President Trump insisted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and close Trump adviser Elon Musk have a "great relationship" following an explosive report that the two clashed during a contentious Cabinet meeting on Thursday. The secretary of state and tech billionaire reportedly got into a heated argument about workforce cuts, with Musk telling Rubio that...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using polygraph tests to figure out who could be leaking information to news outlets, with some agency officials contending the disclosed information has hampered immigration enforcement efforts, multiple outlets reported. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered in an internal directive, first reported by Bloomberg Government last month, that every...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected President Trump’s push for nuclear deal talks between the two nations, arguing the initiative is only a gateway for Washington to impose new demands and limit Tehran’s military capabilities. “Some coercive governments insist on negotiations. Such negotiations aren’t aimed at solving issues. Their aim is to exert their...
Fans booed the U.S. national anthem before NHL and NBA games held in Canada on Tuesday, just after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Trump came to an agreement to delay tariffs Trump had threatened. When “The Star-Spangled Banner” began at Rogers Arena in Vancouver before the Canucks hosted the Colorado Avalanche, the crowd...
Gwynne Wilcox, a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) fired by President Trump, sued him Wednesday over the ouster. Wilcox’s attorneys claim Trump’s firing was a “blatant violation” of NLRB members’ removal protections contained within the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Some legal experts believe that the firings, along with Trump's removal of...
Progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) spurned President Trump's recent suggestion that the U.S. take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, calling the idea “fanatical bulls---." Tlaib, the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, also pressed her colleagues to speak up for a two-state solution in the region. “Palestinians aren’t going anywhere,” Tlaib wrote late Tuesday in...
Both U.S. allies and adversaries alike rejected President Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. “take over” the war-torn Gaza Strip and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump floated the idea during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday. He said the U.S. would...
Conservatism in the American political spectrum is important, but Donald Trump's radical revolutionary ideas are a break from the traditional conservative values of Edmund Burke and G.K. Chesterton, leading to the demise of the Republican Party's ideology.
President Trump signed an executive order last month enacting a hiring freeze for federal employees. The memorandum is set to expire in 90 days for every department and agency besides the Internal Revenue Service. On its website, the IRS wrote that this means those with job offers with a start date after Feb. 8 will...
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg's plan to end the war in Ukraine is facing challenges as he is tasked with finding a negotiated solution in 100 days, with the Kremlin insisting on Ukraine's complete capitulation, which is a non-starter for Ukraine.
In today’s issue: President Trump floated one of his most stunning proposals yet Tuesday night with the suggestion the U.S. “take over” the Gaza Strip and evict around 2.2 million Palestinians as the enclave is rebuilt. The idea sparked swift and broad pushback. At a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...
Caught between the debt and their tax base, Republicans are considering some novel ways to account for the cost of their legislative agenda as disagreements over budget cuts look set to hamstring early moves on their tax bill. Known as working from the “current policy baseline,” the nonstandard accounting method would let Republicans sweep nearly...
A Gallup poll released Wednesday found satisfaction with public education is at a record low as the Trump administration eyes shuttering the Department of Education. The annual Mood of the Nation survey found 24 percent are satisfied with public education while 73 percent are dissatisfied, the lowest since the poll began back in 2001....
House Republicans are scrambling to find a solution to internal disagreements over their plan to pass President Trump’s sprawling agenda, an effort that kicked into high gear after leadership was forced to punt a key vote this week — and as the Senate inches closer to moving ahead with its alternative plan. During a late-night...
