President-elect Donald Trump used his Christmas message this year to make another plea for the Panama Canal, Canada and Greenland, while also continuing his tradition of wishing a happy holiday to "Radical Left Lunatics."
President-elect Trump on Wednesday used a lengthy Christmas Day social media post to tell the 37 people who had their death sentences commuted by President Biden to "go to hell." “Also, to the 37 most violent criminals, who killed, raped, and plundered like virtually no one before them, but were just given, incredibly, a pardon...
President-elect Trump on Wednesday announced Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Panama. The announcement comes as Trump is sparking a feud with the U.S. ally over control of the Panama Canal. “I am pleased to announce that Kevin Marino Cabrera will serve as the United States Ambassador to...
U.S. officials and religious leaders spoke about peace and hope at the National Menorah Lighting hosted in front of the White House Wednesday to mark the beginning of Hanukkah. “We can all benefit from the study of Torah, the mandates to visit the sick, feed the poor, pursue justice, welcome the stranger,” Homeland Security Secretary...
A majority of Americans disagree with President-elect Trump’s plans to use the military for mass deportations and his efforts to issue pardons to Jan. 6 rioters, a new survey found. According to the survey, conducted by the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, more than half of Americans oppose several of Trump’s recent statements....
Murder doesn’t help raise awareness about important problems. Murder doesn’t start a national conversation. Murder doesn’t get justified — ever, for any reason — in a society with a moral compass and its priorities in order.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) criticized President-elect Trump for allowing SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to “govern” through a series of social media posts that effectively helped to delay passage of a stopgap funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown ahead of the holidays. “It's one thing when you have Donald Trump governing by tweet, as...
Democratic strategist David Axelrod poked fun at President-elect Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk for their public dialogue after the duo pushed back against House Republicans' bill to avert a government shutdown ahead of Friday's deadline. “What was confusing to me is Musk sends out one of his tweets, and he says no one should...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is doubling down on his war with Ukraine by deploying North Korean troops and threatening NATO, while the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reports that at least 30 North Korean soldiers have been killed and wounded in weekend battles.
In today’s issue: A lot can change in 24 hours. That was Wednesday’s lesson for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who had on Tuesday night unveiled a sprawling, 1,500-page stopgap bill to fund the government ahead of a Friday deadline. Barely 24 hours later, Johnson is pivoting to plan B, axing his original plan in favor...
States and municipalities are preparing to take the lead on climate action in a second Trump term as they brace for an administration likely to be less climate-focused and sometimes antagonistic to their efforts. President-elect Trump has falsely referred to climate change as a “hoax” and vowed to promote policies boosting fossil fuels — the...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took aim at tech mogul Elon Musk for saying that any lawmaker supporting the continuing resolution for the newly unveiled end-of-the-year funding deal should be voted out of office. "Democrats and Republicans spent months negotiating a bipartisan agreement to fund our government. The richest man on Earth, President Elon Musk, doesn’t...
Vice President-elect JD Vance met with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday night, hours after President-elect Trump torpedoed the GOP leader’s spending deal. Vance was in Johnson’s office for nearly an hour, as a handful of Republican lawmakers huddled to discuss government funding and Friday’s looming shutdown deadline. Emerging from that meeting, Vance said the...
