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Washington — The commander of the D.C. National Guard has extended the Guard’s deployment to Nov. 30, according to two National Guard officials and a social media post from the D.C. National Guard. The order applies only to the members of the D.C. National Guard who were deployed last month to enhance security in the nation’s capital. The order does not apply to National Guard members from other states. ABC News first reported the extension.”I’ve made the decision to extend the encampment, as we continue to work to ensure that everyone that walks through these city streets is safe,” Brig. Gen.…

Politics / September 4, 2025 A new monthly column from The Nation takes on the plutocrats wielding their wealth and power at the expense of the rest of us. Contact: Caitlin Graf, The Nation, press [at] thenation.com, 212-209-5400 New York, NY—The Nation, America’s leading source of progressive politics and culture, today announced the launch of “Oligarch Watch,” a new monthly column that is a natural continuation of the magazine’s long and proud tradition of speaking truth to power to build a more just society. In our 160th anniversary year and in this unprecedented era of rising inequality, advocating for a…

American businesses could be owed tens of billions of dollars in refunds for tariffs they paid on foreign goods.U.S. Customs and Border Protection has collected more than $200 billion in tariff revenue from American businesses of all sizes from October through August 24, according to agency data. Of that, more than $70 billion comes from payments of country-based tariffs that a federal appeals court recently ruled President Trump lacked the authority to impose. Industry-specific tariffs, such as steel and aluminum levies, are unaffected by Friday’s ruling. The court on Friday ruled that President Trump unlawfully invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA,…

Washington — President Trump is hosting a dinner Thursday night at the White House with tech giants and other business and political leaders, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk will not be among those attending.He said on X, “I was invited, but unfortunately could not attend. A representative of mine will be there.”Invited guests include Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and OpenAI founder Sam Altman, according to a White House official. It will be the first known official event held in the newly renovated Rose Garden, which was partially covered in cement in order to…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. The hearing comes a week after Kennedy pressured the brand-new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, Susan Monarez, to resign, and when she refused, the White House fired her. Three top CDC officials then resigned in protest. The hearing’s stated focus is the president’s 2026 health care agenda and Kennedy’s goal to Make America Healthy Again. But Secretary Kennedy is facing questions about CDC leadership in disarray, and his moves to overhaul federal vaccine policy, amid growing calls for his resignation,…

Sen. Ron Wyden laid into Kennedy in his opening statement, saying the secretary was responsible for fueling “mistrust” in the U.S. health care system.”Families are confused,” Wyden said. “They’re scared about who to trust about their health care. Robert Kennedy and Donald Trump have done so much to feed that mistrust.”Wyden specifically went after Kennedy for his dismantling of the vaccine structure, claiming Kennedy’s family and allies stand to potentially make financial gains from his decisions. Wyden said it’s “been obvious from the start that Robert Kennedy’s primary interest is to take vaccines away from Americans,” Wyden said. “His agenda has…

Society / September 4, 2025 Ad Policy Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.(Aaron Schwartz / CNP / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Who knows you better than the family you grew up with? You might not remember the letter Caroline Kennedy wrote to the US Senate in January about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—or “Bobby,” as she called him. But it was vitally important then, and it remains so now—because she was speaking not as a political actor but as…

Americans tend to believe Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s policies are making vaccines less available rather than more available. But the large majority of Americans feels government policy ought to make vaccines more available if people want them. A sizable third haven’t heard or aren’t sure. Also, there’s a wide view that government policy should encourage parents to vaccinate their children for diseases like measles, mumps and rubella, more specifically. Only a scant few think the government ought to discourage that. Even as vaccines — particularly COVID vaccines — have sometimes been a political issue, this view…

When President Trump last month fired the head of the federal bureau that produces the government’s monthly jobs report after the numbers pointed to a slump in U.S. hiring, he drew rebukes from critics who accused him of politicizing a technical — and nonpartisan — data collection process. On Friday, the Labor Department is set to release employment figures for August in what could emerge as another possible flashpoint. The new payroll report comes at a critical juncture for the economy. Recent data suggests the labor market is cooling, a particular concern as workers and businesses head into the crucial holiday spending period.…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during an event at The Aposto on August 23, 2025 in La Vista, Nebraska. Ginnie Coleman/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ginnie Coleman/Getty Images Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are expected to grill President Trump’s nominee for a vacant Fed governor’s seat during today’s confirmation hearing. The nominee, Stephen Miran, currently chairs the White House Council of Economic Advisers. A Harvard-educated economist, Miran has been critical of the Federal Reserve’s independence and advocated for more direct presidential control — views that have raised concerns about his nomination. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the committee’s highest-ranking…