Lawmakers who grilled the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Discord and X on Wednesday all seemed to agree that protecting children’s safety online was a priority. Many of those children were less accepting of the idea, and they let their opinions flow as they listened to the hearing through a Discord server. “These senators don’t […]Read More

For as long as Republicans have been running against Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential nominating contest, more than a few Trump critics have wondered why they don’t go after him harder. Nikki Haley shows why. A new Washington Post-Monmouth University poll features a somewhat unsurprising top-line number: Trump leads Haley by 26 points, […]Read More

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that his recent cancer diagnosis was a “gut punch” that left him shaken, disclosing new details about his ensuing medical crisis and asserting that he did not direct his staff to withhold the situation from the White House. Austin, speaking to the media for the first time in about […]Read More

It is the nature of our fragmented, siloed media ecosystem that entire controversies can arise and be resolved outside of the view of most people. Controversies centered on TV shows or sports or music, these rise and fall unseen by most Americans, like waves on the shore of Australia. This happens in politics, too, of […]Read More

The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday barred 10 Republican state senators from seeking reelection after a record-long walkout from the legislature last year spurred by objections to a measure intended to protect abortion rights and gender-affirming health care. Oregon voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2022 that disqualified legislators with 10 or more unexcused absences […]Read More

Late Wednesday the House overwhelmingly approved a nearly $80 billion tax package that would renew breaks for big corporations and expand the child tax credit for millions of families, using the same process used for naming post offices. Lawmakers had no chance to offer amendments on the major bipartisan legislation. Debate was brief. And, by […]Read More

The 2024 general election has only just begun, and Donald Trump looks prepared to sail to yet more GOP nominating contest victories in Nevada and South Carolina in the weeks to come. But the campaign for the White House also begins with his financial operation — the entities devoted to electing him — on pretty […]Read More

A bill under consideration in the House would, among other things, expand the child tax credit to the benefit of parents earning $40,000 a year or less. In the 2022 General Social Survey, over two-thirds of people who fell into that category identified themselves as Republicans or independents. About a quarter of them lived in […]Read More

President Biden signed an executive order Thursday that imposes sanctions on four West Bank settlers who the administration says have committed violence against Palestinians, marking the most significant action he has taken against Israelis since their country launched a war in Gaza. The executive order mirrors sanctions imposed on individuals designated as terrorists, two senior […]Read More