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Politics / August 22, 2025 The buzzy new publication devoted to “libbing out” reprises the mistakes of the longstanding alliance between neoliberalism and Beltway journalism. Ad Policy Jerusalem Demsas, editor of the newly launched Argument, at a 2024 Atlantic Festival panel(Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images for The Atlantic) This week, a new media venture unveiled itself and staked its claim to a firm defense of liberalism—something that’s apparently in short supply. Under the gently rage-baiting headline, “The left gets a new publication,” Semafor announced that “a group of left-leaning writers and journalists” would be forming an outlet called The Argument.…

Washington — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Sunday that President Trump’s rhetoric on crime is “purely performative” as the president has offered to send troops to Baltimore amid a push to crack down on crime that began in the nation’s capital in recent weeks and could extend to other major cities. “While the President is spending his time from the Oval Office making jabs and attacks at us, there are people actually on the ground doing the work who know what supports would actually work to continue to bring down crime. But it’s falling on deaf ears of the president of…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is an agency inside the Department of Homeland Security that is integral to President Donald Trump’s vision of carrying out the mass deportations he promised during the campaign. Deportation officers within a unit called Enforcement and Removal Operations are the ones who are responsible for immigration enforcement. They find and remove people from the United States who aren’t American citizens and, for a variety of reasons, no longer can stay in the country. Source link

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Maryland Gov. Wes MooreSen. Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New HampshireRep. Mike Lawler, Republican of New York Allianz chief economic adviser Mohamed El-ErianUNICEF executive director Catherine Russell Click here to browse full transcripts from 2025 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”   MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m Margaret Brennan in Washington.And this week on Face the Nation: The Trump administration builds up the federal presence in the nation’s capital to crack down on crime, and the president vows to use similar tactics in other U.S. cities. The number of National Guard troops sent…

Politics / August 22, 2025 In ordering a review of the Smithsonian, the White House wants to use its power to remake our culture—or to reinvigorate a strain in the culture that has been dormant for a long time. Ad Policy Visitors walk outside the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery on August 14, 2025.(Alex Wroblewski / AFP) No one knows exactly what will result from Donald Trump’s order of an “internal review of…exhibitions and materials” at the Smithsonian museums. All we know is that the outcome will be ugly. His lament that the institution, “OUT OF…

The following is the transcript of an interview with UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Aug. 24, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: We return now to Gaza and that stunning declaration Friday about a monitoring group that Gaza City is experiencing man-made famine, and that those conditions will expand soon. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell joins us now. We want to warn our viewers, there will be some upsetting images in this segment. Executive Director Russell, thank you for joining us. We’ve spoken so many times over the past few years about the catastrophic…

The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.  “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.)  Hosted by Jane Pauley       ABBLASEN: “CBS Sunday Morning” theme song (Video)World-famous French Quarter clarinetist Doreen Ketchens performs a unique New Orleans version of “Abblasen,” the “CBS Sunday Morning” theme song. Welcome to New Orleans 06:31 COVER STORY: Welcome to New Orleans (Video)Playwright and longtime resident Tennessee Williams counted New Orleans, known as a thriving hub for art, culture and cuisine, among America’s top three cities. But…

After nearly two years of genocide in Gaza, the Democratic Party’s once-unshakable support for Israel is beginning to fracture. The party’s voters are loudly signaling that criticism of Israel is not only acceptable but needed—a shift seen most prominently in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral primary victory in New York.Unfortunately, the Democratic elite—which has played a crucial role in enabling and perpetuating the slaughter in Gaza—is still clinging to the status quo. And nowhere is that more evident than in how Ken Martin, the recently installed chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), is handling the issue.As chair of the organization that…

Washington — President Trump on Friday said Chicago will probably be the federal government’s next target for its anti-crime effort, following the ongoing operation in Washington, D.C., with New York City after that.The remarks were the president’s clearest indication yet that he intends to bring his crusade against crime beyond the corridors of his direct authority in Washington. Mr. Trump also said he’s willing to bring in the “regular military” into the District of Columbia, not just the National Guard, which would be a significant escalation of the president’s use of the military on U.S. soil. “I really am honored that the…

Palestinians sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food aid were among at least 33 people killed by Israeli strikes and shootings Saturday in Gaza, according to local hospitals, as the world confronted an exceptional announcement that famine is now gripping Gaza’s largest city.The famine determination by the world’s leading authority on food crises galvanized governments and aid groups to intensify pleas for Israel to halt its 22-month offensive on Gaza, prompted by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. Aid groups have warned for months that the war and Israel’s restrictions of food into Gaza are causing starvation among civilians.Israel denounced the…