Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily.This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.Buried beneath the...

Up First briefing: Trump and Xi meet; Law firms; Kevin Warsh; Nebraska President Trump is vying to make deals with China during his visit with President Xi Jinping. And, the Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next leader of the Federal Reserve. May 14, 20267:32 AM ET Good morning.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a closely watched summit in Beijing on Thursday with Taiwan, trade tensions and global conflicts dominating discussions between the world's two largest economies amid ongoing wars in the Middle East and Europe.The bilateral meeting at...

BEIJING — China’s Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that the two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue was not handled properly, an unusually harsh admonition that stood in contrast to the American leader’s praise for his counterpart.The exchange at a highly anti...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Douglas Wilson has a modest proposal to improve American life: He wants to repeal the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the vote.

Show Caption Six Republican candidates are running for Coastal Georgia's U.S. House seat. The candidates come from diverse backgrounds, including military, local government, and the private sector.

A federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily allowed the construction of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom to move forward while the administration challenges a lower court order that said the project exceeds the president’s authority.The 2-1 decision by a three-judge panel for...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary late Monday, approving President Donald Trump's nominee to take over the embattled department after the firing of Kristi Noem during a public backlash over the administration's immigration enforcement and mass depo...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A new poll shows Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in the lead for the June 2 primary, but two people wanting her job aren't far behind.The Berkeley IGS/Los Angeles Times poll finds the incumbent mayor at 25%, among likely voters. But, Nithya Raman is in second at 17%, and Spence...

Early this morning, with Asian markets sharply down and oil tankers idling in the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump offered Iranian leaders a familiar mix of threats but also a reprieve. What had been, only days earlier, a 48-hour ultimatum—reopen the strait or face the destruction of energy in...

This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold GroupIt’s the magic number, the line that’s not supposed to be crossed; when a nation’s public debt finally exceeds its GDP. Historically speaking, it’s not a sign of doom like many economists suggest. Numer...

Israel has launched new attacks on Beirut and Tehran, while Dubai’s airport suspended flights after an Iranian drone hit a nearby fuel tank and sparked a fireIran hits Gulf neighbors and keeps stranglehold on oil shipping as concerns rise of energy crisisBy DAVID RISING, SALLY ABOU ALJOUD and W...