During a radio interview Thursday, New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand appeared to suggest that Zohran Mamdani had condoned “global jihad.” Her office tells Rolling Stone she “misspoke,” as she responded to a caller who provided a lengthy list of claims against Mamdani, who won New York City’s Democratic mayoral …
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In the run-up to Donald Trump’s military “birthday parade,” the event organizers offered $750 to use a famous ballad for Trump’s Army celebration. As the tank-heavy parade rolled into Washington, D.C., the hit 1960s song, “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” boomed in our nation’s capital, providing part of the …
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Donald Trump is not happy over the leaked Pentagon intelligence that found the strikes against Iran over the weekend were not as damaging as the president and his administration have been claiming. CNN and The New York Times both reported on the government’s preliminary information about the efficacy of the …
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A land grab in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” — which would put 250 million acres of public lands at risk of being auctioned to the highest bidder — has been judged out of bounds by the Senate’s in-house rulekeeper. Trump’s lard-the-rich legislation is being pushed through Congress as …
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As he embarked on his attacks on Iran, President Donald Trump was clear that his initial bombing run would be followed by unbelievable destruction, if the government in Tehran angered him too much. But then after giving war a chance, he was clear that he wanted “peace” for all nations …
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Your body heat is rising in this sweaty-packed crowd of 30,000 people descending upon a converted sports stadium, forced to cozy up next to one another amid an extraordinary public health emergency. You can smell each other’s body odor as you wait for your name to be called. A “voucher …
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Since Donald Trump’s Republican Party took full control of the U.S. government 153 days ago, tens of thousands of civil servants have lost their jobs. Whole agencies have been hollowed out, years of scientific research have been flushed down the drain. Global confidence in the U.S. dollar has cratered. Masked …
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After President Donald Trump’s decision to strike three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, administration officials are barely bothering to pretend the unprecedented — and potentially calamitous — attacks were motivated by new intelligence suggesting Iran was on the brink of having nuclear weapons. Just months ago, Trump’s Director of National …
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Israel says its military action against Iran is intended to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring a nuclear weapon. As the United States considers joining Israel’s fight, the finer details of Iran’s nuclear weapons program and the negotiations to end it are fading into the background, and the WMD rationale …
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) urged drug industry executives and advocates this week to personally reject anti-science politicians. Speaking before the BIO International Convention in Boston on Tuesday, the rising Democratic star took aim at President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him “completely …
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