Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) characterized Friday’s contentious meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “bad day” for U.S. foreign policy. "A bad day for America’s foreign policy. Ukraine wants independence, free markets and rule of law. It wants to be part of the West. Russia hates us and our Western values....
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) led a group of Democratic senators in writing a letter Friday to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth against the mass detention of migrants at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, saying it poses a threat to civil rights and military readiness. The lawmakers highlighted past reports of mistreatment of detainees in facilities operated by the...
Colorado Sens. John Hickenlooper (D) and Michael Bennet (D), and Rep. Joe Neguse (D) called for an independent investigation Friday into this week’s mass firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In a letter to Roderick Anderson, the Commerce Department’s deputy inspector general (IG), the Colorado Democrats called for the IG’s office to...
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, arrived Thursday in the U.S. after authorities lifted travel restrictions on the siblings, who have millions of online followers.
Russian officials appointed a new ambassador to the U.S. this week, announcing their intention to send Alexander Darchiev to Washington to help mend the troubled relationship between the two global leaders. Darchiev, tapped to serve as the director of the Foreign Ministry Department of North America, met with U.S. deputy assistant Secretary of State Sonata...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wants to know if she’s in legal hot water. In a highly unusual letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Ocasio-Cortez noted that she’s been a target of repeated criticism from Tom Homan, President Trump’s "border czar," after she hosted a webinar designed to inform immigrants of their legal rights in potential confrontations...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cut his visit to the White House short after a spat in the Oval Office led President Trump to call off negotiations. Trump and Zelensky were slated to hold a press conference in the East Room of the White House after a bilateral lunch meeting in the Cabinet Room. But when...
While the primary aim is to help freelancers and gig workers, portable benefits have surprising potential to bolster entrepreneurship and thus the U.S. economy.
Several employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said in a series of court filings Thursday that the Trump administration plans to “wind down” the agency, appearing to directly contradict the administration’s claims earlier this week. Officials at the consumer watchdog told staff in recent days they intend to eliminate all but five employees...
National Democrats on Friday sued over President Trump's executive order aiming to expand the White House's control over various independent regulatory agencies. The Democratic Party's three national political committees contend that Trump's order could preclude independent agencies from taking legal positions that don't align with the president's views. They wrote in their complaint that the...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke out on social media after a fiery exchange with President Trump and VP Vance at the Oval Office on Friday afternoon.
Social media erupted on Friday after a fiery exchange developed in the Oval Office between President Trump, VP Vance, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., introduced the "Unhandcuffing Police to Locate and Interdict Foreign Transgressors Act" earlier this week to prompt public officials in Colorado to communicate with feds.
