The Trump administration on Friday told several scientists on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) board that they were terminated from their roles, The Washington Post reported. The White House Presidential Personnel Office's message to members of the National Science Board thanked them for their service, according to screenshots shared with the outlet. "On behalf of...
President Trump said his administration received a new proposal from Iran after he canceled a U.S. delegation’s trip to Islamabad for a second round of peace deal talks. “They gave us a paper that should have been better. And interestingly, immediately, when I canceled it, within 10 minutes, we got a new paper that was...
President Donald Trump was rushed out of the White House Correspondents' Dinner after a sudden disturbance sent attendees ducking for cover as Secret Service intervened. The cause of the incident remains unclear.
Fifteen years ago, I helped make the case for what became California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission. It was a first-of-its-kind body of 14 ordinary Californians,...
America’s growing antisemitism problem is proving an existential test for Democrats across the country, but it’s incumbent on all of good will to fight...
Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned her House seat before she could face an expulsion vote for misappropriating pandemic relief funding, but that doesn't mean her political career is over.
A California winery co-owned by Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband was formally terminated last month, weeks after House Republicans opened an inquiry into a dramatic swing in the Minnesota Democrat's reported household wealth.
President Trump called off a second round of peace talks with Iran on Saturday, the day U.S. officials were set to travel to Islamabad for negotiations. Iranian officials met with Pakistani mediators on Saturday morning for “a very fruitful visit,” according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The foreign minister said his government has “yet...
Fluoride is becoming harder to source as the war in Iran places more strain on global supply chains, leading some local governments to reduce their own use of the widely used cavity-fighting agent. Two major water supply systems in Maryland, which serve the Baltimore and suburban D.C. areas, announced this month they would be temporarily...
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao on Saturday vowed to build ships after his predecessor, John Phelan, was fired this week amid President Trump's push for accelerated shipbuilding. Cao posted a video to social media listing his priorities to service members in the Navy, starting off with taking "care of your needs and make sure you...
Comedian Bill Maher on Friday quipped about the White House Correspondents Dinner being a chance for President Trump "to say all sorts of insulting things" to the media. Maher told the panel on his HBO series "Real Time" that he was "very interested" in watching the dinner to see how political the jokes will be,...
President Trump on Saturday renewed his call to "terminate" the filibuster to ensure the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act passes through the Senate as it remains in limbo in the upper chamber. Not passing the Republican-led bill would lead to "the worst results for a political party in the HISTORY of the United...
