1 hr ago - When Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, showed up at a hearing on May 8 with Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, his colleagues were surprised to see him. Until then, his chair on the dais of the Senate Commerce, Science and Tra ... (NY Times)

1 hr ago - Rep. Al Green (D-TX) attempted to justify his efforts to impeach President Donald Trump for the third time by implying the president may carry out a military coup with tanks “rolling down the streets of American cities.” Green sparked cont ... (MSN)

2 hrs ago - May 25, 2025, 9:15 AM EDT Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy accused Congress of failing “in its responsibility to protect our kids” from the harms of social media and called on lawmakers to “step up and act now” in an interview ... (NBC News)

2 hrs ago - SEOUL—Three senior North Korean officials were detained over the failed launch of the country’s newest warship, an accident that has drawn the wrath of leader Kim Jong Un and been called an unpardonable crime. The 41-year-old dictator consi ... (Wall Street Journal)

2 hrs ago - Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that was “very surprised” that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, has intensified the bombardment of Ukrainian cities despite the US president’s efforts to broker a ceasefire. “I’m ... (Guardian)

3 hrs ago - House Speaker Mike Johnson brushed off concerns on Sunday about President Donald Trump's private meme coin dinner, arguing that the president does "everything out in the open." While speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper, Johnson said he had no knowledge o ... (Business Insider)

3 hrs ago - 8 hours ago Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), a fiscal hawk who has openly criticized House Republicans' reconciliation bill, predicted Sunday that there are enough in his flock to stop the process "until the president gets serious about spending reduction ... (Axios)

4 hrs ago - Published Sun, May 25 2025 6:27 PM EDT Updated 23 Min Ago President Donald Trump said Sunday that he agreed to an extension on the 50% tariff deadline on the European Union until July 9. "I received a call today from Ursula von der Leyen, President ... (CNBC)

4 hrs ago - May 25, 2025, 2:44 pm. ET Donald Trump said he wants the "names and countries" of every international student enrolled at Harvard University, another step in the president's crackdown on the Ivy League school. He made the request in a Truth Social p ... (USA Today)

5 hrs ago - Politicians in Cambodia are supporting and profiting from criminal online scam centres that use trafficked forced labour to trick lonely people in Europe and America, a new report has shown. Its findings support those of United Nations investigators ... (The Times (UK))

5 hrs ago - Following Donald Trump‘s bizarre speech to West Point graduates, where the president opined on topics ranging from yachts and trophy wives to drag shows and golf, Rep. Jasmine Crockett is calling on Republicans to “start calling him out and ... (Rolling Stone)

6 hrs ago - The top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles is ratcheting up immigration enforcement in jails as the Trump administration looks for more ways to remove more immigrants from sanctuary cities. U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli announced this week a pilot program d ... (Los Angeles Times)

8 hrs ago - May 25, 2025, 8:27 AM WASHINGTON -- You've heard of twofers. Kenya Hutton is a “threefer.” His parents are immigrants, he’s a Black man and he’s gay — at a moment in history when anti-immigrant fervor, racism and anti-LGBTQ ... (ABC News/AP)

9 hrs ago - By Staff report PUBLISHED: May 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT Pratt & Whitney workers with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union remain on the picket line even as a vote on a tentative agreement on a revised contract of ... (Hartford Courant)

9 hrs ago - 05/25/25 6:00 AM ET Texas Republicans are rolling ahead with a controversial bill that seeks to further restrict abortion access in the state, while making it impossible for it to be challenged in state courts, despite Democratic objections. Senate ... (The Hill)

11 hrs ago - May 25, 2025, 7:00 AM EDT The killing of George Floyd five years ago by a Minneapolis police officer ignited what many reform advocates hoped would be a national effort to end, or at least curb, excessive use of force. But the Trump administration
... (NBC News)

11 hrs ago - -snip- To fast-track the Trump development, Vietnam has ignored its own laws, legal experts said, granting concessions more generous than what even the most connected locals receive. Vietnamese officials, in a letter obtained by The New York Times, e ... (NYT)

12 hrs ago - Updated 7:18 AM EDT, May 25, 2025 As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants — and governments and universities around the world sp ... (AP)

13 hrs ago - Updated May 25 2025 2:47AM EDT Published May 25 2025 1:44AM EDT It’s only four months into Donald Trump’s second term as president, and his administration already seems fed up with all the paperwork. The administration has responded on tw ... (Daily Beast)

13 hrs ago - May 25, 2025 6:04 AM EDT Updated 3 hours ago WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - Before Cameron Hamilton headed to Capitol Hill on May 7 to testify about the Federal Emergency Management Agency he was leading, the former Navy SEAL cleaned out his desk, kn ... (Reuters)