It was a typical school day in December 1995. I was teaching fifth grade. The topic was the Constitutional Convention. Fifteen minutes into the lesson, it was clear that...
An armed assailant lunged at the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Amy Acton, on Sunday during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair, injuring several people, campaign officials said.
President Trump on Sunday posted a map of New Mexico labeled "New America" following the spread of a since-debunked online hoax claiming he had signed an executive order renaming the state. The map Trump shared on Truth Social showed a large "X" over "Mexico" in the state's name, with the word "America" labeled below it....
At least five people are dead following an Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport (MIA), Miami-Dade County officials confirmed Sunday afternoon. The airplane overran the airport's runway at around 2 p.m., according to airport officials. The fatal crash initially caused a complete ground stop at MIA, though two of its four runways are...
President Trump on Sunday announced that the White House helipad — which was redone at his request last month — has been completed. Trump posted a photo on Truth Social of former President Eisenhower on the White House lawn before departing in an Air Force H-13J helicopter in July 1957, becoming the first U.S. president...
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized President Trump’s ouster of the director of the National Security Agency (NSA), arguing that Gen. Timothy Haugh’s firing will hinder the country’s Cyber and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) operations. “General Tim Haugh is an outstanding leader and was doing a superb job at Cyber Command and National Security Agency," Bacon said...
A federal judge blocked President Trump’s takeover of a federal agency that invests in Latin America and the Caribbean, finding Friday that he likely went beyond his authority. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ordered the administration indefinitely reinstate Sara Aviel, the ousted president of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), and stop various other efforts to gut the foundation as her...
The 60,000 contested ballots in the North Carolina state Supreme Court race should be recounted and verified, according to a ruling Friday from a panel of the state appeals court. The 2-1 ruling is a win for Republican state Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, who is trailing incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs by fewer...
Former President Barack Obama said Thursday he was “deeply concerned” about President Trump’s crackdown on universities and law firms. “I’m more deeply concerned with a federal government that threatens universities if they don’t give up students who are exercising their right to free speech,” Obama said Thursday during a question-and-answer session at Hamiliton College. “I...
The deadly measles outbreak in Texas is continuing to rise, now approaching 500 confirmed cases with at least 56 people facing hospitalization since late January, according to health officials. The total number of cases has increased to 481, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday in a new update. On Tuesday, the total...
Andrew Tate is a symptom of the crisis facing young men today, as the education system and mainstream culture have become increasingly hostile to traditional expressions of masculinity, leaving boys disengaged, depressed and isolated.
Former President Obama says he's trying to up the fun time with his wife, after two terms in the White House left him in a "deep deficit" with the former first lady. "I was in a deep deficit with my wife," Obama told Hamilton College President Steven Tepper, when asked about his post-White House life at a...
President Trump said Friday that he plans to give TikTok another 75-day extension as his administration nears a deal to avert a ban on the popular social media platform. “My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we have made tremendous progress,” he wrote Friday on Truth Social....
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) broke Strom Thurmond's 24-hour civil rights filibuster record with a day-long speech, but Democrats' reliance on outdated tactics in a hyperactive media environment is a missed opportunity for strategic advantage.
President Trump will not attend the dignified transfer of four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania last week, instead sending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Dover Air Force Base, Del., while he remains in Florida. Hegseth’s attendance was confirmed by the White House on Friday. Trump will not travel back for...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a number of divisions among Senate Republicans that could derail the Senate budget resolution, a measure that will be critical to passing President Trump’s legislative agenda later this year. Key points of contention include how to calculate the cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts, Medicaid cuts, defense...
Democratic attorneys general in 16 states led by New York and Massachusetts sued the Trump administration Friday over the cancellation of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health grants for medical research. In March, NIH began to terminate millions of dollars in grant funding for previously approved research projects, including projects focused on diversity,...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday that the size and potential economic harm of President Trump's new tariffs were far larger than anticipated, raising new challenges as the bank attempts to end its inflation fight. In a Friday speech to a business journalism conference, Powell warned that the scope and scale of Trump's new...
