DOJ Says Trump Could Bulldoze Statue of Liberty
The Department of Justice told a federal appeals court that if President Trump ordered the Statue of Liberty demolished, no one would have standing to stop him. "So just as long as you move fast enoug…
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How Prediction Markets Became a Casino for Insiders
A convicted felon who spent months in prison for fraud is now under federal investigation for allegedly gambling on his own political performances. "Should I wear a muted serious suit to the SOTU or a…
Jan. 6 Rioter Hired for Sensitive Pentagon Counterterrorism Role
A man who broke into the Capitol to stop an election certification now works in a Pentagon office that plans hostage rescue missions. "I am ashamed because I will always be part of this disgrace. Janu…
Flesh-Eating Screwworm Returns After Government Cuts
A parasite that America spent five decades eradicating has come back, and the people who cut the program that kept it away are calling it an "all of government effort" to fix. "Even though billions of…
The House Finally Said No to Trump's Unauthorized War
Three months into an unauthorized war, the House finally voted to end it. "You either follow the law or you change the law. You can't violate the law." \- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., on why he vote…
The Pentagon Fake News Site for Latin America
The Pentagon is running a news website that looks independent but publishes nothing but military talking points, and it is hiding in plain sight. "AI all the way down." Emerson Brooking, Atlantic Coun…
No One Is Watching: How Trump Gutted Gun Enforcement
The administration that promised to restore order quietly dismantled the enforcement mechanisms that were reducing violent crime, betting nobody would notice until the bodies started piling up. "Just …
Pelley Said CBS Was Killing "60 Minutes." They Fired Him.
A veteran correspondent told his bosses they were killing the show, and within 24 hours they fired him. "She is murdering '60 Minutes.' She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and…
Trump Hands America's Spy Agencies to a Mortgage Attack Dog
A man who built his career investigating the mortgages of political enemies now controls America's spy agencies. "That is how intelligence becomes politicized, how inconvenient facts disappear, how ag…