11+ hour, 32+ min ago   (131+ words) “President Donald Trump has agreed to a significant portion of a stringent ethics proposal that is part of broader cryptocurrency legislation headed for a key vote this week, according to three of the bill’s main Republican authors,” the Associated Press…...

12+ hour, 38+ min ago   (143+ words) “The Trump administration plans to announce Monday that the United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas,” the New York Times reports. “The shift by the Environmental…...

13+ hour, 55+ min ago   (161+ words) “President Donald Trump dropped his largest reported spend so far this weekend, sending $21 million to candidates in competitive races as pressure ramps up for Republicans two months before the midterms,” the Washington Sun reports. “The president’s Senate spending before Sept....

20+ hour, 59+ min ago   (152+ words) “David Crowley, the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin governor, ranks as the most surprising winner in this year’s turbulent primary season. But the Milwaukee County executive’s against-the-odds story began long before election night,” the Washington Post reports. “Crowley’s parents became addicted…...

21+ hour, 8+ min ago   (135+ words) “A coroner in Pennsylvania announced the death of a 40-year-old woman associated with the state’s ongoing measles outbreak. The death appears to mark the third in the U.S. state’s ongoing outbreak,” The Guardian reports. “Two previous deaths in the…...

23+ hour, 57+ min ago   (122+ words) “President Trump on Sunday called on his Ukrainian counterpart to halt strikes on Russian refineries, saying the attacks are causing a shortage of diesel,” CBS News reports. Said Trump: “Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (222+ words) “Shortly after Canada and America became embroiled in the worst bilateral trade war in their modern history, the secure phones of Europe’s top leaders lit up with a trans-Atlantic call. Mark Carney was pushing to take Canada’s relationship with the…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (147+ words) “President Donald Trump expressed optimism about resolving a trade fight with Canada and downplayed the prospect of quitting a continental trade pact, in a potential sign of de-escalating tensions between the two countries,” Bloomberg reports. Said Trump: “We’re doing great....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (208+ words) Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump’s new promise to give a $5,000 check to every adult American citizen if Republicans win the midterm elections may be an effort to answer a variant of an age-old riddle: Can Trump devise a policy so ill-conceived…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (302+ words) “Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon claims she knows ‘for a fact’ that President Donald Trump will try to ‘not leave in 2028,’ arguing he is already laying the groundwork to remain in power past the end of his presidential term,…...