Politics

Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to census racial categories
December 5, 2025
An envelope sent from the U.S. Census Bureau contains information about the 2020 national head count. The Trump administration is reviewing the racial and ethnic categories approved for the...
Vanity Fair parts ways with Olivia Nuzzi after book release
December 5, 2025
Vanity Fair will part ways with journalist Olivia Nuzzi, the reporter who wrote in a new book about a romantic relationship she says she had with Health and Human...
Former Minnesota governor warns against 'stigmatizing' Somalis
December 5, 2025
Pawlenty acknowledged there is danger in "stigmatizing any ethnic group, any racial group, any religious group." Source link
Appeals court hands Trump a victory, OK’ing firings of two independent agency heads
December 5, 2025
Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris (left) and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox (right) were fired by President Trump early this year. A panel of judges...
Kagan issues scathing dissent in Texas redistricting case
December 5, 2025
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday warned in her dissenting opinion that the Supreme Court's approval of Texas's congressional map could violate voters' rights enshrined in the Constitution....
Pirro: Warner's comments on DC pipe bomber case 'dumb'
December 5, 2025
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro rebuffed Sen. Mark Warner's (D-Va.) comments about the arrest of a man connected to pipe bombs planted outside the Republican...
Are you a swing voter? We want to hear how you’re feeling about politics
December 5, 2025
A voter casts an in-person early ballot for the 2024 general election at the Northwest Activities Center on October 29, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images...
The Kennedy Center Honors are coming up. This year’s event will be different
December 5, 2025
President Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on March 17. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty...
Defense secretary under fire as lawmakers question admiral about deadly boat strikes
December 5, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under pressure this week as a Navy admiral faces tough questions from lawmakers about the legality of striking boats allegedly carrying drugs in the...
Rep. Jim Himes recounts briefing on U.S. boat strike in the Caribbean
December 5, 2025
NPR's Michel Martins talks with Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., about what he learned in a briefing from the Navy admiral who ordered the second strike on a boat near...
Greene faces GOP criticism for missing votes after sudden resignation
December 5, 2025
Some House Republicans are expressing disappointment with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who missed every vote this week after announcing in November that she would leave Congress in January....
Library grants restored after court order
December 5, 2025
The Trump administration on Wednesday restored library grants after a judge determined attempts to defund and dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) were unlawful. “Upon further...