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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up photos of the planned new White House ballroom during a press briefing at the White House on July 31. According to the White House, the new White House ballroom will be approximately 90,000 square feet and cost about $200 million. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP The renderings are complete, the architects and contractors have been hired. After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. According to the White House, the work will begin this September, with a price…

Washington — Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri joined Democrats Wednesday to advance legislation that would ban members of Congress from buying, selling or owning individual stocks. In an 8-7 vote, Hawley and Senate Democrats on the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted the legislation out of committee, with all other Republicans on the committee voting against it. It’s not yet clear if the legislation, which Hawley introduced, will receive a floor vote in the Republican-controlled Senate.”I practice what I preach,” Hawley said in an awkward exchange with fellow Republicans on the panel. “I don’t have individual…

July 31, 2025 The pathological U.S. support for dictatorships in the Middle East is blowing back across the Atlantic Ocean. Ad Policy Donald Trump meets with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House on March 20, 2018Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. The United States has focused on the Middle East since World War II, seeking its oil, gas, and other mineral resources and coveting control of its…

Passenger describes turbulence that led to injuries, emergency landing at MSP Airport Passenger describes turbulence that led to injuries, emergency landing at MSP Airport 04:31 A plane made an emergency landing at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday after dozens of passengers were injured by “significant” in-flight turbulence, according to the airline.The airport says Delta Air Lines Flight 56 en route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam diverted to MSP, landing safely around 7:45 p.m.The MSP Airport Fire Department and several paramedics responded at the gate, providing initial medical attention to passengers in need. Delta says 25 passengers were transported…

President Trump announced Wednesday he has struck a trade deal with South Korea.Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social that South Korean goods will face a 15% tariff — lower than the 25% he threatened earlier this month — while U.S. imports to South Korea will not face tariffs. He said South Korea will be “OPEN TO TRADE” and will accept U.S. automobiles.South Korea is the latest key U.S. trading partner to reach an agreement with the Trump administration, ahead of a Friday deadline when Mr. Trump says he’ll impose hefty tariffs on dozens of countries.South Korean President Lee Jae-myung confirmed his country had reached…

Activists hold a “Jericho Walk” in support of immigrants in front of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in June in New York City. Andres Kudacki/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andres Kudacki/Getty Images On a Sunday in June, Pastor Ara Torosian gave a message to his congregation in Los Angeles: If detained by immigration officers, “first, call your lawyer, and second, call your pastor.” It didn’t take long. By the end of the month, two families reached out to Torosian, one through their lawyer and another through a spouse, to notify him they were being detained by Immigration and…

Washington — A federal appeals court is set to convene Thursday to consider President Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hear arguments in the Trump administration’s appeal of a ruling from a trade-focused lower court that found the president did not have the authority to hit foreign nations with 10% tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA.While a three-judge panel on the the U.S. Court of International Trade blocked the sweeping duties that the president assessed on…

July 30, 2025 Local faith leaders are fighting back, refusing to let the Bible and the church be hijacked by extremists. Ad Policy A sign in Alabama, 2018. (Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post via Getty Images) This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. Most days, in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Bible Belt, the old sanctuary at Christ Lutheran Church sits empty. Decades ago, it was home to a congregation of 3,000 people. By the late 1990s, that number had dwindled to…

A little-known federal agency that sends more than $12 billion annually to support community health centers, addiction treatment services, and workforce initiatives for America’s neediest people has been hobbled by the Trump administration’s staffing purges.The cuts are “just a little astonishing,” said Carole Johnson, who previously led the Health Resources and Services Administration. She left the agency in January with the administration change and has described the sweeping staff cuts as a “big threat” to the agency’s ability to distribute billions of dollars in grants to hospitals, clinics, nonprofits, and other organizations nationwide.Since February, about a quarter of workers at…

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