President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections.
The recent shootings outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. have raised concerns about censorship. Free speech is essential to a democratic society, even if it includes hateful language.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused the Trump administration of intimidating his city after the DOJ launched an investigation into the city's hiring practices following Johnson's remarks at a church last weekend.
Two conservative GOP senators on Sunday said the “big, beautiful bill” passed at President Trump’s behest by House Republicans needs to be cut down to size, signaling huge challenges in enacting Trump’s plans in the Senate. The two GOP senators, Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, are both Trump allies, but...
Congress must commit to a smarter approach to combat opioid addiction, empowering local communities and insisting on measurable results, to prevent the devastating loss of lives to preventable overdoses.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is increasingly showing signs of ignoring President Trump’s entreaties to work toward an end to the Ukraine war, something Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky had long warned. Russia overnight launched one of the largest missile and drone attacks on Ukraine yet, killing at least a dozen people and injuring scores more. Zelensky...
Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is urging parents to limit their children's use of social media to protect their mental health, and is calling on Congress to implement stricter regulations and warnings for social media use.
“Rosie is a very unattractive person, both inside and out,” Donald Trump said in an interview on “Entertainment Tonight.” “She's basically a disaster,” Trump, then a New York City real estate developer and TV personality, said of comedian Rosie O'Donnell. Days earlier, O'Donnell, a co-host on “The View,” had knocked Trump as a “snake oil salesman”...
We have to face the reality that if he had been reelected, Biden would have had to deal with cancer treatments while president and might not have lived until the end of his term.
Former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman warned that China is observing the international response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine to gauge its future treatment towards Taiwan, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for increased pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" passed the House on Thursday after lawmakers wrestled with the legislation during an all-night session. The GOP spending bill now rests before a weary upper chamber as Medicaid reforms and deficit expansion remain concerns for Senate Republicans. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has urged his colleagues not to tamper with the bill's language,...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he would've been willing to vote for President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" even with the "wimpy and anemic" spending cuts, but the current bill would "explode the debt." During an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," Paul, who said he is a hard no on the bill the House passed early Thursday morning,...
As the White House announced a slate of tariffs, Americans headed straight to car lots. Reddit threads encouraged expecting parents to act now and secure a car seat and stroller before it's too late. Others questioned whether they should buy Christmas presents now, far ahead of the holiday season.
House Speaker Mike Johnson defended the House-passed "big, beautiful bill" which includes Medicaid cuts, arguing that only those who are defrauding the program will lose coverage, and that the new work requirements are necessary to save the program in the long run.
