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First lady Melania Trump’s non-documentary documentary was already a public relations nightmare — thanks to her unpopular husband — before its release, but now that it’s fully settled in theaters the team behind the self-titled flick has a usage battle on its hands. Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and film director Paul Thomas Anderson requested that the Brett Ratner-directed “Melania” remove Greenwo…

Democratic Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois scorched the earth Tuesday during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing with the heads of three major immigration agencies. "Chairman, my mother, a Guatemalan immigrant and an American, taught me that I have the responsibility to look evil in the eye and to fight it back," Ramirez said. She then delivered a detailed accounting of the civil rights vi…

Right-wing conspiracy theorist and podcaster Dan Bongino has pivoted from his short and rocky tenure as deputy director of the FBI under President Donald Trump and is returning to Fox News. Bongino made an appearance on Monday night’s edition of “Hannity,” after the network announced that he would be a paid contributor to the network. Bongino, a veteran of the U.S. Secret Service, previously work…

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified before a Senate committee on Tuesday, ostensibly to discuss broadband funding. But Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland opened his questioning by pressing Lutnick about the nature of his relationship with convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, including a recently revealed visit he made to Epstein’s infamous island in 2012—seven years after Lut…

American optimism has hit its lowest point in nearly two decades, according to data released Tuesday by Gallup. The sour feeling months before the midterm elections stands in stark contrast to President Donald Trump’s rhetoric, in which he has dismissed Americans’ concerns about affordability and inflation. Gallup’s poll found that just 59.2% of Americans in 2025 felt they would have high-quality…

Growing more bullish on their chances in November’s midterm elections , Democrats on Tuesday added five more GOP-held seats to the list of districts the party is targeting—expanding the number of races Democrats say they are competing in to 44. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said it will now spend money to unseat GOP Reps. Jeff Crank in Colorado's 5th District, Brad Finstad in Mi…

Latino culture is deeply steeped in the very values that conservative America claims to revere—faith, family, and tradition. The church remains a central institution in many Latino communities, not just as a place of worship but as a social and moral anchor. It is where people gather, organize, grieve, celebrate, and find meaning. Family is not an abstraction but a lived reality, with multigenera…

Virginia's newly minted Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Friday signed legislation that sets up an April referendum that, if passed, would allow the state to suspend its independent redistricting commission and redraw the maps in a way that could net Democrats as many as four new House seats in the 2026 midterm elections. Republicans are, to put it mildly, pissed. GOP lawmakers in Virginia a…

State law that prioritizes public health over fossil fuel extraction could win the day for suburban activists fighting drilling plan. By Jennifer Oldham for Capital & Main For the first time since Colorado began regulating drilling 75 years ago, state officials said they may order a company to move a well pad farther from the Denver suburbs — a decision that could force the firm to leave oil and …

If you would like to know what the U.S. Department of State was up to prior to Jan. 20, 2025, don’t bother checking its official X account. All State Department posts that predate President Donald Trump’s return to office are being deleted . It’s the latest move from an administration hell-bent on destroying our history by ensuring we can’t access it. This doesn’t just apply to the official State…