17+ hour, 53+ min ago   (774+ words) A multi-billion-dollar federal program that helps schools and libraries afford broadband internet is under review by the Trump administration, leaving education officials and advocates worried about potentially significant cuts. The E-Rate program provides about $3 billion annually for internet access and…...

19+ hour, 13+ min ago   (48+ words) The Supreme Court has created an unlikely avenue for Democrats to troll the GOP, according to two experts. The Supreme Court recently ruled that The National Trust for Historic Preservation lacked standing to challenge the construction of President Donald Trump's…...

22+ hour, 41+ min ago   (551+ words) Kathleen Culliton is Raw Story's managing editor. She's been covering local and national news for more than a decade for outlets that include the New York Post, Al Jazeera, DNAinfo New York, Bustle, the New York Daily News, WNYC, NY1, City…...

23+ hour, 26+ min ago   (45+ words) A startling development in the Middle East has both weakened President Donald Trump's negotiating position with Iran and threatened to trigger a new global “inflationary shock,” two experts told Al Jazeera this weekend.On Friday, the Iran-backed Houthis — the Yemeni…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (47+ words) Republican Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany was rescued from Lake Wausau Saturday night after his plane was forced to make an emergency landing after losing power, CBS affiliate WSAW reported.“While returning home from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (45+ words) Law enforcement tasked with protecting President Donald Trump mistakenly talked tactics with a random cameraman, the BBC revealed Sunday.BBC News reporter Enda McClafferty discussed the incident during a recent on-air interview about Trump's ongoing trip to Ireland, where the…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (905+ words) There may be no better metaphor for why Democrats keep getting pantsed by Republicans than Whoopi Goldberg asking an audience to please be respectful to Ted Cruz. Not Jimmy Carter. Not Mister Rogers. Ted Cruz. Cruz appeared on The View,…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (43+ words) Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers attacked his Democratic opponent recently for campaigning “with people who say America deserved 9/11,” but a new report published Saturday exposed Rogers' own checkered history with the terror attack.On Thursday, Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (46+ words) Georgetown University Professor E.J. Dionne flagged a troubling “paradox” he believed President Donald Trump had gotten himself into, one that he called a “real problem” for the president that could result in widespread “chaos.”Dionne, also a senior fellow in governance…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (44+ words) A total of 106 lawmakers have backed a new effort to compel the Trump administration to release its remaining withheld files relating to Jeffrey Epstein, but with few legislative days remaining, “time is running out,” warned the anti-human-trafficking nonprofit Freedom United....