Politics

0:26Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy steps aboard the NextGen Acela express service at Washington’s Union Station, Aug. 27, 2025. J. Scott Applewhite/AP The Department of Transportation unveiled the new high-velocity Acela fleet during a Wednesday briefing, outlining how the agency is…

1:41President Donald J Trump speaks during a Multilateral Meeting with European leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, August 18, 2025. Aaron Schwartz/EPA/Shutterstock President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the White House is evaluating the…

0:27Graham Platner enters race to challenge Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. Courtesy of Graham for Maine Graham Platner, an ex-military serviceman and oyster farmer from a rural community close to Maine’s Acadia National Park, declared his candidacy for the U.S.…

1:56Parents and students arrive for the first day of classes while staff and volunteers scout for Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel outside Ninety-Third Street Elementary School in Los Angeles, Aug. 14, 2025.Daniel Cole/Reuters Across the country, countless districts are reopening…

Drag queens engage in a performance that is obviously protected by the First Amendment.Spectrum WT v. Wendler is one of the easiest First Amendment cases the federal courts heard this year — or in any other year. The question is…

3:01In an aerial perspective, the State Capitol is observed on August 14, 2025, in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images On Monday evening, the redistricting committee of the Texas House of Representatives voted out a revised version of a bill featuring…

President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on August 18, 2025.Ukrainian forces still control 2,550 square miles of the eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas, an area roughly the size of Delaware. For many,…

13:43Vice President JD Vance addresses a gathering with President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 28, 2025, in WashingtonAndrew Harnik/Getty Images With the future…

A boy holds a flag a peaceful protest and vigil where six workers were taken by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 18, 2025, in Pasadena, California.For all the talk of a new, lasting multiracial coalition that helped elect…

1:45Andrew Bailey during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference the Gaylord National Convention Center in Fort Washington, Maryland, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (Photo by Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle…