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New Jersey Enacts Nation’s Strongest Kids’ Online Safety Law, Putting the Burden Back on Big Tech

New Jersey Enacts Nation's Strongest Kids' Online Safety Law, Putting the Burden Back on Big Tech

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed three landmark bills into law on Tuesday, establishing what advocates and lawmakers are calling the toughest children’s online safety legislation in the country. The signing ceremony took place at the Boys and Girls Club…

  • Emily Williams
  • August 12, 2026
  • TREND, US

Todd Blanche Takes the Helm at DOJ — And Every Move He Makes Will Test Whether Law Still Outranks Loyalty

Todd Blanche Takes the Helm at DOJ — And Every Move He Makes Will Test Whether Law Still Outranks Loyalty

Todd Blanche was sworn in as attorney general of the United States on Monday, completing a contentious 50-49 Senate confirmation that exposed a fundamental tension at the heart of American democratic governance: can a man who spent years as Donald…

  • Emily Williams
  • August 11, 2026
  • NEW YORK, TREND

Voters View Their Own Candidates as Moderate While National Parties Look Extreme, Poll Finds

Voters View Their Own Candidates as Moderate While National Parties Look Extreme, Poll Finds

A new survey has put a number on something many political observers have long suspected: American voters increasingly see the national parties as ideological outliers, even as they view their own candidates — the people they actually vote for —…

  • Emily Williams
  • August 10, 2026
  • TREND, US

Rubio’s “Economic Sabotage” Visa Ban: A Vague Policy With a Very Specific Chill

Rubio's "Economic Sabotage" Visa Ban: A Vague Policy With a Very Specific Chill

The policy is vague by design. That’s the point — and that’s what makes it dangerous. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last month a sweeping new visa restriction policy targeting foreigners he accuses of links to “far-left terrorism.” On…

  • John Garcia
  • August 9, 2026
  • TREND, WORLD

Airlines Push Back as ICE Arrests at Airports Escalate Under Trump Administration

Airlines Push Back as ICE Arrests at Airports Escalate Under Trump Administration

Something has shifted in the atmosphere of American airports — and it is not turbulence. Across the country, airline carriers are raising their voices against a growing pattern of immigration enforcement operations conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement directly…

  • John Garcia
  • August 8, 2026
  • TREND, US

ICE Is Detaining the Families of U.S. Soldiers — An AP Investigation Reveals the Scale

ICE Is Detaining the Families of U.S. Soldiers — An AP Investigation Reveals the Scale

An Associated Press investigation has uncovered a troubling pattern at the heart of American immigration enforcement: the federal government is detaining and moving to deport the spouses and parents of active-duty and veteran U.S. military personnel. At least 52 family…

  • John Garcia
  • August 6, 2026
  • BUSINESS, TREND

25 States Sue to Block Trump’s Latest Round of Tariffs, Calling Them Illegal and Harmful to Working Families

25 States Sue to Block Trump's Latest Round of Tariffs, Calling Them Illegal and Harmful to Working Families

The courtroom has become a familiar battleground. On Monday, a coalition of 25 states — the vast majority led by Democratic attorneys general — filed suit against the Trump administration in the US Court of International Trade, seeking to halt…

  • John Garcia
  • August 5, 2026
  • BUSINESS, TREND

Todd Blanche Kills ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund to Salvage His Attorney General Nomination

Todd Blanche Kills 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund to Salvage His Attorney General Nomination

A Nomination in Peril — Then Rescued by a Single Order Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was staring down the collapse of his own Senate confirmation. Two Republican holdouts had drawn a hard line: they would not vote to confirm…

  • Samuel Davis
  • August 4, 2026
  • TREND, US

The Old-Guard GOP Is Already Trying to Kneecap JD Vance Before 2028

The Old-Guard GOP Is Already Trying to Kneecap JD Vance Before 2028

The pre-Trump Republican establishment isn’t dead. It’s just waiting. Vice President JD Vance has the clearest path to Donald Trump’s eventual endorsement for 2028, but a significant faction of the GOP — one that never accepted Trump’s remaking of the…

  • John Garcia
  • August 3, 2026
  • CULTURE, TREND

A 50-Year-Old Book on Military Incompetence Reads Like a Profile of Pete Hegseth

A 50-Year-Old Book on Military Incompetence Reads Like a Profile of Pete Hegseth

Norman Dixon’s Classic Study of Failed Leadership Has Found Its Most Vivid Modern Subject Norman F. Dixon published On the Psychology of Military Incompetence fifty years ago as an attempt to explain a distinctly British affliction: why the nation’s armed…

  • Emily Williams
  • August 1, 2026
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