The Biden administration is poised to try to lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products, an eleventh-hour effort that’s been years in the making. The move would give the White House one last chance to try to regulate tobacco, as it previously punted on finalizing a long-standing pledge to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes. The rule...
President-elect Trump wants congressional Republicans to figure out a way to avoid a default on the national debt after venting his frustration with the Senate GOP over their failure to raise the debt limit as part of a government-funding package last month. Trump told Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) at a recent meeting that...
Senate Democrats want to slow the roll on Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community. Democrats are insisting on delaying Gabbard’s confirmation hearing for director of national intelligence, saying they still don’t have the full slate of background checks, ethics disclosures and paperwork on a candidate whose overall qualifications have sparked...
Senate Armed Services Committee Democrats are fuming as Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, is set to head back to Capitol Hill Tuesday for his confirmation hearing before the panel. Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has met with numerous Republican senators in the weeks since Trump on Nov. 12 first...
The Senate is kicking off confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s cabinet nominees this week, with a slew of his picks — some controversial, others with strong support — set to appear before committees and field questions on their backgrounds and visions for the administration. Headlining the list of nominees this week is Pete Hegseth, Trump’s...
Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu is keeping silent after an illegal immigrant was caught using a taxpayer-funded migrant shelter in the Boston suburbs for criminal activity, including storing a weapon and nearly $1 million worth of drugs.
Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon has pledged to have Elon Musk "run out" of the White House over the tech billionaire's support of H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers.
A top fiscally conservative political advocacy group is launching a $20 million campaign to urge Congress "to protect prosperity" by renewing the Trump tax cuts, which expire this year.
Outside the Box Ventures to host a gathering of top tech CEOs and venture capitalists with members of the incoming Trump administration in Washington, D.C., ahead of the inauguration.
Last year, Congress passed a bill with overwhelming support demanding that Chinese parent company ByteDance either sell its popular social media app TikTok to an American company or have it banned from U.S. app stores beginning Jan. 19, 2025. The bill, which is currently being challenged at the Supreme Court, is the culmination of years […]
President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call on Sunday to discuss the ongoing ceasefire and hostage release negotiations.
Education has changed since the creation of the Education Department 40 years ago, and faces potential eradication if President-elect Trump follows through on calls to abolishing the agency.
