For decades, activists and economists have urged America’s elite universities to expand their undergraduate enrollment. Yet the schools resisted, keeping class sizes artificially small to protect their prestige and climb college rankings. Now, thanks to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, some of these same institutions are finally serving more Americans — democratizing access to elite […]
The State Department has paused visas for Afghan nationals after two National Guard members from West Virginia were shot close to the White House. “The Department of State has IMMEDIATELY paused visa issuance for individuals traveling on Afghan passports. The Department is taking all necessary steps to protect U.S. national security and public safety,” the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday defended the U.S. military's recent strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in response to a recent report from The Washington Post. “As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland,” Hegseth said Friday evening in a...
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the massive media conglomerate that owns CNN, HBO and one of the nation's premier movie studios, on Tuesday formally announced plans to explore a potential sale. Rumors of WBD looking to sell off part or all of its assets have been percolating in media business circles for months, and the company...
Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was elected to the post on Tuesday after winning four more votes than the required majority. Takaichi’s career in politics spans across a handful of ministerial posts and a decade in Japan's congress. Japan’s new leader is a...
President Trump will host Senate Republicans at the White House on Tuesday afternoon for a lunch in the newly renovated Rose Garden. The event comes a day after demolition crews began the process of tearing down part of the East Wing to begin construction on Trump’s planned ballroom. It also comes after Senate Democrats blocked the...
The leaked Young Republican chat revealed the fear and insecurity of some men who have embraced a vitriol that cannot be excused by ignorance or lack of knowledge, and the manliest thing a man can do is find commonalities with those different from him and overcome prejudice.
The Treasury Department told employees not to share images of the White House demolition, as construction for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom kicked off in the East Wing on Monday. Treasury employees have a front-seat view to the construction, since the department’s headquarters are located by the East Wing. As images of the facade's dismantling...
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republican leaders will brief reporters Tuesday morning as the government shutdown entered its 21st day. Johnson, in frustration, has signaled that he will not recall lawmakers back to Washington for votes until the government reopens. Senate Democrats on Monday blocked the GOP-led continuing resolution (CR) for the 11th time....
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is ramping up its spending in the upcoming off-year elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania as polls tighten ahead of Election Day next month. On Tuesday, the committee announced it was investing an additional $500,000 into get-out-the-vote operations in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as the upcoming consequential...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called the video President Trump shared that was generated with artificial intelligence (AI) depicting himself dropping what appeared to be human waste on “No Kings” protesters “deeply unserious." “Well, that video is deeply unserious, deeply unpresidential, and deeply un-American," Jeffries said late Monday in an interview on CNN’s “Erin...
The government shutdown marks three full weeks on Tuesday, with no endgame clear, but another vote set for Wednesday in the Senate on the House-passed funding bill. Meanwhile, the pressure is rising. Increased delays at major airports are starting to make lawmakers squirm, after a tough weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Monday there...
President Trump’s job approval ticked up in recent polling, even as the Republican Party continues to shoulder blame for the ongoing government shutdown — which entered its 21st day on Tuesday. The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, which closed on Monday, shows 42 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s performance in office, up two points from a...
