Time is running out to find the next solution to get service members paid during the government shutdown, as the $8 billion the Trump administration found to cover troops’ paychecks is due to run out at the end of the month. After Senate Democrats on Thursday sank a vote on Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-Wis.) bill...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the United States will not be able to pay service members by the middle of next month if the government shutdown is prolonged. “We were able to pay the military employees from excess funds at the Pentagon, middle of this month. I think we'll be able to pay them...
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) said Sunday that President Trump told him that he plans to brief members of Congress on possible military action in Latin America, including potentially shifting attacks targeting Venezuela from the sea to land. Graham, speaking to Margaret Brennan on CBS News’s "Face the Nation," said land strikes are “a real...
Gunfire erupted during outdoor festivities at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University late Saturday, killing one person and wounding six others as students and alumni celebrated homecoming at the historically Black school, authorities said.
Vice President Vance criticized New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s remarks on Islamophobia in the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. “According to Zohran, the real victim of 9/11 was his auntie who got some (allegedly) bad looks,” Vance said Saturday on the social platform X, responding to a video of Mamdani’s...
The Washington Post editorial board praised President Trump’s controversial demolition of the East Wing of the White House. “The White House cannot simply be a museum to the past. Like America, it must evolve with the times to maintain its greatness. Strong leaders reject calcification. In that way, Trump’s undertaking is a shot across the...
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer touted progress on a trade agreement with China but said he thinks the deal’s ultimate success depends on President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Greer was asked how close U.S. officials are to getting the deal “across the finish line.” “It's really...
Orthodox Jewish leaders across Ocean County unite behind Republican Jack Ciattarelli in historic first for New Jersey politics, forming influential coalition.
With City Hall unable or unwilling to protect legitimate Canal Street businesses and the public from the scourge of unlicensed sidewalk merchants, somebody had...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday that air traffic controllers are "wearing thin" after weeks of working without pay during the government shutdown.
