Data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week show that despite a 1% increase in the birth rate, people are still not having enough babies to prevent the U.S. population from declining. President Donald Trump acknowledged the problem Tuesday, saying he wants to reverse the trend in a welcome change from […]
Journalists at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner offered an impassioned defense of their work at the annual event — which broke with tradition and featured neither the president nor a comedian — saying defiantly, "We are not the enemy of the state." "Our responsibility is not to align with any one party or...
The wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested earlier this week by federal immigration authorities inside the family residential section of the U.S. Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida, after she was flagged in a routine security check, officials said Saturday.
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In today’s issue: The Education Department will be dismantled and give states greater autonomy over education, President Trump vowed during a White House event Thursday intended to showcase a partial victory that has eluded conservatives since President Reagan’s administration. An executive order Trump signed will reduce the department to its core federal functions and he...
On the menu: Dems plumb new poll low, Texas GOP braces for bitter Senate primary, 2026’s tiny House map, Do you even politics, bro?, Un-herd-of artist Voting got underway this week in the race for a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Between now and the end of the election on April 1, the...
President Trump is on a collision course with Republican defense hawks over the question of whether the United States should continue its 75-year military leadership of NATO and at what level of commitment. Trump has criticized European allies for years for not contributing more to the military alliance, which was set up in 1949...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing a tricky path forward as President Trump and Elon Musk publicly — and persistently — push for the impeachment of the judge who directed flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to be turned around. Trump ignited a controversial campaign this week when he said U.S. District Judge James Boasberg — whom...
Top House Democrats urged Education Secretary Linda McMahon and the Trump administration to reverse a Thursday move to begin dismantling the Department of Education. “Students, teachers, and schools across the country rely on the Department’s important work to ensure that all people are able to access and grow through education, and we have serious doubts...
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said Thursday President Trump is committed to using legal measures to dismantle the Department of Education. “I think he was correct in saying that we were going to do everything legally. That's what he has said to me from the very beginning,” McMahon said during an evening appearance on Fox...
House Oversight and Accountability Committee ranking member Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) requested an investigation into Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s comments urging Americans to buy Tesla stock as the company’s shares dip due to mass firings and reform efforts overseen by CEO Elon Musk. “This is just the latest example of the Trump Administration using taxpayer resources to...
Democratic strategist James Carville on Thursday blasted Democrats for focusing too much on urban voters. “I think it was always the time for Democrats to campaign hard in rural areas,” Carville said during an episode of “Politics War Room,” highlighted by Mediaite. “I don't know how the party ever got away from that," he added....
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said President Trump told students “he doesn't give a damn about them” with a recent move against the Department of Education. “Today, Donald Trump and the corrupt billionaire he installed as Education Secretary told 50 million public school students across America that he doesn’t give a damn about...
President Trump on Thursday called for a stop to nationwide injunctions and suggested the Supreme Court should intervene as his administration has faced multiple setbacks from federal judges. “Unlawful Nationwide Injunctions by Radical Left Judges could very well lead to the destruction of our Country!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “These people are Lunatics, who...
UFC fighter Conor McGregor solidified his bid for Ireland’s presidency on Thursday with a promise to preserve his native country by tackling migration, days after meeting with President Trump at the White House. McGregor has decided to campaign as a leader in opposition to the European Migration Pact, which would create a streamlined approach to...
