A last-ditch effort by Bill and Hillary Clinton to avoid a contempt of Congress vote for not showing up to testify regarding their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was denied Monday by the House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's warning that a special election loss in a state Senate race should be a "wake-up call" for the Republican Party has become a familiar refrain since President Trump returned to office.
A federal judge ordered ICE to restore immediate access for members of Congress seeking to make inspections of detention facilities, saying the agency seems to be playing games with its funding to try to block the lawmakers.
TikTok has seen a sharp uptick in users removing the app since the company revealed plans to place its U.S. operations under a new joint venture structure. The average number of daily deletions by American users jumped nearly 150% following the announcement, according to data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, signaling a notable shift […]
The Trump administration this week is rolling out “Trump Accounts,” promising $1,000 in taxpayer money for every child born between 2025 and 2028. What looks like a gift for families is really another expensive government handout that adds billions of dollars to the national debt while pretending to teach financial responsibility. Among the sweeping provisions […]
Elon Musk’s spacecraft and satellite communications company SpaceX has acquired his AI company xAI, the tech billionaire said Monday. “SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform,” he wrote...
The Trump administration plans to roll back vehicle mileage standards for heavy duty pickup trucks and vans, it announced in a letter to manufacturers on Friday. In the letter, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Jonathan Morrison said the administration would propose to roll back the standards, which were tightened under the Biden administration. “NHTSA is...
President Trump said on Monday he intends to leave the basic structure of the Kennedy Center intact during upcoming renovations which are expected to last two years and cost upwards of $200 million. “I’m not ripping it down. I’ll be using the steel,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office after announcing a new strategic...
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that all federal immigration officers in Minneapolis will begin wearing body cameras while in the field. Noem wrote on the social platform X that she spoke with White House border czar Tom Homan, acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons and Customs and...
A federal judge declined to compel federal officials to preserve all evidence in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, voicing confidence Monday that court intervention isn’t needed. “Plaintiffs identify reasonable concerns regarding Defendants’ ability and willingness to preserve and maintain the integrity of the evidence in their possession related to Mr. Pretti’s shooting,” wrote U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud, “but...
Republicans are stepping up their warnings about the midterms after a stunning Democratic upset in Texas over the weekend. The Republican Party was already grappling with growing backlash to a pair of immigration-related shootings in Minneapolis before Democrat Taylor Rehmet’s shock win in a state Senate race in the Lone Star State on Saturday. Multiple...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday expressed optimism about the House approving a funding package to end the partial government shutdown despite demands from conservatives, saying that he is not asking President Trump to call those Republican holdouts to get the deal over the finish line. Johnson said he thinks the House will approve the...
Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer sounded the alarm for the GOP over a recent Texas special election, saying, “this is a problem.” “I've always said that special elections are special, so I texted a bunch of Texas folks, elected officials, etcetera, and said, ‘Okay, tell me how much I should be concerned about...
The NFL says it is looking into documents showing New York Giants owner Steve Tisch's communications with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The league is aware of the reports and Steve’s response," the league said in a statement given to multiple media outlets. "Our office will look into the matter to understand the facts.”...
