The U.S. military took down approximately 100 suspected cartel drones at the southern border in August using sophisticated laser systems, officials say.
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.
The House early Thursday morning voted to eliminate a Biden-era rule that sought to crack down on toxic air pollution, sending the resolution to President Trump’s desk. The vote was 216-212, and Trump is expected to sign the measure. The vote took place overnight, as the House debated the GOP's megabill of Trump's priorities. The...
House GOP leadership has agreed to a series of last-minute changes to its sweeping tax and spending package designed to win over holdouts. The manager’s amendment includes changes to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap and proposed Medicaid reforms, along with other proposals, as leadership works to satisfy various factions of the GOP...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Wednesday maneuvered to avoid a direct clash with the Senate parliamentarian over whether the Congressional Review Act can be used to overturn California’s electric vehicle (EV) mandate. Thune did so by setting up an elaborate series of procedural votes to allow the Senate to settle the controversial question....
Nike will join the chorus of companies slated to raise prices due to the onset of President Trump’s tariffs. Company executives are planning to increase costs for apparel and equipment sourced from overseas. Price bumps will vary on different items, with markups ranging from $2 to $10. Footwear priced between $100 and $150 will increase by $5....
The House GOP's “big, beautiful bill” will add so much money to the debt it will force across-the-board spending cuts to Medicare, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). CBO late Tuesday said the legislation will increase the debt by $2.3 trillion over 10 years. That will trigger as much as $500 billion in...
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) bill that takes aim at President Trump’s deal with Qatar to accept a luxury jet as a gift to serve as the next Air Force One. Schumer attempted to pass the measure, which would essentially bar the use of a foreign-owned aircraft as the presidential...
President Trump’s tax-and-spending cut bill centers on an extension of his previous round of tax cuts, which Republicans slated for expiration at the end of this year back in 2017. As such, it will preserve the status quo on many big parts of the code so that taxpayers won’t see any change in things like...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday that street signs in Manhattan have been “temporarily co-named” to honor individual players on the New York Knicks as the team advances to the 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000. The city installed blue-and-orange street signs on 15 street corners across Manhattan,...
Canada is in talks with the U.S. to join President Trump’s proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense system, according to the Canadian government. Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said there are “active discussions” between the two countries on existing and new security programs such as Golden Dome, the BBC reported. The Canadian government didn't immediately respond...
Plus: Trump confronts South African leader in Oval Office {beacon} HOUSE REPUBLICANS are fighting the clock — and each other — as GOP leadership and the White House push for President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to get a vote as soon as tonight. Conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus headed to the White...
The United States Army will celebrate 250 years of service on June 14 with a large-scale military parade through the nation’s capital. But the festivities, which have been in the planning stages for a couple of years, will include far more and didn't initially include the parade. The day also marks President Trump's 79th birthday. Trump had...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the White House are betting that the bill full of President Trump’s priorities is so big — and so “beautiful,” at least in the eyes of the president — that it cannot fail. House GOP leaders are charging ahead with plans to vote on the legislation, officially titled the One...
