President Donald Trump’s order to begin dismantling the US Department of Education, which he’s expected to sign this week, is a welcome step toward shrinking government and shedding woke...
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning that President Trump’s 25-percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico “will drive the cost of everything up” and wondering, “Why would you want to get into a fight with your allies?” McConnell offered his candid views about Trump’s economic agenda during an interview with Lesley Stahl on...
The U.S. Army on Saturday identified the third soldier who died last week during a training mission that ended in a midair crash between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. At the request of the family, the Army named Capt. Rebecca Lobach, of Durham, N.C.,...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said early Monday that President Trump has “agreed” to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which administers billions of dollars of humanitarian, development and security assistance in more than 100 countries. “None of this could be done without the full support of the President, you know. And with...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris's team was reportedly sabotaged by Joe Rogan, but the real story is the incompetence and entitlement of the Democratic Party, which has put both its short-term and long-term electoral prospects in serious jeopardy.
In today’s issue: Canada and Mexico vowed to respond this week to President Trump’s steep new trade tariffs of 25 percent on imports while the president conceded his aggressive levies could mean economic “pain” for Americans. Trump told reporters Sunday night that Canada and Mexico must balance their trade deficits with the U.S. to gain relief from...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s goal to get “woke” civilian professors out of military academies and replace them with military personnel would be a tall order. Experts note that recruiting problems are top of mind at the Pentagon, casting doubt on pulling more military personnel into the academies, where around 50 percent current of instructors...
House Republican Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) sees an advantage in wrangling the tiny House GOP majority this year, despite having a historically narrow margin and fewer members than last time: President Trump. The Trump factor in whipping GOP votes is both carrot and stick: Republicans are eager to advance Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda — and...
House Judiciary Democrats are asking the Justice Department to publicly share special counsel Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago documents report, adding to the push to unseal the volume after DOJ moved to halt prosecution against President Trump’s two co-defendants. The Justice Department last week moved to dismiss an appeal that would revive the prosecution against valet Walt...
Climbing temperatures are sharpening economic divides in American communities, a new report has found. Rising insurance rates are increasingly making broad swaths of the country's biggest cities unaffordable, according to the new findings from First Street Foundation, which analyzes the impacts of climate change on real estate. In many regions, “home insurance is becoming a luxury good,”...
Lady Gaga is speaking out in support of the transgender community, saying onstage at the Grammy Awards that "trans people are not invisible." "Trans people deserve love," the 38-year-old singer said on Sunday at the 67th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, after winning the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with Bruno Mars for their song, "Die...
Adam Frisch, a former Colorado Democratic House candidate, said there are just a handful of cities that make up the Democratic Party today. “Twenty big cities, Aspen and Martha’s Vineyard—that’s what’s left of the Democratic Party,” Frisch told The Wall Street Journal. “And I’m not exactly sure those 20 big cities are getting the best...
