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The building of the destroyed Shajareh Tayebeh primary school is pictured surrounded by rubble in Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan province on August 10, 2026. Six months on, a team of AFP journalists obtained rare access to the school which has remained largely in ruins, its collapsed walls and twisted steel now surrounded by portraits of

Few states have been hit as hard by Trump’s tariffs and trade war with Canada as Michigan. Republicans thought that they might have a chance at victory when Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic Senate nomination, but the anchor that is Trump appears to be dragging down Mike Rogers. I hope you like this free story

File: A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber takes off from RAF Fairford on March 19, 2026 in Fairford, England. Leon Neal | Getty Images Counterterrorism police are investigating whether people “working on behalf of a foreign state” were behind an alleged bomb threat against a U.K. base hosting the U.S. Air Force

After more than a decade of Trump on the national political stage, America has watched Donald Trump build his own realities. Trump was born rich, so he has never had to live in a world constrained by reality. Trump has spent his entire life making his money by building and selling a false reality around

Television advertisements with a pro-Trump message — and paid for by the U.S. government — are expanding their reach ahead of November’s midterm elections, prompting bipartisan scrutiny over whether the campaign complies with federal restrictions on taxpayer-funded publicity and propaganda. One of the ads — backed by music that repeats the words “love me” — prominently

Republicans are getting swallowed up by a wave of voter anger that they can’t quell no matter how much they campaign about trans people in sports and communists. People feel the economic pain of higher prices for virtually everything, including food, utilities, housing, and gas. Americans are hurting, and the main reason why they are

The U.S. Capitol is seen on March 16, 2026, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The White House on Friday evening announced plans to claw back $810 million in congressionally appropriated funding, prompting criticism from lawmakers. A year ago, President Donald Trump’s administration blocked $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid through a pocket

As the judge heard arguments at the hearing on Wednesday morning related to Trump’s ban on reporters from MS NOW, Politico, and CNN from the White House, the press ban on filming Trump’s White House activities continued as the president returned to Washington, D.C., from his day at the UN. PoliticusUSA is 100% independent news

Motorists drive on Interstate 210 during the morning commute on December 03, 2025 in Pasadena, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Saturday said he approved new fuel economy standards, reversing former President Joe Biden’s stricter policies meant to fuel electric vehicle adoption. Since the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards

Reports that Trump’s big midterm election rally tour to help Republicans has been reduced to the president appearing in red states and districts because the White House only wants to send Trump where he will get a warm welcome tell only part of the story. It turns out that Trump is needed in those red

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters on Sept. 22, 2026, in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s conditional proposal for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, telling aides he expects to

Donald Trump went on a whinefest on his social media account about how he did not get enough TV coverage for his summit with President Xi of China. PolitcusUSA is 100% independent news and opinion. Please support us by becoming a subscriber. Trump posted before the state dinner: CNN and MSDNC’s Ratings have dropped considerably.

Voters cast their ballots inside the Arlington County Courthouse in Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 18, 2026. Tom Brenner | Getty Images The most competitive races for control of the House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm election may be toss-ups on the political map. But in the most fiercely contested districts, one candidate often holds a

The White House launched Trump TV to give the president something that he has wanted for years. Trump now has his own state TV media outlet on the White House YouTube channel that allows him to broadcast nonstop propaganda. Well, broadcast might be too strong a word. PoliticusUSA is 100% independent. We are not influenced

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CNBC on Friday that the U.S. and China have reached agreements covering a subset of goods the two countries can trade on more favorable terms, marking fresh progress in negotiations between the world’s two largest economies. “We’ve actually reached agreement with the Chinese on a number of these things,”

Donald Trump has a vast record of falling asleep in front of the television cameras during his second administration. Trump has fallen asleep in front of reporters, cabinet members, and supporters on a regular basis. The president’s allies regularly claim that he is high-energy and never sleeps, but the visual evidence presented to the American

Chinese leader Xi Jinping promised two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, reviving Beijing’s decades-old charm offensive on the opening day of his first state visit to the U.S. in more than a decade. Two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, from a research base in Chengdu will arrive at the Georgia zoo “in the

James Talarico has the look of a confident candidate who knows that he has a real shot at being the first Democrat to win a statewide election in Texas in decades. PolitcusUSA is 100% independent news and opinion. Please support us by becoming a subscriber. A Marist Poll released on Wednesday found Talarico leading Paxton

The jump in Treasury yields this week is delivering a reality check about a strong economy, stubborn inflation, and the growing cost of the national debt.  That will put the squeeze on the debt-heavy Trump administration as it tries to find a path forward for the economy.  It also highlights the tension between the nation’s

Overnight, Trump’s justification for banning reporters was shot down by a Trump-appointed federal judge who rejected the DOJ’s claim that reporters were banned from CNN, Politico, and MS NOW for national security reasons. PolitcusUSA is 100% independent news and opinion. We answer to no political party or special interest. Please support us by becoming a