Two major law firms asked separate judges Wednesday to permanently block President Donald Trump's executive orders that were meant to punish them and harm their business operations.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is establishing a task force to investigate employee reports of alleged anti-Christian bias among their colleagues, part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to infuse its agenda with religious purpose and champion the rights of Christians.
The European Commission, the European Union’s executive body, issued vast fines against two U.S. tech giants on Wednesday. Apple has been told it must pay a $568 million fine, and Meta that it must pay a $227 million fine. The EU claims these penalties are about protecting consumer rights. That is a lie. These fines […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) filed a Wednesday lawsuit against the Trump administration with 11 other states alleging the president violated the law by imposing tariffs on global trading partners. “The president does not have the power to raise taxes on a whim, but that’s exactly what President Trump has been doing with...
Democrats on Wednesday skewered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the reported refurbishing of a room in the Pentagon, which was turned into a makeup studio for senior officials to get ready for on-camera appearances. According to CBS News, which first reported on the room, sources said the project’s cost was thousands of dollars. A Defense official...
President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that aims to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into America's classrooms. "The basic idea of this executive order is to ensure that we properly train the workforce of the future by ensuring that school children, young Americans, are adequately trained in AI tools, so that they can...
President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to shake up the college accreditation process, a topic that rarely gets political sunlight but is immensely important to universities. College accreditation is the process universities must go through to receive federal financial aid, a tool Trump called his “secret weapon” on education on the campaign...
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company is working with China to take back planes the company sent to the country, amid the increased tariff war between China and the U.S. Ortberg said in an interview with CNBC that Boeing had three airplanes in China "ready for delivery." Two of them had already been returned,...
From First Amendment-focused fêtes to artificial intelligence-centered shindigs, Washington is readying for parties and events during what's become a weekend of festivities surrounding the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday at the Washington Hilton hotel. While the number of events is smaller than recent years, there are plenty of correspondents’ functions taking place around the...
Presented by Third Way — Plus: Durbin retires after decades-long Senate career {beacon} PEACE TALKS APPEAR TO BE TEETERING on the brink of collapse as tempers flare between Russia and Ukraine and the U.S. signals it’s ready to walk away from negotiations. President Trump erupted at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday after the...
Two major law firms faced judges Wednesday to ask for decisive relief from President Trump’s executive orders aimed at undercutting their business as retribution for representing his political adversaries. The firms, Perkins Coie and WilmerHale, say Trump’s orders “addressing risks” they purportedly pose to the country are unlawful and spell disaster for their ability to...
President Trump's patience is running thin with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as negotiations for an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine stretch on, with the President accusing Zelensky of stymieing peace talks with his remarks about Russian occupation of Crimea.
A former top federal health official who served during President Trump's first term warned that the drastic cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could have "devastating and illogical" impacts on combatting the HIV epidemic. Brett Giroir, who served as assistant secretary for health, wrote in a post on LinkedIn that making...
