When the United States was in the grips of the Great Depression, not only were people lacking in jobs and food, but also access to natural resources. Just two months after assuming office, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Tennessee Valley Authority Act. The government-owned corporation currently supplies electric power to seven states. In its early years, […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at airports is likely to get "much worse," as the partial government shutdown hits Day 41. "I think you’re going to see more TSA agents, as we come to Thursday, Friday, Saturday of next week, they’re going to quit or they’re not going...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday criticized the Trump administration’s plan to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to airports starting Monday. “The last thing that the American people need are for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or in some instances kill...
Smartphone ownership and constant connectivity are now assumed. Apps, mobile wallets and digital IDs — often available only through smartphones or smartwatches — are increasingly required to access public services.
White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers will not be directly involved in security measures at airports, a day before agency officials will begin assisting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees. “Wherever we can provide extra security, I don't see an ICE agent looking at an X-ray machine,...
Retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) ripped President Trump's threats against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in recent weeks, amid escalating tensions over the conflict in the Middle East. "The president of the United States cannot withdraw from NATO," Tillis told ABC's Jonathan Karl in a Sunday interview on "This Week." "Now, having said...
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) sued the Trump administration on Friday for freezing $2.1 billion in funding for multiple infrastructure projects. In a 51-page complaint, the plaintiffs argued the funding pause amounted to “political retaliation” in order to punish Democrats for the government shutdown, which had just begun when Office and Management and Budget Director...
1972—Who knew that contraception had such generative power? A mere seven years after Justice Douglas’s majority opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut holds that married persons have...
The debut episode of “Saturday Night Live U.K.” opened with a dig at the relationship between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Trump. Starmer, played by George Fouracres, is visibly nervous at calling Trump. In recent days, the president has criticized his British counterpart amid the war with Iran, including for what he called...
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Sunday urged lawmakers to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and pay its employees, which has been in a shutdown for over a month. Johnson, who served under former President Obama, said in an appearance on the “Cats Roundtable” radio show hosted by John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM...
