Monarez refused to fire top CDC leaders, ‘rubber-stamp’ vaccine changes, confidante says The former CDC director was ousted late Wednesday after refusing to resign despite pressure from Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.

Pritzker gets it.

They wake up before the sun rises, work through the intense heat, and still go home with love in their hearts for their families.

These are the hands that feeds our nation, the backbone of America’s economy and yet they are the ones being targeted, detained, and deported illegally!

Some Texas Democratic women have torn up their permission slips and will now be hosting a “slumber party for Democracy” on the House floor.

There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.

America has fallen.

Embarrassing how cleanly Hannity swallows Putin’s lies and absolves him of responsibility for killing so many

Hegseth is "proud" of white supremacists whose determination to keep human beings in bondage led to the deaths of 600,000+ Americans.

At a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed.

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GOP-led committee approves bill to rename Kennedy Center Opera House after First Lady Melania Trump Republican leaders in Congress have proposed renaming the Kennedy Center Opera House to the "First Lady Melania Trump Opera House."

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A person walks in front of a building on Harvard's campus that has three large red flags. A headline reads: "Why Trump's Fight With Harvard Is Affecting The Whole World" Photo by Sophie Park for The New York Times

The fight between the Trump administration and Harvard has become a test for the president’s ability to impose his political agenda on all 2,600 universities in the U.S. Our reporters break down how the crackdown is affecting the world. nyti.ms/44DHw01

Breaking News: In a class-action challenge, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order ending birthright citizenship.

Hillary’s “deplorable” statement was made in the context of an argument that most Trump voters were good people deserving of empathy. Yet it ignited a firestorm of negative coverage by the NYT, which pounded on the issue for weeks, permanently branding Clinton as a hater of the white working class.

The Biggest Anti-Abortion Victory Since ‘Dobbs’ The legislation that just passed the Senate represents a big win for anti-abortion advocates—and a subtle shift in their strategy.

The Big Beautiful Bill that just passed the Senate represents a big win for anti-abortion advocates—and a subtle shift in their strategy, Elaine Godfrey writes in The Atlantic Daily.

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Major Campaign Finance Challenge The case involves a challenge to federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.

Breaking News: The Supreme Court agreed to hear a major challenge to limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.

here's why presidents never bother to seek a formal declaration of war anymore

Trump Administration Rescinds Voice of America Layoffs After Errors in Notices The errors in the layoff notices could have derailed President Trump’s effort to dismantle the news organization. The administration said it would attempt the layoffs again.

The Trump administration on Friday rescinded the layoff notices it had sent to employees at Voice of America after employees discovered errors in documents detailing the terms that could later nullify or significantly delay President Trump’s attempts to gut the news organization.

How the FDA Let Medications From Banned Foreign Factories Into the U.S. ProPublica spent 14 months investigating the FDA’s oversight of foreign drugmakers that send medications to the U.S. These are the key takeaways.

The FDA quietly gave a global manufacturer a special pass to continue sending 14 drugs to Americans even though they were made at a substandard factory that was officially banned from the U.S. market.

It wasn’t the first time.

UVA President James Ryan Caved to MAGA—and They Forced Him Out Anyway Ryan had not fought Trump on DEI and other matters. His forced ouster proves that no capitulation is enough.

Only the complete destruction of the greatest knowledge-production system in the history of the world will stop them from decapitating and dismantling American universities. https://trib.al/bWsdgin

Senate Republicans have yet to finalize their version of President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy proposal, but GOP lawmakers up for reelection in 2026 are bracing for the political impact of the bill’s Medicaid cuts. cnn.it/4noIh4b

Carolyn McCarthy, Who Turned a Gunman’s Massacre Into a Crusade, Dies at 81 After a deranged shooter killed her husband and wounded her son on a Long Island commuter train in 1993, she went to Congress on a mission to curb gun violence.

Breaking News: Carolyn McCarthy, who became a congresswoman and gun control advocate after losing her husband in a shooting, is dead at 81.

Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91

Bill Moyers was a true hero of journalism in a media world where there are so few of them. He was an unwavering supporter of our accountability journalism at The Lever.

This is terrible news. We have lost a giant. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b...

Iran-Israel latest: Iran warns of ‘everlasting consequences’ after US bombs nuclear sites - follow live US President Donald Trump hails the operation as a

Yes, this is yet another obvious violation of international law by the US Government. However despicable the regime in Iran, you cannot just attack another country. Bombing civilian nuclear facilities is also illegal under several nuclear treaties to which US is Party. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...