United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on Monday said Newark Liberty International Airport is now operating “better than ever," after turmoil at the New Jersey airport brought air traffic control shortages back into the spotlight. "Newark is operating better than ever and United's future here is bright — that's a credit to the thousands of Newark... ... Read full Story
ICE arrests violent gang member and multiple offenders during Chicago immigration crackdown after Illinois prison released convict despite federal detainer. ... Read full Story
The FBI's Arctic Frost investigation swept up Republican entities beyond Donald Trump, including Turning Point USA and attorneys general association. ... Read full Story
Florida village councilman Steve Cody sparked outrage with Facebook post mocking Charlie Kirk's death, prompting demands from mayor and residents to step down. ... Read full Story
President Trump spoke Tuesday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, offering praise for Modi despite recent tensions between the two countries over India's reliance on Russian oil. "Just had a wonderful phone call with my friend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I wished him a very Happy Birthday!" Trump posted on Truth Social as he was... ... Read full Story
President Trump announced in a TruthSocial post on Tuesday that Republicans would have a “Midterm convention” ahead of next year’s elections. “The Republicans are going to do a Midterm Convention in order to show the great things we have done since the Presidential Election of 2024. Time and place to be determined. Stay tuned, it... ... Read full Story
FBI Director Kash Patel called Sen. Adam Schiff a 'political buffoon' during a heated exchange over Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer to minimum security prison. ... Read full Story
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Tuesday criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi over a social media post discussing hate speech, saying she “has REFUSED to prosecute MULTIPLE direct death threats against me and my family.” In a Tuesday post on the social platform X, Bondi said that “hate speech that crosses the line into threats of... ... Read full Story
The House Judiciary Committee plans to hold a field hearing in Charlotte, North Carolina, this month following the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska. ... Read full Story
The National Park Service (NPS) is set to remove the photo of an enslaved man’s scars amid efforts to comply with the Trump administration’s March executive order outlawing exhibits that promote a “corrosive ideology." NPS said the piece widely referenced as “The Scourged Back” will no longer be available for viewing, sources told The Washington... ... Read full Story
A federal judge said she will not intervene in the deportations of migrants to their home countries, where they may face torture and persecution, after they were first sent to Ghana by the U.S. government, saying her “hands are tied.” U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan acknowledged orders from other judges stating that five plaintiffs in... ... Read full Story
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been permanently removed from prosecuting the Trump election interference case after losing an appeal. ... Read full Story
“Conspiracy theorists (and those of us who argue with them have the scars to show for it) often maintain that the ones debunking the conspiracies are allied with the conspirators.” — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Did you know?
To debunk something is to take the bunk out of it—that bunk being nonsense. (Bunk is short for the synonymous bunkum, which has political origins.) Debunk has been in use since at least the 1920s, and it contrasts with synonyms like disprove and rebut by suggesting that something is not merely untrue but is also a sham—a trick meant to deceive. One can simply disprove a myth, but if it is debunked, the implication is that the myth was a grossly exaggerated or foolish claim.