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‘Fiesta Mexicana’: El-Sayed campaign plans festive 9/11 while remembrance is missing from public schedule

Abdul El-Sayed's campaign scheduled county fair and Fiesta Mexicana events on 9/11's 25th anniversary, raising questions about the Michigan Senate race.

Comer indicates McConnell staffers aiming for lawmaker to return to Senate later this month

Rep. James Comer indicated that he has spoken with McConnell staffers who indicated they are aiming for the senator will return later this month.

Non-citizen police officers approved after Dem says ICE ‘invasion’ ‘sends a message’

Danbury, Connecticut's city council voted 18-2 to let non-citizen immigrants and DACA recipients serve as police officers amid ongoing ICE raids.

Trump wants the Postal Service to radically overhaul mail voting. But ballots are already going out.

President Donald Trump’s controversial demands for the Postal Service to overhaul and monitor millions...

Judge Rakoff and the Reference Manual

It’s natural to think oneself on the side of the angels.

VOA reporters’ return to work unclear after court blocks injunction

The Voice of America (VOA) reporters’ plan to return to work next week is up in the air after an appeals court issued a stay on Saturday, halting a late April order from a district judge that prevented the administration from dismantling the international broadcaster.  The court, in a 2-1 opinion, ruled that the federal...

Sunday shows preview: Trump surpasses 100 days; GOP budget, Ukraine deal draw mixed reactions

President Trump rounded out his first 100 days in office as lawmakers returned to Washington this week with the directive to pass his agenda amid lingering economic tensions. The administration's tariff plan has left the global economy reeling as consumer confidence has plummeted. On Friday, the also president unveiled his budget plan, which included steep...

Rubio’s dual roles raise doubts: ‘The double-hatting is impossible’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s new assignment as President Trump’s interim national security adviser brings him deeper into an inner circle dominated by "America First" loyalists.  But that may not mean more clout on policy decisions. “It doesn't signal greater influence over policy,” said Kori Schake, a senior fellow and the director of foreign and...

Duffy slams Defense Department over recent DCA incident: ‘No more helicopter rides for VIPs’

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy slammed the Defense Department on Friday after an Army helicopter forced two commercial passenger jets landing at Reagan National Airport to shift course. On Thursday, air traffic control instructed a Delta Airlines flight and Republic Airways plane to perform go-arounds due to a “Priority Air Transport helicopter inbound to the Pentagon...

Innovators needed to cut credit card rates by using data

Innovators can help customers use credit well by setting prices low, limiting risk, and providing nonfinancial assistance, reducing the need for credit-card price controls.

Maher hits Trump over tariff turmoil: Why are we ‘putting ourselves through this?’

Comedian Bill Maher expressed frustration with the White House on Friday, just over 100 days since President Trump took office, citing economic uncertainty brought to the forefront by President Trump's latest tariffs. "We hit the 100-day mark of the Trump administration, as you know, this week, and ooh, the numbers are kind of in the...

Justin Trudeau was bad, but Mark Carney will be far worse

Justin Trudeau's time as prime minister was marked by authoritarianism and economic decline, while Mark Carney's rise to lead Canada represents a more radical transformation, aimed at turning the country into an administrative region within a larger system of corporate governance.

Musk slams media, critics for Nazi comparisons: ‘Character assassination’

Tech billionaire Elon Musk reflected on his speech after President Trump's inauguration in January, while lashing out at the media for misportraying what he called a loving gesture as a Nazi salute. Musk, who has played an influential role in helping Trump overhaul the government during the president's first 100 days in office, slammed those...

Trump administration to cut more than 1,000 staff at CIA, intel agencies

President Trump’s administration is planning to cut more than 1,000 workers at the CIA and other intelligence agencies as it continues its push to downsize the federal government. Apart from the CIA, the reductions will occur at other intelligence agencies, such as the National Security Agency. The cuts, which total over 1,200 employees, will take...

The inconvenient truth about Republican Medicaid fraud claims 

Trump’s first 100 days have shown an administration committed to using fraud and waste as a false pretext for large spending cuts.

Ocasio-Cortez hits Trump immigration agenda as hecklers disrupt town hall

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed the Trump administration’s actions on immigration, pushing for Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) proposed spending cuts and free speech during a contentious town hall where she was heckled by protestors over Israel’s war in Gaza.  The “Squad” member discussed the administration’s push to end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for...

The only way Democrats can easily win in 2028

If you joined the Trump administration in 2025, it is your duty to back the president and his powerful vision across the board. If not, what are you doing there?

Questions remain even as state’s Hope Florida Foundation probe ends

Florida state lawmakers ended their investigation into the Hope Florida Foundation, an organization linked to first lady Casey DeSantis’s signature welfare assistance program known as Hope Florida, but questions about the program and the foundation remain, as she and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) chart their political future. The state House subcommittee investigating a $10 million donation to...

Haberman: Trump’s rebuff of recession fears a ‘front that he is putting on’

New York Times political correspondent Maggie Haberman brushed off President Trump's lack of concern about the prospects of a recession, calling it a "front." During a Friday evening appearance on CNN's "The Source," host Kaitlan Collins asked Haberman if she believed Trump was unconcerned about how his latest sweeping tariffs are affecting the U.S. economy....

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