Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday accepted President Donald Trump’s offer to help fix the massive sewage spill outside the city, making an unusual request for Trump to...
President Donald Trump's tariff policies in 2025 produced a mixed economic picture -- narrowing the overall trade deficit only modestly while the goods trade deficit hit a record high and import taxes increased costs for U.S. businesses.
An evening rally to boost Democratic turnout for Texas' rapidly approaching primary featured plenty of the state party's political star power, but it was someone who won't be on a ballot who drew the most attention.
Tucker Carlson claimed Wednesday that Israeli airport security detained him and members of his team at Ben Gurion International Airport following an interview with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee -- a claim flatly denied by Israeli authorities, the U.S. Embassy and Huckabee himself.
Former President Obama argued in an interview published Saturday that American politics has become a “clown show” under the second Trump administration, suggesting that many Americans dislike the rhetoric coming out of the White House in recent months. Obama made the comparison while addressing a controversial video posted on President Trump’s Truth Social account earlier...
The crowded field of Democratic candidates running for governor in California could give Republicans a rare opening in the deep blue stronghold. More than a half-dozen Democrats seen as serious contenders are competing in the Golden State’s June 2 primary, where all candidates will appear on the same ballot and the top two vote-getters will...
President Trump on Saturday lashed out at comedian Bill Maher over his criticism of the commander in chief from the day before, with the president referring back to his dinner with Maher at the White House last year. The president in a lengthy Truth Social post praised how Maher was "a nice guy" who was...
The U.S. military conducted strikes against dozens of ISIS targets inside Syria this month as part of an ongoing “relentless military pressure” campaign on the terrorist network following a December ambush that killed three Americans, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). CENTCOM announced Saturday that forces had carried out 10 strikes against more than 30...
The U.S. ambassador to NATO on Saturday expressed the need for “strong allies, not dependents” in response to a question about NATO defense spending contributions at the Munich Security Conference. The Czech Republic has refused to increase the country’s defense spending above 2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), in violation of NATO’s new...
The Trump administration is repealing scientific findings that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare, exacerbating the effects of climate change on vulnerable communities and reversing progress towards justice.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday expressed his gratitude after meeting with U.S. senators on the outskirts of the Munich Security Conference, thanking them for their “support for Ukraine and its warriors." “Thank you to the senators for their unwavering bipartisan support for Ukraine and Ukrainians,” Zelensky wrote on social platform X. “Thank you to...
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb warned Friday that the Trump administration's attacks on its perceived political enemies could lead to impeachment proceedings against top Cabinet officials if Democrats win back control of Congress in November. "All of those people should be impeached, for sure," Cobb said in an appearance on "The Beat with Ari...
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday blasted President Trump and his administration over what she called "surveillance" ahead of November's midterms, citing the recent FBI raid on an election office in Georgia. "I hear that all over the United States, not just in Europe, that there is concern about the election," Pelosi told...
Surely many believe that Musk has now done more than enough for humanity with his massive fortune and technological vision. I am not one of them — nor, I suspect, is Musk.
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal isn’t going anywhere — despite the recent release of roughly 3 million documents by the Department of Justice. The story’s longevity is partly because of the horrific scale of Epstein’s predations. The latest releases also placed a shadow over the previous accounts given by allies of President Trump — from Commerce...
Americans overwhelmingly view former President Abraham Lincoln as an "outstanding" leader, while President Trump ranks near the bottom, according to a new poll. The YouGov survey, released Friday, found that 74 percent of U.S. voters collectively rank Lincoln, known affectionately as Honest Abe, as "outstanding" or "above average." Another 12 percent said he was "average"...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed by a “deadly toxin” extracted from an Ecuadorian frog, according to the foreign ministries of five European countries. Navalny died in February 2024 at the age of 47 while serving out a 19-year sentence in a Russian prison after being convicted on charges of extremism. The opposition leader...
