White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday said that tech billionaire Elon Musk has the right to speak out on behalf of his companies amid the ongoing feud between President Trump and the Tesla CEO. The two had an explosive and public divorce on Thursday, during which they exchanged insults including Musk's claims that...
Harvard University is suing the Trump administration over the president’s recent proclamation that bars the Ivy League school from enrolling new international students, extending the legal battle between the federal government and the nation’s oldest university. Harvard, in an amended lawsuit on Thursday, is asking the judge to pause Trump’s Wednesday proclamation that prevents the...
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) are seeking to block funding for President Trump’s executive orders that affect the transgender community via a new bill. The “No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act,” which both Merkley and Balint introduced in their respective chambers on Wednesday, aims “to repeal certain executive orders targeting LGBTQI+...
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld asked President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk to end their escalating feud that broke out in public on Thursday, saying it is detrimental to the United States and could provide an opening that Democrats can capitalize on. “I think what you're seeing is a battle between the purist and...
Members of Congress are sitting back and watching the show. The bromance that’s captivated Washington for months — President Trump and Elon Musk — blew up on Thursday, a breakup between the world’s most powerful man and richest person that is leaving the White House’s legislative agenda hanging in the balance. The implosion played out...
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is accused of “serious professional misconduct” in a Florida Bar complaint, the Miami Herald has reported. Bondi’s record as the head of the Justice Department is being slammed by close to 70 law professors, attorneys and former Florida Supreme Court justices via a Florida Bar ethics complaint filed Thursday, according to...
Senate Commerce Committee Republicans are proposing an alternative to a controversial provision in President Trump's tax and spending bill about states' regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) after concerns arose from some GOP members. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee unveiled its proposed text for Trump's "big, beautiful bill" Thursday. The new text altered the...
It will “probably” cost hundreds of millions of dollars for the Pentagon to transform a luxury Qatari jet into Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers Thursday. Meink said it will likely cost less than $400 million to retrofit the Boeing 747 aircraft, the first price estimate given by the Trump administration...
The majority of international students from Equatorial Guinea have overstayed their visas in the United States, according to David Gilmour, the U.S. ambassador to Equatorial Guinea. “Unfortunately, many Equatoguineans travel to the United States to study and for tourism and they remain in the country beyond the validity of their visa. Seventy percent of Equatoguinean...
Former presidential adviser and confidante Elon Musk escalated his growing feud with President Trump by saying the president's tariffs would result in a recession later this year. “The Trump Tariffs will cause a recession in the second half of this year,” he wrote on his social media website, X. The remark is the latest dig...
