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...
Automotive giant Ford announced that it will be offering employee pricing to all of their shoppers in the wake of President Trump’s new sweeping tariff package. Ford is kicking off its “From America, For America” campaign on Thursday. The effort, which Ford calls the “handshake deal with every American,” will be advertised on social media,...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Thursday his country will impose 25-percent tariffs on U.S. auto imports that do not comply with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on free trade. Carney said the tariffs are a direct response to President Trump’s 25-percent auto tariffs, which took effect Thursday. “As I told President Trump during our...
Staff members who fought childhood lead exposure and those who worked on cancer clusters were among those fired from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a now former employee told The Hill. The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was cut, according to one person who was...
Humans are not the only species to combine concepts to build more complex meaning, a new study found. Bonobo chimpanzees combine calls in a manner similar to how humans structure words to make phrases and sentences, according to findings published on Thursday in the journal Science. The pygmy chimpanzees “seem to combine calls to convey meaning that...
Former Vice President Mike Pence warned about the economic and political risks of the Trump administration’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs on other nations, calling them the “largest peacetime tax hike in U.S. history.” Pence, who served alongside President Trump during his first term, posted on the social platform X following Wednesday’s announcement that the tariffs “are...
Donald Trump may attempt to run for a third term in 2028 by endorsing a loyalist GOP ticket for president and vice president, winning back the House, and becoming Speaker, or by refusing to accept electoral defeat and imposing martial law or a military coup.
The White House is rescheduling one of its annual spring garden tour dates due to a "massive" anti-Trump demonstration expected to take place near 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The spring garden tours that were scheduled for Saturday have been pushed a day later, to Sunday, the White House announced Thursday. "This decision has been made out...
Senate Democrats in a Wednesday letter criticized the Trump administration’s response to a recent earthquake in Myanmar that left thousands dead. “We write with urgent concerns about the lagging U.S. response to the devastating earthquake that struck Burma and neighboring Thailand on March 28, 2025,” the senators wrote in their letter, using an alternative name...
The Trump administration has "paused" processing green card applications for asylees and refugees, a highly administrative move that is xenophobic and deeply political.
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, on Thursday criticized President Trump’s expansive tariffs unveiled the day before. “I would like to speak directly to my fellow Europeans. I know that many of you feel let down by our oldest ally,” von der Leyen said during a press conference. “Yes, we must...
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who will be one of the Democrats’ top political targets in 2026, says she is “concerned” about language in the budget resolution that she fears could result in substantial cuts to Medicaid benefits. “I'm concerned about the instruction to the House Committee for $880 billion, it's the Energy and Commerce Committee...
Vice President Vance said Thursday that billionaire Elon Musk will remain a “friend and an adviser” to the White House after Musk departs from his role as a special government employee next month. Musk is leading the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to shrink the size and scope of the federal government,...
