The Fed Tries to Steer Clear of Politics, but Election Year Is Making It Tough

Economists are wondering whether political developments could play into both the Fed’s near-term decisions and its long-term independence. Read More

What to know about Trump’s high-stakes presidential immunity case before Supreme Court

Supreme Court justices are poised to round out oral arguments this term with something of a bang, taking up a monumental case on Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claims. Read More

Election officials beef up security as new survey shows nearly 4 in 10 grapple with threats and harassment

A new survey by the Brennan Center for Justice highlights how the volatile political environment since 2020 has changed how election officials approach their jobs. Read More

News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds

Americans have a message for news organizations as they prepare to cover the 2024 election: About half of Americans say they're concerned that outlets will report inaccuracies or misinformation. Read More

Why Trump criminal trial is about more than hush money

The so-called hush money case has been billed as one of the less important lawsuits facing former President Donald Trump. But it’s the one underway. Read More

How a Key Foreign Leader is Preparing for Donald Trump

A former globetrotting business executive and foreign minister, Champagne, 53, is also widely seen as a contender to take over as prime minister if Trudeau steps down in the coming months. Continue ... Read More

RFK Jr. is scaring Biden’s allies. But he is a threat to Trump, too.

Joe Biden’s supporters are trying to blunt the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. even as he poses a challenge to Donald Trump as well. Read More

Full transcript of "Face the Nation," April 28, 2024

On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Hanna Siegel, sister of Keith Siegel, who is being held hostage by HamasSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of ... Read More

In Today’s Issue

Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views. Read More

Jack Conroy and the Lost Era of Proletarian Literature

Richard Wright called him the “old daddy of rebel writing,” but Jack Conroy was most often known by the nickname “the Sage of Moberly.” A wise man out in the Missouri hinterland, Conroy was the ... Read More

News Archives April 2024

Get a toll violation text from E-ZPass? It’s a fake. Miss Manners: Our friends have spouses with dementia. How can we help? Should we even ask if we can help? Jersey City municipal budget to be ... Read More

Guess Where Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Suddenly Gotten Popular?

“He’s against science ... when you see what happened in the aftermath of vacating the chair and Israel attacked in a terrorist attack a week later, to do that again would be detrimental to the country ... Read More