The Senate on Monday night passed a spending package to reopen the government through at least January, after Republicans won a figurative staring contest over an unrelated extension of enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) editorial board panned President Trump’s proposal to provide $2,000 tariff rebate checks to most Americans, calling it a “Hail Mary pass.” “President Trump has a big tariff problem: His border taxes are raising prices on tariffed goods, they’re unpopular with voters, and the Supreme Court might rule that his “emergency”...
Come Tuesday, flights across the country will be reduced by 6 percent on orders from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), despite an end to the government shutdown in sight. The FAA first decreased flight capacity at 40 “high-traffic” airports last Friday, with a 4 percent reduction. At 6 a.m. on Tuesday, that will increase to...
Rep. Elise Stefanik receives World Jewish Congress' top honor while launching New York governor campaign, vowing to combat rising antisemitism in the state.
The U.S. Capitol was quiet on the second day of the government shutdown as votes are not scheduled in either chamber in observance of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held a press conference with members of his leadership team outside his office at 10 a.m. in an otherwise largely empty House....
Most American voters believe the United States is too politically divided to solve problems, according to a poll by The New York Times and Siena University released on Thursday. The poll found that 64 percent of registered voters think the country's sharp divisions cannot solve political problems, while 33 percent say the political system can...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) that he should ignore the videos President Trump has posted picturing him in a sombrero, calling them a “sideshow” distracting from ending the government shutdown. Johnson in a press conference on Thursday brought up Jeffries being “all alarmed” by videos that Trump has posted,...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr is expected to appear before the Senate Commerce Committee before the end of the year. Carr's looming testimony, which was confirmed to The Hill by a person familiar, comes just days after he took heavy criticism over his pressuring of ABC to take comedian Jimmy Kimmel off the...
Tech mogul Elon Musk became the first person to achieve a net worth of $500 billion Wednesday, briefly touching the half-trillion-dollar milestone before dipping back down, according to Forbes. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO crossed the $500 billion mark Wednesday afternoon on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires tracker. As of Thursday morning, he sat at $499.1 billion. ...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday that federal government layoffs during the shutdown will likely be in the thousands, ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Office and Management Budget Director Russell Vought. “It’s likely going to be in the thousands. It’s a very good question, and that’s something that the Office of...
Billionaire Elon Musk is leading the charge on a campaign by right-wing media personalities and influencers urging Americans to cancel their Netflix subscriptions over an animated show that features a transgender character. Musk is promoting a series of posts from "LibsofTikTok," Benny Johnson and other conservatives urging users cancel Netflix over the show, "Dead End:...
Nearly a third of Americans suggested some violence could be justified in order to get the U.S. back on track, according to a new survey. The NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, published this week, found that 30 percent of respondents either “strongly agree” or “agree” that “Americans may have to resort to violence" in order to steer...
Jamal Khashoggi's widow is seeking answers about his murder and believes his personal devices, currently in the possession of the Turkish government, hold critical evidence that could reveal the truth.
At least one person was injured Wednesday night in a “low-speed” collision between two Delta Air Lines regional jets at LaGuardia Airport in New York. "Delta teams at our New York-LaGuardia hub are working to ensure our customers are taken care of after two Delta Connection aircraft operated by Endeavor Air were involved in a...
With at least another day before the Senate votes to potentially end the government shutdown, the White House is preparing for mass layoffs. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought told House Republicans in a Wednesday call that reductions in the workforce will happen in a day or two, according to sources on a call....
A car ramming and stabbing attack outside of a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Thursday left at least two dead and several others injured, according to authorities. Law enforcement officials were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue after a member of the public said he had witnessed a car being driven toward members...
