Groups say plan to resume limited humanitarian assistance under strict Israeli rules ‘risks enabling war crimes’ US politics live – latest updates Aid groups have voiced alarm at US moves to pressure them into accepting an Israeli proposal to resume limited humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged territory under strictly controlled conditions. The Trump administration has […]
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Former US supreme court Justice David Souter dies aged 85
Souter was a New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench Retired supreme court Justice David H Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died. He was 85. Souter died […]
Newsom debuts rapid-response website as critics accuse him of prioritizing presidential ambitions
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., a potential 2028 presidential candidate, launched a new fact-check website on Wednesday targeting “right-wing misinformation,” as a new poll found more than half of California registered voters believe he is more focused on becoming president than delivering for Californians. Newsom’s campaign apparatus described the new fact-check website as a “rapid-response website […]
OpenAI’s Sam Altman thanks Sen John Fetterman for ‘normalizing hoodies’
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was one of the final senators to question OpenAI chief Sam Altman during Thursday’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing, and the subject of both Three Mile Island and the Democrat’s penchant for Carhartt outerwear came up. Fetterman said that as a senator he has been able to meet people with “much more […]
‘Habemus Papam!’ The stunning election and life of Pope Leo XIV
“Habemus Papam!” We have a Pope. We now know who the new Pope is — Robert Francis Prevost, now forever known as Leo XIV. He is the first American Pope and the second pontiff to hail from the Americas. At age sixty-nine, he is the second youngest pope in the modern era, with Saint John […]
Trump taps Martin for DOJ pardon attorney, ‘weaponization’ role
President Trump plans to put Ed Martin, his pick for U.S. attorney in D.C. who was rebuffed by the Senate, in a far-reaching role at the Justice Department. In a Thursday evening post on his social media site, Trump said Martin would serve as both the head of a new Weaponization Working Group and as […]
Military spouses are ready to work — policymakers must help make it possible
As a military spouse who has moved five times in nine years, I know how rare it is to have a stable career. I have managed to stay employed thanks to remote work, a flexible industry and an understanding employer. But I’m the exception. Despite being highly educated and eager to contribute, military spouses as […]
In The Trump II Presidency, Things Can Always Get Worse … And Often Do
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. The Trump II Cancer Metastasizes At DOJ I hate to break it to you, but the failure of Ed Martin’s nomination to be D.C. U.S. attorney has not produced an outcome that looks appreciably better. […]
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter dead at 85
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter died Thursday at his home in New Hampshire at the age of 85, the Court announced Friday. “Justice Souter was appointed to the Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, and retired in 2009, after serving more than 19 years on the Court,” it said in a statement. […]
The Hypocrisy of Fetterman’s Defenders
Remember the days after President Joe Biden’s barely-coherent debate performance, when Democratic dead-enders insisted that nothing was the matter? That was embarrassing. But apparently it wasn’t so embarrassing that everybody took away the correct lesson, because something similar is now happening between Senator John Fetterman and a coterie of admirers on the right. Conservatives are […]
Trump’s chaotic government is no accident — it’s strategic neglect
There’s an old adage that says you can tell a lot about a country by how it governs in a crisis. But lately, it’s hard to shake the feeling that America isn’t being governed at all. Whereas the media often frames the administration’s problems as incompetence or deliberate chaos, I think the truth might be […]
Republicans need to grow a spine and support Trump’s agenda
That didn’t take long. After a few months of celebrating Donald Trump’s astonishing political comeback by offering the president near-unanimous support, Republicans are going squishy. The Trump agenda is hanging by a thread. Congress, which up to now has done very little to help the White House solve our border crisis, codify DOGE spending cuts […]
Kennedy describes himself as a ‘renegade’ when asked if he’s being controlled
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a Thursday interview did not directly answer a question about a statement his former running mate gave about him saying he’s being “controlled,” but described himself as a health “renegade.” The battle concerns President Trump’s new nominee to serve as surgeon general, Casey Means, an […]
President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Hayden was appointed by then-President Obama in 2016 and was the first woman and first African American to serve in the role.
Trump calls the U.S.-Canada border an ‘artificial line.’ That’s not entirely true
President Trump has repeatedly described the U.S.-Canada border as an “artificially drawn line.” But experts say just because it was man-made doesn’t mean it’s not legitimate. (Image credit: Planet Observer)
Trump claims ‘I don’t know her’ and ‘listened to’ RFK Jr about surgeon general pick getting MAGA pushback
President Donald Trump said he does not know his new nominee for U.S. surgeon general, telling reporters Thursday that he relied upon the recommendation of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump withdrew the nomination of his first pick for surgeon general, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, this week and instead nominated Dr. Casey […]
Blue state governor touts meeting with CCP official cozying up to Dems: ‘Grateful for the opportunity’
FIRST ON FOX: A Democratic governor enthusiastically posted photos with a Chinese Communist Party diplomat on Wednesday evening, saying she was “grateful for the opportunity” to meet with him. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who went viral late last year for vowing to use “every tool” to fight back against President Donald Trump‘s deportations, took to […]
Trump abruptly fires librarian of Congress in latest purge of government
First woman and first African American to hold post dismissed in terse email on Thursday night US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump abruptly fired the librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the Republican US president and his […]
Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass at Sistine Chapel
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass in the Sistine Chapel on Friday morning, just a day after being elected to replace the late Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. The new pope, born Robert Francis Prevost in Dolton, Ill., spoke in Spanish, Italian and English during the homily. “You have called […]
What is Trump even doing any more?
One of the most frustrating things about the Trump administration is that it offers too much nuttiness to process. Not long ago, the discovery that the president doesn’t know what the Declaration of Independence is would have consumed the country for months. Today, it barely registers because the Trump White House pumps out similar stories […]
