An attorney representing the Trump administration informed a U.S. District Court Friday evening that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun offering new appointments to disaster workers whose contracts the agency did not renew in January, reversing a controversial decision that prompted a coalition of labor unions, scientific groups and local governments to sue the administration.
The leader of the Czech Republic pushed back this week against President Trump’s accusations that Europe has failed to do its part to support the U.S.’s ongoing military operations against Iran. “I believe that Europe could do much more, but we are not part of it,” Czech President Petr Pavel told CNN’s Christine Amanpour at...
Late night host Bill Maher told California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) that his lawsuit against Fox News “sounds a lot like” President Trump. “That sounds exactly like what [Trump] does, suing media,” Maher said during an interview with the governor on Friday evening. California’s top official sued the network for defamation last June. Newsom is...
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the Voting Rights Act has triggered a fast-moving redistricting fight across the South, with lawmakers in several states pushing for new congressional and legislative maps even amid uncertainty over whether changes can be made in time for the November midterm elections. The Supreme Court declared Louisiana’s second majority-Black congressional...
Democrats are looking to flip the Florida state House district, which includes President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, in a Tuesday special election. Small business owner Emily Gregory (D) is facing off against Trump-backed Jon Maples to take over the Republican-held seat vacated by Mike Caruso in August. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee views the district as...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine were “disappointed” by the idea of a U.S.-negotiated ceasefire with Iran, President Trump said Tuesday. Hegseth and Caine were “the only two people that were quite disappointed” the U.S.-Israeli war against Tehran may soon come to an end, Trump said in the...
A federal judge on Monday determined a lawsuit against Elon Musk for his former advisory role in the Trump administration’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can move forward. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a memo Monday tossing out a dismissal request from the federal government, stating the claims that Musk and other DOGE...
Iran launched a new wave of strikes against Israel and neighboring Gulf States late Monday, just hours after President Trump said negotiations were underway to end the conflict. The attacks continued into Tuesday morning, with The Associated Press reporting that a missile with a 220-pound warhead slammed into a street in the center of Tel...
President Trump is set to swear in his new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), on Tuesday, as a deal to fund the department is taking shape. Worsening airport security lines and flight delays have turned up the pressure on Capitol Hill to end the partial government shutdown. Immigration and Customs...
First lady Melania Trump will deliver remarks Tuesday morning at a global summit as part of her Fostering the Future Together initiative — which focuses on ways "to address challenges children face in the digital era." During the event, Trump will welcome a group of first spouses from 45 nations, senior Trump administration officials, "select...
The Trump administration announced on Monday two new civil rights investigations into Harvard, ramping up its latest attacks against the country’s oldest and richest university. The Education Department said it is investigating Title VI violations, alleging Harvard has used affirmative action in admissions despite a ban on the practice by the Supreme Court in 2023. ...
A year ago, Joe Kent, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene were undeniably a core part of the MAGA movement that supported President Trump and helped propel him back into power. Now, they’re either on the outs, or actively challenging Trump’s biggest policy moves. Kent, who first came to prominence for primarying a Republican who voted to impeach Trump after...
(NEXSTAR) – What is the ideal place to live in the United States? A new study claims to have the answer. On Monday, education research platform Niche.com released the findings of its annual "Best Places to Live in America" ranking, which identifies those coveted communities using data from the U.S. Census, FBI, Bureau of Labor,...
Lawmakers in both parties to do the right thing by paying TSA officers, rather than play politics with the safety and security of the nation’s air system and the 2.5 million passengers that fly on average every day.
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that long lines at airport security checkpoints caused by the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown delayed investigators arriving at the scene of a deadly collision between a jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia International Airport. An air traffic control specialist was stuck...
A coalition of historic preservation and architectural groups sued President Trump and the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees on Monday, seeking to block the planned renovations of the performing arts center set to start in July. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., argues that the project would cause “irreparable harm” to the...
