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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun collecting vast amounts of private medical data from millions of Americans — pulling from multiple federal, commercial, and healthcare databases — to supply researchers working on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s newly launched autism study. The ambitious and controversial initiative is being fast-tracked to meet Kennedy’s…
In a fresh example of Washington’s pay-to-play politics, a new analysis released Monday reveals that the Trump administration has quietly dropped or frozen federal enforcement cases against at least 17 major corporations that donated to the president’s inaugural fund. The findings, based on newly released Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, show a troubling pattern where…
President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on the case of wrongly deported Maryland immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia this Easter, threatening to pursue legal action against those who publicly contradict his administration’s misleading narrative. “Those lying to the American people on behalf of violent criminals must be held accountable by the agencies and the courts,” Trump…
Pressure mounts on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over alleged leaks of sensitive military operations The Pentagon is facing mounting turmoil following the revelation of a second private Signal chat involving U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, escalating concerns about operational security and leadership within the Department of Defense. According to a report from The New York…
President pressures Federal Reserve to cut rates amid tariff fallout, calling Powell a “major loser” U.S. stock markets fell sharply on Monday as former President Donald Trump intensified his public attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, urging immediate interest rate cuts to counter the economic impact of his own tariff policies. In a fiery…
For decades, many Americans believed our democracy was unshakable — immune to the kind of authoritarian power grabs that have toppled other nations. But recent years have delivered a stark reality check. Our population has been shocked and awed into submission, just as intended by those seeking to consolidate wealth and power. And yet —…
Suddenly, Donald Trump is a fan of securities regulation — but only when it targets people he dislikes. For years, the Trump administration has aggressively dismantled financial oversight, gutting protections against fraud and dropping over a dozen crypto scam cases pursued by the SEC. The message has been clear: white-collar crime is fine as long…
In a sharply worded ruling issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg announced the initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials for what he described as a “willful disregard” of court orders regarding the deportation of over 130 Venezuelan migrants to a prison facility in El Salvador. The ruling follows the administration’s continued…
Late-night hosts sounded the alarm this week over former President Donald Trump’s increasingly authoritarian rhetoric, targeting both democratic institutions and higher education — with Harvard University at the center of the latest controversy. On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert addressed what he called Trump’s “insane dictatorial demands,” including efforts to coerce Harvard into adopting a…
As financial markets reel and American families face mounting uncertainty, President Donald Trump has chosen to retreat—not to the Situation Room, but to the fairways of his private Florida golf courses. In a week that saw him cave to pressure on his reckless tariff strategy and preside over one of the worst economic downturns in…
