Despite some high-profile setbacks, President Trump had a largely successful year at the Supreme Court, a former Justice Department civil litigation expert said, pointing to major victories for the White House on executive power and immigration enforcement.
The Supreme Court has made a concerted effort to do more to explain decisions on its interim or "shadow" docket, justices told Congress on Tuesday, saying they're responding to public demands for more transparency.
President Trump welcomed Iraq's prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, to the White House on Tuesday for a high-stakes meeting on energy, trade and the conflict in the Middle East.
DERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania — The mid-morning sun danced cleanly off the calm waters of Keystone Lake, casting a bright sheen over a scene that feels entirely unstuck from time. Along the shoreline, kayakers glide across the glass-like water. Fishermen sit quietly by the causeway, casting lines in hope of a bite. Under the shade of […]
The widespread use of body cameras neutered anti-police sentiment and the Black Lives Matter movement. It should be a top priority of the Trump administration to fit all Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with body cameras quickly, so as to do the same to the “Abolish ICE” movement. The ICE shooting in Houston was quickly […]
Dua Lipa is a singer and songwriter based in London, and now she has propped up a library. I think that’s great. The world needs more book-peddlers, and everyone should read more books. Lipa is marketing her library as a repository of “banned books,” which sounds transgressive and edgy until you see her list. Out […]
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States would impose a 20% toll on the value of any cargo being transported by a vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Trump further announced the reintroduction of a blockade on vessels transiting Iranian ports. On Tuesday, Trump said he would replace the toll with new […]
More than two dozen Democratic senators led by Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) are demanding the Trump administration reveal by next week the findings from a Pentagon probe into a Feb. 28 strike at a girls' school in Iran that killed 175 people, most of whom were children. “The [Defense] Department must promptly provide Congress with the...
House Republicans on Tuesday broke a weeks-long impasse that had brought much of the chamber’s legislative business to a standstill, passing a rule that sets up floor debate and final votes on several measures. The 215-211 vote delivers a key win for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who had spent weeks trying to unify his conference...
FIFA on Tuesday unveiled the six celebrities who will star at the closing ceremony of the men’s World Cup final on Sunday. Singers Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger and Robbie Williams, along with streamer IShowSpeed — whose real name is Darren Watkins Jr. — will deliver performances prior to the match kicking off at MetLife Stadium...
California will begin offering instant rebates of up to $3,500 to first-time electric vehicle (EV) buyers later this summer, replacing some of the incentives lost after the Trump administration phased out EV and clean energy tax credits. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday signed new legislation establishing a $270 million rebate program for California...
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Tuesday touted his efforts to overhaul the central bank’s approach to inflation and the economy at his first congressional hearing as its leader. In testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Warsh laid out the significant changes underway at the Fed meant to address the bank’s handling of inflation and...
