Justice Department files charges against 2 men accused of plotting ISIS-linked Halloween attack

Attorney General Pam Bondi said “American heroes” in law enforcement thwarted the planned attack. The Department of Justice has filed charges against two people from Michigan for an alleged ISIS-linked terrorist plot that investigators say a group of men planned to carry out over Halloween weekend. Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud face charges of “receiving … Read more

Trial starts for assault case against DC man who tossed sandwich at federal agent on viral video

Before jury selection started Monday, the judge presiding over Sean Charles Dunn’s trial seemed to acknowledge how unusual it is for a case like this to be heard in federal court. Throwing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the … Read more

Despite recent turmoil at FDA, White House praises the agency’s leader

The administration, as well as HHS, publicly praised Marty Makary’s leadership despite persistent upheaval at the agency. The White House is rallying behind Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary after the abrupt ousting of one of his top deputies over the weekend, the latest tumult in an agency that’s seen plenty this year. A … Read more

Slow rollout throttled Biden’s big clean energy ambitions, former staffers say

An “executive branch machinery that defaulted to caution, process, and reactive strategies” undercut the ex-president’s massive energy and infrastructure programs, a report by his former staffers details. President Joe Biden’s agencies allowed bureaucracy, indecision and fear of repeating past mistakes to undermine their efforts to bankroll a historic green energy revolution, former administration officials wrote … Read more

UN: Nations well off-track of Paris climate agreement goals

U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement would erase another 0.1 C of progress. New national plans designed to more aggressively combat climate change would hardly dent already dangerously high global temperature projections, according to a United Nations report published Tuesday. The findings underscore the task at hand for nations as they prepare for COP30 … Read more

Trump and Republicans admonish others for their Election Night losses

The president put himself at arm’s length from losing GOP candidates. Rank-and-file Republicans are left casting blame. Donald Trump attributed Republicans’ Tuesday night losses in part to his absence from the ballot. Some of his closest allies blamed poor candidate quality. One Republican said the GOP failed to address rising costs. It all added up … Read more

‘Complete cowardice’: Why Big Business sat out the tariff legal fight

American industry has taken a less antagonistic approach to the president’s signature trade policy, opting for lobbying over lawsuits. Major American companies have arguably the most to lose from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. But they have largely stayed out of the legal fight challenging the levies, opting instead to quietly lobby against the policy for … Read more

The tariff case puts the Supreme Court’s conservatives in a bind

The high court’s conservative majority largely blesses broad executive power, but some justices are also wary of it in the economic realm. The looming Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump’s tariffs amounts to an epic clash between two of the most deeply ingrained tenets of the conservative legal movement. The first is that presidents … Read more

NYC will see highest turnout in decades

Almost 2 million New Yorkers have already voted in the race between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo, and the polls are still open. NEW YORK — The divisive mayoral race between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo has led nearly 1.75 million New Yorkers to cast ballots at poll sites and another 124,000 to send in … Read more