President Trump announced the Trump Gold Card immigration initiative is now live, promising a streamlined citizenship path for qualified and vetted applicants.
U.S. forces seized a Venezuelan oil tanker, President Donald Trump announced, signaling a major escalation with Caracas as officials await details on the operation and its implications.
President Donald Trump's administration signed a deal for a fleet of Boeing planes through DHS to enhance deportation operations and reduce costs by $279 million for taxpayers.
The FCC and several states are creating a formal partnership to share information and work together to protect U.S. consumers from risky communications technology tied to China.
CNN host Jake Tapper on Tuesday pressed Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) about remarks made last year in a Vanity Fair article, when she said the way Latinos talk about immigration reminds her of the “slave mentality.” “The immigration thing has always been something that has perplexed me about this community. It's basically like, I fought...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating whether the COVID-19 vaccines were associated with any deaths across all age ranges. "FDA is doing a thorough investigation, across multiple age groups, of deaths potentially related to COVID vaccines," Health and Human Services (HHS) Department spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary...
The Trump administration is set to unveil its plan this week to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a proposal that is sure to be contentious but is not expected to go as far as earlier calls to eliminate the agency completely. Earlier this year, President Trump established a FEMA Review Council, tasking the group...
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday in an unusually narrow vote, underscoring the divides among bank officials over the effect rate cuts will have on inflation and employment. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of Fed officials responsible for setting monetary policy, dropped its baseline interest rate down to a range of...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is giving remarks Wednesday afternoon after the nation's central bank made its final interest rate decision of 2025. The committee responsible for setting borrowing costs cut the baseline interest rate to a range of 3.5 to 3.75 percent, a reduction of 0.25 percentage points. It marks the third drop since...
Emboldened Democrats are expanding their target lists for the House and state legislatures after a series of notable wins and overperformances on Tuesday. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) both announced Wednesday morning they were expanding their target maps as they hope to shift the balance of power...
House GOP leaders will bring a vote next week on a package of health care bills that does not include an extension of expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, as Republicans remain divided about how to address the health care cliff ahead of a midterm election year. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters the legislation will comprise...
The Trump administration has tapped Gregg Phillips, who gained notoriety for claims about noncitizens voting in the 2016 election, for a leading role at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “Gregg Phillips is joining the FEMA leadership team, bringing experience in emergency and humanitarian response, state government operations, and large scale program reform,” said a spokesperson...
Every Democrat on the the Senate Armed Services Committee, with the exception of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), has expressed their “serious concerns” to Navy Secretary John Phelan over his review of the Arizona Democrat's conduct, pressing him to drop the probe. Kelly, a retired Navy captain, is one of six lawmakers who last month released...
Congressman Johnny Olszewski is introducing a constitutional amendment to give Congress the power to overturn presidential pardons and commutations, in order to restore trust in the democratic system and ensure that all laws apply equally to all Americans.
Foreign tourists to the U.S. could be required to disclose the past five years of their social media activity if a Tuesday rule proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is approved. “In order to comply with the January 2025 Executive Order 14161 (Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and...
The question isn’t whether we need labor. We do. The question is whether we want that labor documented, taxed and accountable, or underground, ad-hoc and impossible to track.
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) said on Wednesday she filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him “the biggest self-created threat to our health and safety.” “RFK Jr. has got to go. Today, I introduced Articles of Impeachment to remove him from office. RFK Jr. has turned...
A new law banning kids from prominent social media sites took effect in Australia on Wednesday, teeing up a key test of one of the most far-reaching approaches to protecting children online. The effects of the Australian law will be closely watched by other countries, including the U.S., which has long struggled to establish rules addressing kids’ safety in a rapidly changing online...