CNN data guru Harry Enten offered a humbling analysis of the popularity of the world’s richest man Tuesday evening, noting that Elon Musk’s polling numbers were so bad, he was pulling down President Donald Trump. Anchor Erin Burnett reported on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reacting to Musk’s support of German far-right political party AfD and…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said on Tuesday it will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain undocumented migrants at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado, further widening the Pentagon’s role in President Donald Trump’s undocumented immigration crackdown. The decision comes on top of U.S. military deportation flights of undocumented migrants out of the country…
Caroline Kennedy, a member of the famed U.S. political family, urged senators on Tuesday to reject her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the top U.S. health agency, calling him a “predator” and his healthcare views “dangerous.” The daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,…
WHITE HOUSE — The Trump administration has ordered a three-month pause on almost all foreign development assistance pending a review to see what fits in with the president’s “America First” policy. Aid groups and human rights watchdogs warn that the freeze will put countless lives around the world at risk. The U.S. is the world’s…
There are numerous security challenges upcoming in 2025. Terrorist and domestic violent extremism offenses are likely to continue to be primarily carried out by so-called “lone wolves.” These are individuals acting alone without direction from a terrorist or violent extremist group. They are, however, hardly lonely, as they have usually immersed themselves online in violent…
Washington — Just one week after its initial release, China’s new artificial intelligence assistant, DeepSeek, has shocked American financial markets, technology companies and consumers, rocking confidence in America’s lead on emerging large-language models. The tool caused a nearly $1 trillion loss in market value for U.S.-based companies with connections to AI. DeepSeek has beat out…
Lady Gaga spoke to ELLE for her February cover story just six days after Donald Trump won the 2024 election. The results were very much on her mind, and Gaga spoke forcefully about her determination to help protect marginalized communities during Trump’s time in office. When asked how she was feeling about the election, Gaga,…
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Across-the-board tariffs, even against major U.S. trading partners, were a central theme of President Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign. On Jan. 2o, after he was inaugurated for a second term, Trump announced he planned to impose 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1. On Jan. 21,…
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order attempting to sharply curtail access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth, up to and including 18-year-olds. The executive order does not impose an immediate ban on…
CURRENT EVENTS DEP’T. Donald Trump Dictates Who Gets Money DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T want to be the democratically elected president of the United States. He hated that he’d lost the popular vote two times running, but that’s not the same thing, and winning the popular vote didn’t fix it. Trump wanted to smash the entire system…