Officials at the United States Embassy and its consulates in Mexico have confirmed several reports of Americans being kidnapped by individuals they met on a dating app, federal officials announced.
Officials in North Macedonia said Monday it would abolish all tariffs on imported U.S. goods in an effort to have President Trump adopt the same trade measure. “By unilaterally reducing customs rates, we are sending a message to accelerate the process of reciprocity in a mutual trade exchange,” Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska Kochoska told reporters,...
The BEAD program has a strong fiber bias, which is costly and inefficient, and states should consider using more cost-effective technologies to extend deployment and use the savings to help low-income households get online.
Sen. Joni Ernst faced backlash for her sarcastic apology video after making insensitive remarks about Medicaid cuts and death at a town hall, with political analysts David Axelrod and Scott Jennings agreeing that her video was not wise.
The former chief Pentagon correspondent for conservative outlet One America News Network (OANN) said she was fired from her position after criticizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a Substack post on Memorial Day. A self-described “MAGA girl,” Gabrielle Cuccia began her post last week by stressing that “I was (and still am) unapologetically defiant in...
Washington's private clubs are a source of stress and anxiety for young professionals and politicians, but there are plenty of free alternatives to join and socialize with the political elite.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) trails Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) by 22 points in the state’s Republican Senate primary, according to a poll released Tuesday. The survey, which was conducted by pollster Robert Blizzard on behalf of the Educational Freedom Institute and first obtained by Punchbowl News, showed Paxton leading Cornyn 50 percent to 28...
Ukrainian officials said Tuesday they struck a bridge that connects Russia to Crimea with underwater explosives. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detonated incendiaries at 4:44 a.m. local time and continued to strike the area for three hours, using 1,100 kilograms of explosives to hit the overpass used as a supply route by Russian forces....
The Senate is set to dive into President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on Tuesday, as lawmakers in the upper chamber indicate they intend to make their mark on the sprawling legislation. The measure narrowly passed the House before lawmakers in both chambers left for the Memorial Day recess, and any changes the Senate makes could...
President Trump vowed to impose hefty fines on California after a transgender athlete won a high school track and field championship, stirring up national controversy. Trump called out California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) over the situation, saying he knows the administration could enforce penalties for allowing the athlete to compete. “A Biological Male competed in...
