Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got a key moment of respite late this week that could help him bat back a plethora of controversies. The moment came on Thursday, when Adm. Frank Bradley reportedly told lawmakers at a closed-door session on Capitol Hill that he had received no “kill them all” or “give no quarter” order...
Gasoline prices are down while electric and natural gas costs are up, turning the issue of energy affordability into a political Rorschach test. Democrats are lambasting the White House for high power bills, while President Trump and his allies tout low prices at the pump. “Energy — gasoline — we're now at about $2.50 a gallon....
The zombie issue of a federal AI moratorium, for now, was put to bed in the National Defense Authorization Act, a key win for a handful of Senate Republicans.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill were asked whether they believe U.S. citizen victims or drug traffickers were more important to them..
Former President Joe Biden made a gaffe in saying "United States of Amerigotit" during an LGBTQ+ conference speech in which he urged leaders to continue fighting for equality.
Argentinian President Javier Milei's party secured more than 40 percent of the vote in legislative elections on Sunday, delivering a major victory to President Trump, who staked U.S. financial support on the success of the libertarian Latin American ally. “I love that question because that was a big win in Argentina,” Trump told reporters on...
President Trump told reporters on Monday that he went underwent an MRI and a cognitive test during his "secondary" physical at Walter Reed earlier this year. The president did not detail the reason for the MRI, saying that the full results were made public and added that the exam was "perfect." “I got an MRI,...
President Trump said on Monday that he would "love to meet" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his trip to Asia this week. “I’d love to meet with him if he’d like to meet. I got along great with Kim Jong Un. I liked him. He liked me,” Trump told reporters aboard Air...
The Supreme Court eliminated so-called "Chevron deference" more than a year ago. Hatched from the 1984 Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council ruling, the doctrine held that courts should defer to agency interpretations of the laws authorizing their activities if the language was ambiguous. Over four decades, this misguided doctrine had warped the balance of power in...
President Trump on Monday once again teased an attempt to run for a third-term, telling reporters while en route to Japan that he “would love to do it.” “I haven’t really thought about it. We have some very good people as you know…but I have the best poll numbers that I’ve ever had,” Trump said...
Not satisfied with simply bankrolling Democratic candidates, the National Education Association now offers a compendium of teacher prep materials for educators. The catch? It’s a functional checklist of some of the worst ideas in education. Their “micro-credential library” includes entire modules dedicated not to the science of reading or student discipline, but to gay and transgender...
A U.S. military ship on Sunday docked in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago amid tensions in the Caribbean sparked by U.S. military action against boats accused of attempting to smuggle fentanyl to the U.S., The Associated Press reported. The ship is a guided missile destroyer named the USS Gravely, according to the AP. The...
President Trump said former Vice President Pence would “go down as a wimp” during a call on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots, according to a new book. "You'll go down as a wimp," Trump said to the former vice president, discussing the choice Pence made to not stop the certification of...
Two U.S. Navy aircraft went down in the South China Sea in separate incidents on Sunday, according to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. All of the crew members in both incidents were successfully recovered by search and rescue units, it said. The first incident involved a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, which went down in...
President Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met Sunday in Malaysia amid trade tensions between their two countries. “President Trump meets with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at [Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)] summit,” the White House’s account on the social platform X posted Sunday, featuring a photo of...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris was pressed in a BBC interview about why she didn’t raise concerns about former President Biden’s health before he decided to pull out of the race. In an interview with the BBC, Harris was asked about a segment in her new book, “107 Days,” in which she notes that she...
