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Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row. Tesla said that it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, down 9% from a year earlier. Chinese rival BYD, which sold 2.26 vehicles last year, is now the biggest EV maker. For the fo…

When President Donald Trump began his second term, it was no secret that he planned to use the Department of Justice as his personal attack dog—seeking retribution against anyone he perceived as having wronged him. As the year came to a close, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who now heads the Civil Rights Division, worked hard to prove that she can be just as unethical and vindictive …

By Bram Sable-Smith and Andrew Jones for KFF Aubreigh Osborne has a new best friend. Dressed in blue with a big ribbon in her blond curls, the 3-year-old sat in her mother’s lap carefully enunciating a classmate’s first name after hearing the words “best friend.” Just months ago, Gaile Osborne didn’t expect her adoptive daughter would make friends at school. Diagnosed with autism at 14 months, Au…

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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia closed out November with a shocking announcement: She’ll resign her House seat on Jan. 5, 2026. The timing is strategic—it ensures she’ll qualify for a taxpayer-funded pension—and it lands at a moment when she should have been at the height of her Washington notoriety. For years, Greene has been a political pit bull, diving headfirst into MAGA con…

Voters in Florida, New Jersey and Virginia cities shifted away from Republicans this year. By Tim Henderson for Stateline GOP reversals in this year’s elections, especially in some urban and immigrant communities, are setting off alarm bells for Republicans using redistricting to try to keep control of Congress in next year’s midterms. Redistricting plans demanded by President Donald Trump in sta…

A cartoon by David Horsey. Related | Trump crony has embarrassing meltdown after more Kennedy Center performers quit

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Doug Livingston, The Marshall Project - Cleveland , for KFF Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed. “That’s what I’m trying to avoid,” said Ferguson, who still calls Quincy Jackson III her baby. She remembers a boy who dressed himself in three-piece suits, donated his allowance, and graduated high school at 16 with an academic scholarship and p…

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By nearly any measure, 2025 has been a rough year for anyone concerned about freedom of the press. It's likely to be the deadliest year on record for journalists and media workers. The number of assaults on reporters in the U.S. nearly equals the last three years combined. The president of the United States berates many who ask him questions, calling one woman “piggy.” And the ranks of those doin…

Enjoy these cartoons highlighting the many ways that President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement goons are nothing more than a bunch of racists in cosplay. And feel free to share more of your favorites in the comments. Cartoon: Papers, please, by Clay Bennett Originally published June 28. Cartoon: ICE ICE Barbie, by Clay Jones Originally published July 14. Cartoon: Battle of Los …