Weekend Report: Trump blows off terrible conditions on long-deployed aircraft carrier

Plus: How RFK Jr., Trump and DOGE let cyclospora outbreak explode. And: states gear up to fight election interference.

Reports surfaced this week of terrible conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, on which sailors have been deployed for months in the Iran war. Rotting meat, no fruit, no milk, bad sanitation—all of it had families of service members speaking out amid reports of several sailors having attempted to go overboard. Now Donald Trump has been asked about it and dismissed the reports, even as evidence surfaced that the conditions tie directly to unprotected bases in the region that were attacked by Iran and were ill-prepared by the U.S…

As thousands more people become ill from the foodborne parasite cyclospora, more evidence suggests that the outbreak became so widespread because of cuts at the Health and Human Services Department under the control of RFK Jr., who has been both reckless and incompetent…

Amid continued fear of Trump’s interference in the midterms, many have been worried about the response. A new report shows how states, along with legal groups, are prepared and ready for the challenges that will ultimately come…