The Senate's reconciliation bill would mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of public lands. See where they are.

In recent decades, American presidential elections have been decided by a small handful of swing states — places where the ...

During a hearing, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis once again proved that she doesn’t suffer fools as she torched the ...

The Trump administration is expected to announce new trade actions and Pete Hegseth and Benjamin Netanyahu meet ...

In this week's Current Climate newsletter, a great leap backward for clean energy; red states–and AI–are big losers in Trump ...

JD Vance casts tie-breaking vote as Senate passes ‘big, beautiful’ bill - The Independent was on Capitol Hill overnight as ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill will kill wind and solar power tax credits—and pit humans against AI in a battle for scarce ...

Feeling out of step with President Trump’s G.O.P., Senator Thom Tillis and Representative Don Bacon are deciding to retire.

The legislative package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, has several provisions that will shrink the safety net, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ...

Tom Homan said ICE has the right to detain any individual for any reason—and that agents deliberately target people based on ...

American history is littered with third-party bids that flared brightly only to fizzle out, he explained. George Wallace ...

“The crux of this disaster is a failure of the last mile of communication,” Tom Fahy, legislative director at the union that represents NWS, told Chelsea. “The forecasts went out, they communicated ...