I recently had a small health scare nothing serious, but enough to remind me that I’m getting older. When you’re close to 80, these things start to happen. Thankfully, I’m fine for now. But the experience made me think about age, health, and someone who’s almost the same age as...

Former President Donald Trump faced two major legal defeats on Thursday, as federal judges in Illinois and New York both ruled against actions taken by his administration.In Illinois, a federal appeals court stopped the Trump administration from sending National Guard troops into the state. In New York, another judge ordered...

Some scientists are sounding the alarm about one of Elon Musk’s major companies, saying it could pose serious risks to life on Earth. Elon Musk, the billionaire behind Tesla, X (formerly Twitter), and Neuralink, also founded SpaceX in 2002. One of its biggest projects is Starlink, a satellite internet network...

In a recent interview with The New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was asked a tough question  twice about what the Supreme Court could actually do if Donald Trump refused to obey one of its rulings. Barrett, who joined the Court in 2020 after...

On Tuesday in Chicago, America got a frightening look at what its future could become. Federal agents, dressed like soldiers and carrying military weapons, rammed into a civilian car on 105th Street using a maneuver that Chicago police themselves are banned from using. Then they fired tear gas into a...

JD Vance, the U.S. Vice President, recently let slip what sounds like a new and unsettling plan from Donald Trump during an interview with conservative host Charlie Kirk, according to a report from The Daily Beast. While talking on The Charlie Kirk Show, Vance said that the Trump administration is...

There’s a clear and simple promise Democrats could make to voters about ICE one that people would easily understand and support.Recently in Chicago, federal agents wearing masks essentially Trump’s immigration enforcers expanded their raids across the city. The result was chaos and violence. Agents chased a car through a residential...

A federal judge in Rhode Island says the Trump administration ignored his order that stopped them from blocking FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) funds for places that wouldn’t follow Trump’s immigration policies.Judge William Smith had already ruled in September that the government couldn’t make disaster aid dependent on local governments...

Martin Sheen, the veteran actor famous for playing President Josiah Bartlet on *The West Wing*, took a direct shot at former president Donald Trump and his Cabinet during a live conversation with MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace. Speaking with emotion and intensity, Sheen said he wanted to offer Trump some personal...

Polling expert Nate Silver says the latest surveys bring “bad results” for former President Donald Trump, showing his approval rating slipping as the country faces a partial government shutdown. According to Silver’s analysis, Trump’s current net approval rating is at –8.4 points, based on an average of almost all major...