Texas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle took a break from July 4th festivities Friday to respond to deadly flooding in the state's Hill Country area that has left at least 13 dead and more than 20 children missing. Rescue teams, both in helicopters and boats, continue to search for those unaccounted for following...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Friday leaned into his proposal for a third party amid his growing feud with President Trump over the "big, beautiful" spending and tax bill with an Independence Day poll online. Hours before Trump signed the sprawling reconciliation package into law, Musk asked followers on social platform X whether he should...
President Trump signed his One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on Independence Day, just one day after Congress sent the massive tax and spending cut package to his desk.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has opened an investigation into President Trump’s meme coin dinner that took place last week and asked the White House to disclose the names of the attendees, warning that foreign governments could be attempting to curry favor with the president through cryptocurrency acquisitions. “I write today to demand that you release...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it would renew a program that allows Boeing to perform tasks on behalf of the agency for three years. Boeing’s Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) will become effective on June 1. “Before making the decision, the FAA closely monitored specific criteria and saw improvements in most areas. Criteria included...
Private universities should phase out federal grants and subsidies to ensure intellectual freedom, as the government's funding of research inherently infringes on academic freedom.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked former first lady Jill Biden on Thursday over allegations that individuals around then-President Biden intentionally kept information about his health issues a secret. Republicans are calling on two dozen former senior Biden administration officials to appear before the Senate and answer questions about the former president's health amid...
Legal teams for the U.S. and Qatari governments are still working out the details of an agreement for Doha to transfer a luxury Boeing 747-8 jet that President Trump hopes to use as Air Force One, more than a week after the Pentagon said it had taken physical possession of the aircraft. A White House...
The White House on Thursday blasted what it called an abuse of judicial power after multiple federal courts blocked sweeping tariffs President Trump had imposed on imports, and it called on the Supreme Court to step in. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt argued the judges on the U.S. Court of International Trade “brazenly abused their judicial...
The Trump administration has submitted a ceasefire proposal supported by Israel to Hamas in the hopes of reaching a ceasefire in Gaza, the White House confirmed Thursday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump submitted the proposal to the Palestinian militant group. “Israel signed off on...
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) introduced a bill Thursday to rename the Washington, D.C., subway system after President Trump and his MAGA slogan. The Make Autorail Great Again Act would withhold federal funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, known as WMATA, until it rebrands as the Washington Metropolitan Authority for Greater Access, or WMAGA...
President Trump and his administration are going after international student visas on multiple fronts and for multiple stated reasons. From attempts to take away all of Harvard University’s foreign students to Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatening to revoke student visas for all Chinese scholars, the Trump administration’s initial fight with pro-Palestinian activists has evolved...
Liberal capitalism may still be America’s dominant economic ideology, but there is a growing sentiment within the White House that the government should take a more active role in steering the economy.
Some tariffs on trading partners are set to remain in place following the sweeping ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade that landed a huge blow to President Trump’s trade agenda. While the ruling declared that Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, including those imposed on China, and tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China aimed to stop the flow...
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino vowed to release a video showing that no one was around disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when he died in 2019 by apparent suicide. “I just want to be crystal clear on this. I am not asking anyone to believe me. I'm telling you what's there and...
