The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to let it cancel millions of dollars in discretionary grants from the Department of Education that are inconsistent with the president's position on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Columbia University is still acting as if rampant antisemitism on its campus is nothing to be concerned about. While the university continues looking for a permanent leader, it made Claire Shipman, a co-chair of its board of trustees, its new interim president. Shipman is the university’s third leader in two years. Columbia continues to deal […]
Alt-right influencer and self-described “alpha male” Andrew Tate is in hot water. Again. The hard-right internet celebrity is already facing prosecution for alleged sex crimes in Romania and the United Kingdom. Now, Tate could also face arrest in the United States. TMZ reports that Tate’s ex-girlfriend, Bri Stern, has filed a police report accusing him […]
My 11-year-old daughter and her friends need pedometers. I want to know how many steps these girls are clocking on an average day. They’re walking everywhere, to each other’s houses, the local pizza shop, the nail salon — all over the neighborhood. I give my children this freedom very mindfully: I want them to be […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) on Monday called on the federal judge mulling whether to toss his criminal bribery charges to act with urgency as a deadline approaches later this week for mayoral candidates to submit their candidate petitions. For weeks, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho has weighed whether to grant the Justice...
If Trump’s America is a hostile, ignorant and incompetent broker, does it make sense for Ukraine to take part in the ongoing charade known as ceasefire negotiations?
A federal employee union has sued to block a Trump administration order that would strip bargaining rights at 18 departments, arguing the president abused a limited national security authority to attack unions. President Trump last week signed an order that directed agencies to terminate already-signed collective bargaining agreements and to “cease participating in grievance procedures.” The...
A group of Senate Democrats on Monday sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security demanding the release of a Harvard Medical School researcher who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid the Trump administration's crackdown. “We write with great concern about recent reports that Kseniia Petrova, a Russian citizen and Harvard...
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's open to staying in touch with the White House after critical comments from the U.S. president toward Russia's leader, which have been rare amid his efforts to get peace talks rolling. Putin criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, suggesting he may not be a legitimate leader, and therefore...
The U.S. and Israel should update their 2016 Memorandum of Understanding to reflect the changing geopolitical landscape and focus on joint technological development and supply chains, particularly in deep tech fields such as AI, Quantum, Biotech and more.
Ana Navarro, a co-host of ABC's "The View," says President Trump is floating the idea of a third term as way to distract from other headlines that are swirling around his administration. "He is the distractor in chief," Navarro said. "So he doesn’t want us to keep talking about Signalgate, which is a real threat...
Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) has paused her possible bid for Georgia governor due to her husband's ongoing cancer battle, citing her priorities as helping her husband and not making a decision to run for governor at this moment.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Monday the West Wing is "seriously considering" making changes to the White House press briefing room seating chart and blasted the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) for a statement pushing back on rumors it was seeking to take control of the room. "We've made a lot of changes...