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In this image from video released by the House Judiciary Committee, former special counsel Jack Smith speaks during a deposition Dec. 17, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. House Judiciary Committee/AP hide caption toggle caption House Judiciary Committee/AP WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6., 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers earlier this month in characterizing the Republican president as the “most culpable and most responsible person” in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee released on Wednesday a…

President Trump listens during a news conference with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on Monday in Palm Beach, Fla. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. U.S. Southern Command, which oversees South America, did not reveal where the attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday occurred. Previous attacks have been in the Caribbean Sea and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. A video of Tuesday’s attack posted by Southern Command…

New York City’s incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani picked the decommissioned subway station under City Hall as the site of his private swearing-in ceremony. Felix Lipov/Alamy hide caption toggle caption Felix Lipov/Alamy Zohran Mamdani picked a decommissioned subway station beneath City Hall as the venue for his private swearing-in ceremony as New York City’s new mayor — a symbolic choice for a candidate who rode to victory on pledges such as free public transit. The Democratic socialist opted to take the oath of office around midnight on New Year’s Eve in the old City Hall subway station in Lower Manhattan, according…

U.S. Marines and National Guard troops patrol the entrance of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles as demonstrators gather on July 4, 2025. Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images President Trump said his administration will, for now, halt its efforts to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore., after his deployments to the Democratic-led cities suffered a series of legal setbacks. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Trump praised the deployments and claimed they have helped curtail crime. “Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if…

Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener. This is our year-in-review show: later in the hour, the year in court: David Cole, who stepped down this year as National Legal Director of the ACLU, will comment on the 150 rulings against Trump in federal courts this past year, and the 21 times the Supreme Court has supported his attacks on democracy. But first: the year in politics – Harold Meyerson has our analysis – in a minute.[BREAK]Now it’s time for our Year in Review: Politics in 2025. For that, we turn to Harold…

President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON — The CIA was behind a drone strike last week at a docking area believed to have been used by Venezuelan drug cartels, according to two people familiar with details of the operation who requested anonymity to discuss the classified matter. The first known direct operation on Venezuelan soil since the U.S. began strikes in September marks a significant escalation in the administration’s months-long…

December 31, 2025 In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the incoming democratic socialist mayor discusses making New York a “showcase of light” through the political darkness. Ad Policy Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani celebrates with Senator Bernie Sanders during an election rally with Sanders and US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at Forest Hills Stadium on October 26, 2025, in Queens, New York. (Andres Kudacki / Getty Images) Zohran Mamdani paused for a moment, after I asked what he thought his inauguration—on January 1, as the 34-year-old, immigrant, Muslim, democratic socialist mayor of the nation’s largest city—might tell us about what is possible…

President Donald Trump poses with a recently signed executive order classifying fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction,” during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images In his first year back in office, President Trump reshaped U.S. drug policy and the response to fentanyl deaths in sweeping, often chaotic fashion, rapidly dismantling efforts launched by the Biden administration aimed at expanding drug treatment. Many experts credit Biden-era public health policies with saving tens of thousands of lives. But with new…

We’re outside of Jacksonville, Fla., flying with the Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron, or HITRON, as they chase down a speedboat simulating drug-runners at sea. These are the counterdrug cops of the high seas. They intercept suspicious boats, seize illegal narcotics and arrest suspected drug smugglers to try to bring them to justice. The gunner aims for the engines. “We don’t intentionally shoot to hurt, kill, injure anybody. Our primary target is going to be the engine.” Today, they’re practicing on a common smugglers’ tactic, using their bodies to shield the motors from gunfire. They do this because they…

State Sen. Michelle Benson reacts at a news conference on April 10, 2019, at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul to a report by the state’s legislative auditor on combatting fraud in Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program. Steve Karnowski/AP hide caption toggle caption Steve Karnowski/AP President Trump’s administration announced on Tuesday that it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill said on the social platform X that the step is in response to “blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota…