Massachusetts is the latest battleground in the political fight between the left and the center for the future of the Democratic Party . But in a flip of the script, progressives are supporting the longtime incumbent against a more moderate challenger as solidly blue Massachusetts holds primary elections on Tuesday. The Senate nomination showdown between 80-year-old Sen. Ed Markey and 47-year-old Rep. Seth Moulton is also the latest faceoff in the Democratic Party's push for generational change,
President Donald Trump declared Iran a "Failed Nation" Monday, claiming the country is economically and militarily broken as renewed fighting with the U.S. raises questions about how much leverage Tehran still has left. "Iran is officially a Failed Nation. IT IS DEAD!" Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday morning. "They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no currency, they are not paying their soldiers or police." Trump also claimed Iranian inflation had reached 300% and said the count
The judge who recently threw out a confession by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, previously argued that the U.S. military had a growing domestic extremism problem fueled in part by "conservative tendencies" reinforced by "extreme right-wing groups." Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, an Air Force judge who specializes in military and environmental law, is presiding over the military commission in the 9/11 case . Last week, he tossed Mohammed’s 2007 confessio
Inquiry come after conservative thinktanks claim unions are using member dues to support Democratic causes House Republicans are investigating several US labor unions based on claims from far-right nonprofits alleging union dues are being used for illegal political funding. Republicans on the House’s education and workforce committee opened the investigation this summer after multiple reports from the conservative thinktanks targeted unions and their spending, claiming that unions are using memb
Age on the agenda in Massachusetts but octogenarian leftwinger leads younger rival Seth Moulton in primary poll Democrats have spent the summer ousting long-serving incumbents in primaries across the country. On Tuesday, Massachusetts voters will decide whether that generational revolt extends to the 80-year-old Ed Markey, whose younger Democratic rival has argued that the incumbent is simply too old to serve another term. But the Senate primary in this heavily Democratic state flips a central d
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A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed. (Image credit: George Frey)
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Colin Kaepernick still puts in a workout at 4:30 a.m. most days. His football life may be long over, but his life’s work is not. Ten years after taking a knee to stand against racism and police brutality at great cost to his career and finances, the former star quarterback is stepping back into the spotlight. His memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” comes out on Sept. 15. And in interviews with NBC News, his first time speaking in depth about his protest’s fallout in years, Kaepernick reveals the story
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1967’s "Summer of Love" kicked off the American habit of defining a summer season with a phrase. Some phrases stick. Some do not. 1968’s "Summer of Rage" tagline stuck. The "Summer of Watergate" could be 1973 and the Senate Select Committee’s hearings would have stuck, but President Richard Nixon survived those and would have survived the summer of 1974 but for the release of the tapes. MORNING GLORY: HASAN PIKER’S RADICAL RHETORIC IS BECOMING DEMOCRATS’ 2026 BRAND The Bicentennial Summer was as
