The Supreme Court's inaction has effectively abolished the right to mass protest across three states, allowing a lower court's ruling to seemingly infringe upon the Constitution's First Amendment. read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing ramped up pressure from both sides of the aisle to hold a vote this week on a foreign aid package that includes military assistance to Ukraine. read more
Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world's colorful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white in what scientists said on Monday amounted to the fourth global bleaching event in the last three decades. read more
A source told The Associated Press that the FBI is investigating the incident that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month. read more
Senate Republicans' breathtaking cruelty is hidden in your tax returns Millions of children would have benefitted from an expanded tax credit, but GOP senators had other ideas. read more
With the IRS' deadline for tax filing season 2024 counting down to midnight, the Treasury Department reported Monday that $80 billion additional funding from the Inflation Reduction Act meant the IRS had easily exceeded new targets. read more
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was absent from the court Monday with no explanation. read more
Michael Tomasky: The former president's lawlessness has dodged many an obstacle over the years, but he's facing a new challenge now: a jury of his peers. read more
Small-time investors who took the leap and bought stock in Trump Media & Technology Group appear to be coming to the realization that they should hang onto their day jobs as the value of shares in the company behind Truth Social spirals downward ... read more
A homeless man freed without bail after randomly breaking a woman's nose went on to sucker-punch a 9-year-old girl in the face in Grand Central Station, MTA officials said. read more
Former President Donald Trump was seen apparently "nodding off" during his hush money trial for allegedly covering up a sex scandal. On Trump's first day in the Manhattan courtroom, reporters spotted him looking as though he was falling asleep as attorneys discussed rules for jury selection. "It very much looks like Trump is dozing off right now," courtroom reporter Stewart Bishop observed on X. Tough to see the screen in the overflow room, but I swear Trump is nodding off at the defense table," reporter Erik Uebelacker agreed. "His chin just hit his chest, then his head shot back up. We've all been there." read more
Elon Musk sent Tesla employees a memo on Sunday announcing the EV maker is laying off more than 10% of its workforce globally. read more
The Arab kingdom said it took military action to defend its territory against Iranian drone and missile strikes. Critics assailed the country as having helped defend Israel. read more
The White House: Earlier today, Iran--and its proxies operating out of Yemen, Syria and Iraq--launched an unprecedented air attack against military facilities in Israel. I condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms. At my direction, to support the defense of Israel, the U.S. military moved aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the region over the course of the past week. Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our servicemembers, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles. read more
A campaign staffer for independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr was terminated after telling a group of Republican voters that beating President Joe Biden was her "number one priority" and encouraging them to volunteer for Donald Trump. read more
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