Rep. Rob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Sunday went after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) over recent events at an ICE detention center in Newark, N.J. “There were so many instances where this could’ve all been deescalated, but it was squarely in HSI, ICE’s court, they chose not to,” Menendez told CNN’s...
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said he doesn't believe that the White House's suggested habeas corpus suspension will reach Congress. During an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday, host Kristen Welker mentioned statements made by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller last week when he said President Trump and his team are...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that the United States anticipates "a 10 percent baseline tariff to be in place for the foreseeable future" for countries across the globe amid trade tensions. “We do expect a 10 percent baseline tariff to be in place for the foreseeable future,” Lutnick told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State...
Delays and cancellations upended operations at Newark Liberty International Airport this week, after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said some air traffic controllers are taking time off following recent outages. On April 28, air traffic controllers briefly lost communication, for about 90 seconds, with planes at Newark Airport. The blackout and communication breakdown led to...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he plans to extend the retirement age for all air traffic controllers, increasing the mandatory age from 56 to 61 years old. During an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," host Kristen Welker asked Duffy whether he had asked Congress to extend the retirement age. Duffy replied that Congress had already given...
President Trump on Saturday suggested a “total reset” in U.S.-China trade relations amid talks over tariffs in Switzerland between the two countries. “A very good meeting today with China, in Switzerland. Many things discussed, much agreed to. A total reset negotiated in a friendly, but constructive, manner. We want to see, for the good of...
What started out as a "tiny little brown line" on one woman's fingernail led to a rare, potentially life-threatening medical condition, one that she's now trying to help others catch early.
President Trump crashed a Mother’s Day “celebration” alongside former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during this week’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open. In the Cold Open, cast members Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang and Marcello Hernandez appeared next to women who seem to be their mothers and sang a song about...
For months, headlines have chronicled conservative efforts to purge library shelves. But the "Tuttle Twins," the children’s book series I authored that champions free markets, was recently and briefly yanked from one in upstate New York. Will the supposed defenders of free speech rise up to condemn this censorship? With six million copies sold, the "Tuttle Twins" series...
Former national security adviser John Bolton said during a recent interview that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be at risk of “overplaying his hand” with President Trump amid the talks to end the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Bolton, a vocal critic of Trump, said that Russia is still “suffering” economically from the sanctions that Western...
President Trump’s second choice for U.S. surgeon general has set off a wave of infighting within the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. Casey Means is a prominent health influencer and ally of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but she is seen as insufficiently skeptical of vaccines by some of his...
