The Trump administration proposed on Thursday to open up new oil and gas drilling off the coast of California, a move that had already been denounced by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). The administration also proposed opening to drilling an area in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, a plan that could rankle Florida Republicans. It proposes to hold...
House Democratic leaders hammered President Trump on Thursday after the president suggested a group of Democratic lawmakers should be executed for “seditious behavior.” Behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the Democratic leaders warned that Trump’s remarks, which targeted six Democrats with military or national security backgrounds, have put the lawmakers at risk of becoming...
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) on Thursday blasted a grand jury indictment Thursday accusing her of stealing $5 million in disaster relief funding and using some of it for her congressional campaign. “This is an unjust, baseless, sham indictment — and I am innocent. The timing alone is curious and clearly meant to distract from far...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon appeared at a White House briefing Thursday to address recent changes at her department, including shifting several programs to other federal agencies, and she called on Congress to make the changes permanent. “My purpose here is to speak directly to the American families, not just you, but to the American families,...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that President Trump does not want to execute members of Congress who urged the military not to follow unlawful orders, but that he wants to see them "held accountable." Trump earlier Thursday responded to a video made by six Democrats with military and intelligence backgrounds, calling...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) paid tribute Thursday to her late father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, as a great statesman who put country over party and as a loving father who inspired in his family a deep sense of patriotism. In her eulogy at her father’s funeral service, Liz Cheney recalled comments the late...
White House calls New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani a "communist" ahead of meeting with President Donald Trump, highlighting political divisions.
Tennessee Democrat Aftyn Behn faces GOP attacks over old comments about hating Nashville in heated special election race for Republican-held House seat.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa claims the U.S. requested G20 attendance while the White House maintains it will boycott the November conference.
Pennsylvania faces federal funding cut after Uzbek terror suspect caught with state-issued commercial driver license, sparking safety audit of CDL system.
