The U.S. service member who was arrested on the steps of the U.S. Capitol last month after he advocated for President Trump’s impeachment was detained again, a U.S. Air Force spokesperson confirmed Wednesday evening. U.S. Air Force Major Jason Watson was ordered into “pretrial confinement” on Tuesday, the spokesperson told The Hill. The U.S. Air...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy brought the Trump administration’s feud with Harvard University back to the forefront in a new reality TV series that follows his family’s travels across America. All six episodes of the “Great American Road Trip” debuted on the department’s YouTube page on Wednesday — including stops in states like Arizona, Texas and...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday he is suing his city council for a bill that grants bonus to teachers’ aides, arguing it violates collective bargaining laws. The RESPECT Check Act, which the City Council unanimously approved in mid-July, provides each New York City school paraprofessional with a $10,000 “workforce stabilization” bonus. The...
Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon (D), who defeated President Trump whistleblower Alex Vindman in the state’s Democratic Senate primary, said Wednesday the divisions in the party were not important. “It's not necessarily a socialist message or a progressive message. It's actually just about the needs of people," Nixon said in an appearance on "CBS Mornings."...
President Trump announced Wednesday evening the “MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER” against Iran amid negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil trading waterway that has been effectively closed since early March. “This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale,” the president wrote on Truth Social. Trump said any nation...
Kim Yo Jong, a top adviser and sister of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, denied knowledge of discussions between the country’s leader and President Trump in a message shared by state media on Wednesday. Trump told reporters earlier in the day that the country’s leader had responded to his request for a conversation and that...
Multiple Federal Reserve officials indicated the central bank may need to raise interest rates later this year, according to newly released minutes of the Fed’s July meeting. While most participants at the joint meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and the Fed’s Board of Governors "anticipated that inflation would step down over the...
Prosecutors allege the engraved bullet used to kill conservative commentator Charlie Kirk show alleged shooter Tyler Robinson targeted the commentator for his political beliefs. “Most importantly, Defendant ignores that he engraved one of the cartridges in his grandfather’s rifle with the overt political reference ‘Hey fascist, catch,’” they wrote. Prosecutors also cited an alleged text...
The Treasury Department and the IRS on Wednesday proposed stronger restrictions on certain immigrants’ ability to claim refundable tax credits — the latest in the Trump administration’s efforts to curb access from non-U.S. citizens to federal benefits. The department suggested the refunded portion of four tax credits be classified as “federal public benefits," potentially disqualifying...
The top lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing an ethics complaint with the Florida Bar after he launched a “Worst of the Worst” list for federal jurists, attacking their rulings. James Percival, the general counsel for DHS, has in recent weeks taken to social media to criticize judges who have made...
