Senate Vote Fails To End Shutdown After Trump’s SNAP Policy Flip

No Breakthrough After 14 Votes WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate failed for the 14th time to pass a bill to fund the government, pushing the federal shutdown into the longest stretch in American history. As The Hill reports: The Senate on Tuesday shot down a bill to reopen the federal government for the 14th time, […]

Mamdani Blames Trump After Bomb Threats At NJ Polling Sites

Speaking to reporters after casting his vote Tuesday, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani blamed President Donald Trump for a series of bomb threats that temporarily disrupted polling places in New Jersey. “We have to understand this as part of the general approach of the Trump administration,” Mamdani said, framing the threats as part […]

Nuclear War Lessons From The Film ‘House Of Dynamite,’ Part 2

This is part 2 of a 2-part piece. In the movie, officials are seen considering launching massive preemptive attacks on all of America’s major adversaries, believing the incoming ICBM could be the start of a coordinated attack. However, this too is highly unlikely. If the Chinese, Russia, and North Korea were to band together to […]

Pelosi To Announce Future Plans After Key Redistricting Vote

Amid a rapidly shifting political landscape… SAN FRANCISCO — House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, 85, will announce whether she plans to run for reelection after Tuesday’s vote on Proposition 50, a redistricting measure that would reshape California’s congressional map in favor of Democrats. Pelosi’s office confirmed that her decision will come after Nov. 4, once […]

Dick Cheney, Former Vice President And Architect Of Post-9/11 Policy, Dies At 84

Dick Cheney, the former vice president who helped steer America through the post-9/11 era and reshaped the role of the vice presidency itself, died Nov. 3 at age 84 due to complications from pneumonia and long-term cardiac and vascular disease, his family announced. Cheney’s political career spanned five decades and several Republican administrations. A fierce […]

Morning Brief: Fear, Faith, And The Fractures Within

Michigan Terror Plot Foiled Before Halloween Massacre Detroit narrowly escaped a Halloween tragedy, federal officials revealed Monday, after two Michigan men were charged in an ISIS-inspired terror plot allegedly set to unfold in a Detroit suburb. According to an FBI affidavit, Mohmed Ali of Dearborn and Majed Mahmoud were preparing a mass shooting codenamed “Pumpkin,” […]