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Dan Duffy uses a tractor to plant soybeans on land he farms with his brother on April 28, 2025 near Dwight, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images North America The Trump administration is announcing $12 billion in one-time payments to farmers in the wake of this year’s tariff hikes, according to the White House. The payments are targeted at row crop farmers and will be announced during a roundtable event hosted by President Trump Monday, featuring farmers affected, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, said a White House official speaking…

Politics / December 8, 2025 It’s bedtime for Bozo—and you’re paying the price. Ad Policy President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on December 2, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) One of Donald Trump’s most successful political tactics has been labeling his opponents as too physically enervated to handle the job of the presidency. In 2016, Trump immortally smeared Jeb Bush as “low energy” (a charge that doomed Bush’s campaign) and framed Hillary Clinton as lacking in “stamina” (a jibe supercharged with sexism). In 2019, Trump coined the nickname “Sleepy Joe” for…

After the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled in favor of Texas lawmakers last week, Republicans head into the 2026 election year with an edge in the redistricting fight kicked off by President Trump. The court Thursday allowed Republicans’ new congressional map to move ahead — despite a lower court finding that the Texas legislature had likely conducted a racial gerrymander. The map could yield five more seats for the GOP. It is the latest major turn in the nationwide redistricting race, from California to Florida, that Trump started to help maintain Republican control of the House of Representatives. If Democrats…

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks during a hearing in Washington, DC. Cassidy has proposed sending government funds to Americans’ health savings accounts instead of subsidizing insurance premiums for those on ACA plans. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sarah Monroe once had a relatively comfortable middle-class life. She and her family lived in a neatly landscaped neighborhood near Cleveland. They had a six-figure income and health insurance through her job. Then, four years ago, when Monroe was pregnant with twin girls, something started to feel off. “I kept having to come into the emergency room for…

FILE – Benin’s President Patrice Talon attends a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 23, 2024. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption toggle caption Eraldo Peres/AP COTONOU, Benin — A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled,” the interior minister said in a video on Facebook. “In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, a small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilizing the state and its institutions,” Alassane Seidou said. “Faced with this situation, the Beninese Armed Forces and their…

Ad Policy Co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) Alice Weidel (L) and Tino Chrupalla (R) in Berlin on December 5, 2025. (Tobias Schwarz / AFP via Getty Images) Only a few years ago, European elites were patting themselves on the back for fending off the tide of right-wing anti-system parties (often styled as populists). But recent polls in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom show that that the far right is once again gaining traction, thanks in no small part to centrist governments that have demoralized the population and legitimized xenophobia. David Broder, author of Mussolini’s Grandchildren…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under pressure this week as a Navy admiral faces tough questions from lawmakers about the legality of striking boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Members of Congress have now seen the video of U.S. strikes on a boat in the Caribbean. In a few moments, we’ll hear from one of those lawmakers, Democrat Jim Himes.MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: But first, let’s get to what we know. Democrats said they were disturbed by the second hit on a boat allegedly carrying drugs that killed two men after the boat was disabled. Republicans said…

President Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on March 17. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The Kennedy Center Honors have traditionally been one of Washington’s splashiest affairs. Think Hollywood on the Potomac. Every year, an astonishing number of A-listers come to Washington, D.C., to pay tribute to the honorees with performances and speeches. Think Beyoncé performing for Tina Turner, Audrey Hepburn rhapsodizing about Cary Grant, Rob Reiner praising Norman Lear, Aretha Franklin singing for Carol King,…

Grand Canyon Park Services Ranger Jill Staurowsky looks out from the South Rim while giving a tour to visitors on February 22, 2025 in Grand Canyon, Ariz. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images The Trump administration has removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from next year’s calendar of entrance fee-free days for national parks and added President Trump’s birthday to the list, according to the National Park Service, as the administration continues to push back against a reckoning of the country’s racist history on federal lands. In addition to Trump’s birthday — which coincides…

Admiral Rachel L. Levine, pictured at HHS headquarters last year, led the Public Health Corps during the Biden administration. Her official portrait was changed during the government shutdown to her previous name. Maansi Srivastava for NPR hide caption toggle caption Maansi Srivastava for NPR As you walk down a particular hallway on the seventh floor of the Humphrey Building in Washington, D.C., you’ll find a line of photographic portraits of all the people from years past who have led the Public Health Corps at the federal Department of Health and Human Services. Only one of those portraits is of a…