example of it…
Minnesota faces funding deadline after Trump administration freezes child care payments
Minnesota officials have until next week to turn over information on child care providers and parents receiving federal funds or risk losing federal child care funding, according to a notice…
We need to face the truth about Putin if we want lasting peace in Ukraine
Sunday’s meeting between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy produced no dramatic announcements, sweeping declarations or signed peace deal. That outcome should surprise no one. After nearly four years…
Trump-aligned super PAC enters 2026 midterms with nearly $300M war chest
A super PAC aligned with President Donald Trump has nearly $300 million in its war chest heading into the 2026 midterms, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission…
US capture of Maduro championed, condemned across world stage after surgical Venezuela strikes
World leaders were sharply divided Saturday after the United States launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela and President Donald Trump announced that the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured…
Key takeaways from Jack Smith’s testimony to House Judiciary Committee
Former special counsel Jack Smith used a closed-door deposition with House Republicans last month to defend his investigations into Donald Trump’s alleged effort to subvert the 2020 presidential election and…
From bus driver to dictator: Nicolás Maduro’s rise and fall in Venezuela
The Venezuelan dictator captured by the Trump administration worked as a bus driver and union organizer before his ascent through the South American country’s political system, where he ultimately became…
Supreme Court tariffs case, Fed chair pick loom as twin tests for Trump’s economic agenda in 2026
Two key economic policy decisions are on the horizon in Washington: a Supreme Court ruling on tariffs and the White House’s expected announcement of the next Federal Reserve chair. Both…
Maria Corina Machado emerges as top potential successor after Maduro’s fall
The successors to the ousted authoritarian Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro are likely to be the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner and opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González, according…
DOGE says agencies cut $1.6B in federal contracts, flags spending on Somalia, HHS web services
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Friday that federal agencies have terminated or reduced 55 contracts over the last three days with a combined ceiling value of $1.6 billion,…