The far-right Alternative for Germany party surged to a resounding victory in a regional election Sunday, but fell a little short of winning a majority in its quest to form the country's first far-right state government since World War II.
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....
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Donna Shalala criticized the Trump administration's efforts to cut back the department she once led, calling it an insult that puts Americans' health at risk. In an op-ed for Stat News published Thursday, Shalala said the administration was "insulting a generation of patriotic federal workers, proposing a silly new bureaucracy, and...
More than 30 Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the latest high-profile arrest and detention of a foreign-born college student who had voiced support for the pro-Palestinian movement. In a Thursday letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
Utah has become the first state in the nation to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed the legislation with little fanfare on Thursday, and it will take effect May 7. The push to ban fluoride comes as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has...
A federal judge in Washington state on Thursday blocked enforcement of President Trump’s order to bar transgender troops from serving openly in the military, the second to halt the policy from taking effect nationwide. In a 65-page ruling, Judge Benjamin Hale Settle of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington said the Trump...
Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after she failed to disclose frog embryos she brought into the country. Petrova’s attorney is fighting for her release from a Louisiana detention center after Customs and Border Patrol stopped her at Boston Logan International Airport on Feb. 16 when...
President Trump on Friday spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for the first time since Carney was elected earlier in the month amid tensions between the two nations. “It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things, and will be meeting immediately after Canada’s upcoming Election to work on elements of Politics,...
Noted economist Arthur Laffer warns that President Trump's proposed 25% tariff on foreign-made vehicle imports could lead to a dramatic increase in prices and threaten the U.S. auto industry.
President Trump's decision to fire the two Democratic commissioners at the FTC without cause has raised concerns about the potential for political control of independent agencies, which have served the country well for decades.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to carry out swift deportations. The emergency application marks the first time the high court has been asked to get involved in the high-profile case after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order (TRO)...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said President Trump is "dead serious" about wanting her to dismantle the department and put herself out of a job in the administration. "When he asked me to serve as the secretary of Education I knew exactly what his mandate was, which is to close the Department of Education," McMahon said...
Executing an overarching strategy to diminish the threat of terrorism, curtail Iranian influence and avoid letting China establish its dominance by default would be enormously demanding.
Office of Budget Management (OMB) Director Russell Vought shared his support for workforce reductions at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) while applauding Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his leadership of the agency. “No, it’s fantastic,” Vought said late Thursday when asked about the layoffs on Fox Business's "Kudlow." “I talked with Secretary...
