Reid Hoffman said the Justice Department's reported probe of a nonprofit he backs is "absurdly false" and accused President Donald Trump of retaliation. He wrote on X that he will "not bend the knee." The remarks followed reports that the DOJ opened a criminal

Government data show the Trump administration has quietly slowed scientific research funding for Harvard and other universities that have been targets of a White House pressure campaign. The National Science Foundation flagged grant proposals that had been recommended for funding for additional scrutiny, leaving researchers largely in the dark; records

Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate in Maine’s Senate race, says he understands the plight of his state’s working class because he is working class. Platner, who works as an oyster farmer, talks regularly about getting by on $60,000 a year while living in a modest two-story house

President Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy focuses on "violent left-wing extremists," as well as narcoterrorists and Islamic terror groups. It identifies those groups as the primary targets of the strategy. White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs explains what it means. United States trump, counterterrorism strategy, left-wing extremists, narcoterrorists, islamic

Jane Hume, the Liberal party’s deputy leader, said the South Australian election sent a clear message: the public are “looking for a change” and are “rightly aggrieved”. She noted One Nation had turned some of its polling into seats and warned the Coalition will need a stronger policy platform

The Supreme Court is weighing whether ballots received after Election Day should be disqualified. Nick Corasaniti, the national politics reporter, explains how the court's decision could alter rules around voting by mail. Such a ruling could affect hundreds of thousands of Americans in both rural and urban areas.

Sky One aired the first episode of Saturday Night Live UK on Saturday, March 21. Reviews were mixed, but the cold open found at least one fan: Donald Trump shared the first half of the sketch on his Truth Social account. The politically themed cold open cast George Fouracres as

Nearly half of Australians believe a foreign military will attack the country within five years, the Australian National University’s National Security College found. The study, carried out between November 2024 and February 2026, examined the views of more than 20,000 Australians in surveys and focus groups and found

“Social cohesion” has become a shape-shifting phrase, dropped into speeches, inquiries and legislation to mean different things to different audiences. Although it has been in the political lexicon for years, the terror attack that targeted Jewish people celebrating Hanukah in Bondi last December pushed the idea to the front of

First Nations community leaders and members of the legal fraternity say the Queensland government has "opened old wounds" by appointing Darren Robinson, a Townsville lawyer and former police officer, to the state’s Legal Aid board. The Liberal National party government sacked and replaced all Labor-appointed members of

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could lose a bid to receive taxpayer-funded security from the Home Office amid fears of public backlash. An insider said 'nervousness' lingers among some board members responsible for public safety about approving protection for the former royals while abroad. The source added that

One Nation will win at least one South Australian lower house seat and was leading in several others after Saturday’s election, as the Liberals grappled with a heavy defeat to Labor. The party was ahead in Ngadjuri, where Adelaide Plains council deputy mayor David Paton was expected to claim

Hosting Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in the Oval Office, Donald Trump was asked by a Japanese reporter why he had not told allies such as Japan before attacking Iran. He replied that when they “went in very hard” they did not tell anyone because they wanted surprise, adding:

The rumor began with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claiming it had struck Benjamin Netanyahu's office and spread through forged screenshots and a low-resolution freeze-frame that some said showed six fingers on his right hand. Conservative influencer Candace Owens amplified the claims on X, and Iran&

Elon Musk said he would like to pay the salaries of Transportation Security Administration agents who have gone unpaid during the partial government shutdown, as many agents have stopped showing up for shifts and passengers face hourslong security lines at airports across the country. "I would like to offer

Sam Bankman-Fried, who is serving a 25-year sentence for fraud, has renewed public praise of U.S. President Donald Trump by backing strikes against Iran in a post on X written through a proxy using prison-approved communications. He framed the move as necessary to counter nuclear risk and said the

Think Big PAC distributed a mailer saying Alex Bores once received more than $100,000 in support from Sam Bankman-Fried, and asserted “Bankman-Fried’s buddies are bankrolling Bores for Congress.” The mailer criticized his campaign financing and urged voters to “do better than Bores.” The attack comes as Bores competes

The Trump administration released a legislative framework seeking a single national policy for AI that would preempt state laws and centralize authority in Washington. A White House statement said "This framework can only succeed if it is applied uniformly across the United States" and described seven objectives prioritizing

When the US director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, said her office seized voting machines from Puerto Rico, she said it was at the request of the office of the US attorney in Puerto Rico. Left unsaid was that the prosecutor has been the center of a push by Donald

A Canadian woman and her seven-year-old daughter with autism have been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for nearly a week, then transferred to a notorious detention centre and told to 'self-deport', their husband and father said. Tania Warner and her daughter Ayla Luca, originally from

Madagascar’s military president, Michael Randrianirina, has said new ministers must pass lie detector tests to root out corrupt candidates after he dismissed the prime minister and cabinet without explanation earlier this month. He came to power in a coup in October following weeks of youth-led protests under the banner

California education officials released a 1,000-plus-page audit that says there is "sufficient evidence" of "fraud, misappropriation of funds, or other illegal fiscal practices" in the Val Verde Unified School District’s relationship with Pegasus California School in Qingdao, China. Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Edwin

A Canadian mother and her seven-year-old daughter, who has autism, have been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Texas since Saturday, family members said. Relatives described the detentions as unlawful and said they are unclear what problem ICE found with the pair's immigration paperwork. Both are

Long lines at TSA checkpoints are persisting as a partial government shutdown has left Transportation Security Administration staff unpaid. As many as 10% of TSA agents called out on several days this week, with absence rates averaging as much as 20% in some airports. "The current unpredictability is being

The Education Department reached an agreement with the Treasury Department to shift oversight of the federal student-loan portfolio, beginning with accounts in default. The interagency deal covers the roughly $1.7 trillion portfolio and will allow Treasury to collect on defaulted debt and support borrowers who have defaulted. Nearly 9