The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a challenge to a land swap enabling mining at a sacred Indigenous site, garnering pushback from conservative justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas. A 2014 law enabled a land transfer between mining company Resolution Copper and the federal government, allowing the miner to take control of...
Charlamagne tha God says President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's egos could lead to the "end of civilization as we know it." "I've been watching those exchanges," the "Breakfast Club" co-host said Tuesday of the president and Russian leader. "I just don't like when I hear [Trump] say, 'Putin's crazy. He's lost it,'" Charlamagne, who was...
The Department of Homeland Security has actually considered participating in a reality show where “legal immigrants” would compete for a fast track to U.S. citizenship.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) criticized Congress Tuesday for not moving to codify cuts implemented by President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “[Elon Musk] took massive incoming — including attacks on his companies as well as personal smears — to lead the effort on DOGE,” DeSantis, who is also a former member of Congress,...
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), a candidate for Illinois’s open Senate seat next year, declined to say whether he would back Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for another term at the helm of the conference, saying he himself needs to “win first” and become a senator before making that consideration. Krishnamoorthi told CNN’s Manu Raju...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) slammed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem for her recent trip to Israel, declaring it just another “photo op.” Crockett said she didn’t think anything substantive would come from the foreign trip scheduled days after two Israeli Embassy staffers were fatally shot outside of a museum in Washington. “You...
Following a high-profile trip to the Middle East and progress in trade talks with China, polling indicates that perceptions of Trump’s performance have begun improving.
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) said he was denied access to meet with his constituent, Salvadorian national Kilmar Abrego Garcia, during his recent visit to El Salvador. Ivey traveled to the Central American nation to check in on Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported by the federal government earlier this year. He was initially held in...
Russia seized four Ukrainian border towns in the northeast late Monday while tempering down its bombing campaign after three days of intense aerial attacks. The move comes just days after President Trump claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone “crazy.” Oleh Hryhorov, the head of the Sumy regional military administration said Monday that Russian forces...
I do love lower taxes, of course. But nothing is free. And the benefit of lower taxes will likely be offset by the higher costs caused by rising inflation and interest.
In today’s issue: Senate Republicans won’t return to Washington for days, but their version of a House-passed “big, beautiful bill” could make or break midterm election results and President Trump’s legacy. Perhaps the most significant hurdle within their ranks comes from conservatives who want to achieve greater federal savings and lower deficits over a 10-year...
The fiscal impact of President Trump’s "big, beautiful bill," which one prominent budget hawk called a “debt bomb,” is becoming a significant political concern among Republican lawmakers who have made little progress toward offsetting the $3 trillion projected cost of the legislation. Some GOP senators fear that the bill’s failure to rein in federal spending...
