Congress
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Ossoff’s Real Mistake Wasn’t Going Low. It Was Changing the Subject.
Ossoff's Real Mistake Wasn't Going Low. It Was Changing the Subject.
Mars Vega-KaplanStories by Mars Vega-Kaplan
Elections
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Former Teachers Oust Conservative Majority on Sarasota School Board
Two former teachers defeated conservatives in the Sarasota School Board race, flipping the board where a conservative majority held sway since 2022, while a third contest is headed to a…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Courts
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Four States Sue Meta for $1.4 Trillion Over Harmful Design
Four states are suing Meta for up to $1.4 trillion, arguing the company designed its platforms to hook children and lied about the risks.
Mars Vega-Kaplan
POTUS
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Trump Gutted Military Drills With South Korea to Appease Kim Jong Un
Seventy years. That is how long the United States and South Korea have stood together under a mutual defense treaty, a bond forged in the blood of a war that…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
POTUS
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Trump Has Declared Victory in Iran 32 Times. The War Is Just Getting Started.
Donald Trump has declared victory in the war with Iran 32 times, yet each promise of an imminent end has been followed by further escalation, failed diplomacy, and a widening…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
POTUS
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Trump Threatens to Bomb Oman and Annex the Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman and declared the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, escalating tensions over diplomatic talks between Oman and Iran.
Mars Vega-Kaplan
POTUS
Mars Vega-Kaplan
DOJ Just Built a Conveyor Belt to Put Guns Back in the Hands of Felons
The Justice Department finalized a rule Monday that does exactly what it sounds like: it creates a new online portal for people convicted of felonies to apply for their gun…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Elections
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Trump-Backed Extremists Flood 2026 Ballots as President’s Poll Numbers Sink
As the midterm elections near, a slew of extremist candidates — selected by GOP primary voters at Donald Trump's urging over the past few months to represent their party in…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Congress
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Sen. Bill Cassidy Calls Trump’s Vaccine Order ‘Crazy, Stupid’ After Voting to Confirm RFK Jr.
Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician, called President Trump's vaccine order 'crazy and stupid,' but he also voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary.
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Courts
Mars Vega-Kaplan
BBC Seeks Trump Family Testimony in Defamation Suit
The BBC is asking a U.S. court to compel testimony from the Trump family in its defamation lawsuit, but serving subpoenas on people wrapped in Secret Service detail turns out…
Mars Vega-Kaplan