Author: CK Smith

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama dedicated the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side this weekend, using the opening of […]

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pushed back sharply against President Donald Trump on Saturday after he intensified a public dispute that began during the G7 […]

A $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is drawing renewed scrutiny after a series of very visible maintenance problems, including an algae […]

High-stakes U.S.–Iran negotiations aimed at advancing a broader regional agreement were abruptly postponed Friday after renewed fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah disrupted the […]

A decade after the Pulse nightclub shooting killed 49 people in Orlando, survivors and families are marking the anniversary with grief, remembrance and a message […]

President Donald Trump‘s name has been removed from the Kennedy Center after a federal appeals court declined to block a judge’s order requiring the arts […]

What began as a discussion of Iran, war and the economy ended with President Donald Trump accusing NBC’s Kristen Welker of being either “crooked” or […]

President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated music video on Truth Social this week that depicts him riding a lion through the jungle, planting a flag […]

The Department of Defense has significantly reduced the number of recognized religious affiliation codes used across the military, consolidating roughly 200 categories down to 31 […]

Republicans’ latest culture-war strategy: Counterprogramming Pride Month For years, conservative opposition to LGBTQ+ Pride Month largely took the form of criticism. Politicians condemned Pride events, […]

President Donald Trump is defending the cost of a renovation project at the White House reflecting pool by arguing that former Presidents Barack Obama and […]

A growing list of applicants for a Trump administration-backed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” compensation fund includes January 6 defendants, far-right activists, former Trump allies, and prominent […]

President Donald Trump is again highlighting his performance on a cognitive screening exam as evidence of what he called “extreme intelligence,” following the release of […]

Just days after organizers unveiled a star-studded entertainment lineup for Freedom 250’s Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., a growing number of performers have […]

President Donald Trump is threatening to hand control of the Kennedy Center back to Congress after a federal judge blocked plans to rename the institution […]