Politics

The truth can be very frustrating when all you have is lies on your side. CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan confronted MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell during his three-day “cyber symposium” in South Dakota this week. The event was supposed to prove once and for all that China was involved in “stealing” the …

The Department of Homeland Security issued a warning on Friday: believers in the false conspiracy theory that Trump will be reinstated have increased their calls for violence if the former president isn’t back in the White House soon. “Some conspiracy theories associated with reinstating former President Trump have included calls …

For the first time in decades, the fundamental right to abortion is squarely being attacked in the Supreme Court. On Thursday, Mississippi filed a brief with the court directly asking it to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision establishing a right to abortion. This hasn’t happened since 1992, in …

India Walton estimates there are at least 50 people walking around Buffalo with her art on their bodies. Yes, the winner of last month’s Democratic primary for mayor of New York‘s second-largest city was, for about six months, a tattoo artist. It was only one of several stops Walton made …

UPDATE: Eric Adams has won New York City‘s Democratic primary for mayor. The Associated Press declared the Brooklyn borough president the winner Tuesday evening after the Board of Election released results that included over 120,000 absentee ballots that had been outstanding. The new tally put Adams ahead of Kathryn Garcia …

Deb Haaland was confirmed as the first Native American Cabinet secretary in March. She isn’t wasting any time using her new post at the top of the Department of the Interior to advocate for indigenous people. Haaland announced on Tuesday that the DOI is launching an initiative to address the …

Republican leadership drew a “red line” in the negotiations over the president’s infrastructure plan, insisting it not raise corporate taxes or change anything from the 2017 tax bill passed under former president Trump. Congressional leaders from both parties met with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday to …

The National Rifle Association had a clever plan to avoid the state of New York’s efforts to shut it down over allegations of executive self-enrichment: Declare bankruptcy and reincorporate in the Lone Star state. But Tuesday, after a weeks-long trial, a federal judge has called bullshit on the NRA‘s Texas …

L ast August, in the midst of a presidential battle that would determine the future of America, an upstart liberal group called MeidasTouch sent its supporters an urgent call to action. “Tonight is a huge night,” MeidasTouch declared on Twitter. “We are giving half of our contributions directly and immediately …

There’s been a running joke these last few months as successive scandals have engulfed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The joke is that each new allegation of personal or professional misconduct seems curiously accompanied by the abrupt announcement of a long-awaited event — almost like an offering to restive New …