The Senate Judiciary Committee undertook an hours-long hearing on Tuesday to assess FBI Director Kash Patel's and the FBI's performance regarding recent high-profile matters. ... Read full Story
Medical company Eli Lilly said Tuesday around $5 billon will be go toward construction of its new facility in Virginia just west of Richmond. ... Read full Story
The U.S. Department of Treasury announced Tuesday that it's sanctioning two Iranian financial facilitators for "shadow banking" in support of Iran and its oil. ... Read full Story
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday his plans to be the state's chief executive for a third term in the 2026 midterm election. ... Read full Story
A New York judge dismissed two of 11 charges against Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in a Manhattan court Tuesday. ... Read full Story
The Georgia Supreme Court denied Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' bid to continue prosecution of President Donald Trump for election interference. ... Read full Story
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President Donald Trump filed a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit in a Florida federal court alleging The New York Times had defamed him, his family and businesses. ... Read full Story
The U.S. The Department of Transportation ordered Delta and Aeromexico to dismantle their joint venture that allows them to make flights between the U.S. and Mexico by Jan. 1. ... Read full Story
The State Department is revoking the visas of non-citizens in the United States "celebrating" the shooting death of conservative provocateur and activist Charlie Kirk. ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump on Monday night added U.S. ally Colombia to a list of countries failing to live up to their counter-narcotic obligations. ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Monday to deploy U.S. National Guard troops into Tennessee to "restore law and order" in the city of Memphis. ... Read full Story
North Carolina is requesting an additional $13.5 billion from the federal government nearly one year after Hurricane Helene ravaged the western part of the state. ... Read full Story
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is targeting facial hair to establish a new "grooming standard" in the military that is "clean shaven and neat in presentation." ... Read full Story
Milan said he will take a leave of absence from his job as White House economics adviser while serving on the Fed, an arrangement criticized by Democrats. ... Read full Story
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Vice President JD Vance hosted a two-hour episode of "The Charlie Kirk Show" Monday from the White House to honor his friend who was assassinated on Thursday. ... Read full Story
It's time to start thinking about what you want Santa Claus to bring you this year. If you already know, you can write a letter and send it via USPS. ... Read full Story
Jay-Z and rapper Meek Mill helped raise more than $20 million this weekend for criminal justice reform at their nonprofit REFORM Alliance gala in Atlantic City. ... 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.