A new report shows that federal spending has ballooned for more than a century, raising questions about whether Americans are getting meaningful value for the ever-expanding price tag.
Democrat Eileen Higgins broke a nearly 30-year losing streak to win Miami mayor race, defeating Republican Emilio González in a closely watched runoff election.
Federal appeals court allows Pentagon to enforce President Donald Trump's transgender military ban while legal challenge continues in "a great win" for the administration.
An ongoing decline in American assimilation and a deep fear of being accused of racism were key factors in the massive fraud scheme, according to an expert.
ATLANTA — The Trump administration is considering an executive order to regulate artificial intelligence that would prevent states from putting guardrails on the technology, arguing there should be only one set of rules. The move has stirred concern among child-safety advocates because it would affect how states regulate AI for minors. Still, clinical psychologist Eileen Kennedy-Moore told "Raising...
Vogue’s former Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour called out Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy for urging airline passengers to “dress a little better” to encourage more civil behavior. “It was ironic to hear our Secretary of Transport urging the public to be polite the same week our president was calling a female journalist 'piggy' and 'ugly.' Maybe they...
At least one person is dead after a shooting at Kentucky State University (KSU) in Frankfort, Ky., on Tuesday afternoon, according to authorities. The Frankfort Police Department (FPD) said on Facebook that one person has died and another is in "critical condition." Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said on the social platform X that he...
President Trump will give remarks Tuesday evening from Pennsylvania about his economic agenda, which he has graded an "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus." Since returning to the Oval Office in January, Trump has made sparingly few domestic trips to tout his agenda. But with the 2026 midterms on the horizon and Republicans struggling to sell their signature legislative accomplishment,...
Providing tax credits to caregivers to relieve them of their financial and personal burdens could benefit millions of Americans and the broader economy, advocates backing legislation to do so said Tuesday at an event hosted by The Hill. Lance Robertson, a former assistant secretary on aging with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said he’s less concerned about President Trump potentially running for a third term in office, pointing to the 79-year-old’s age and potential well-being. “I've softened, to your question, on this notion of a third Trump term because time of life and state of mind,” Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential contender,...
Related video: Lawmakers To Press Hegseth For Boat Strike Video As Trump Admin Stalls A D.C. Circuit panel issued a Tuesday order dissolving an administrative stay on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s military transgender ban. In a 2-1 ruling, the court said a lower court didn’t offer Hegseth enough deference in issuing its stay. “The Hegseth...
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) is calling on the U.S. to follow Australia’s lead and ban children younger than 16 from using social media. “When it comes to our adolescents, it’s either going to be adults or the algorithms. One of them is going to raise the kids,” Emanuel said in a video on...
President Trump is watching closely as Netflix and Paramount battle for control of the entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery. While Netflix is projecting confidence its agreement to acquire the valuable Warner Brothers studios will hold with investors and clear government regulators, the president’s cozy relationship with Paramount is being seen as a wild card that...
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) expressed his enthusiasm about Democratic firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Texas) running for Senate. “Am I hiding my glee? I’ll try to wipe the smile off my face, I would say it’s a gift,” Cornyn told Semafor in an interview discussing former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) exiting the race and Crockett jumping...
Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced legislation Tuesday to prevent President Trump or any sitting or living former president from being featured on U.S. currency, a bill that would thwart the U.S. Treasury’s plan to issue a commemorative $1 coin with Trump’s image on it. The bill, titled the Change Corruption...
The creator of ICEBlock — an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents — sued the Trump administration on Monday, arguing Attorney General Pam Bondi violated free speech protections by pressuring Apple to remove the app from its store. Joshua Aaron, the maker of the app, argues in the...
A group of Senate Democrats slammed President Trump’s decision Monday to allow sales of Nvidia’s H200 chips to China, calling it a “colossal economic and national security failure.” Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) warned the H200 chips are “vastly...
