Republicans Michael Whatley in North Carolina, Mike Rogers in Michigan and Ken Paxton in Texas have all stuck with their support for the unpopular U.S. war with Iran.
Eighteen percent of Americans give a positive rating to the current state of the economy, according to a new survey released Sunday. In the NBC News poll, 1 percent of respondents say they would rate the current state of the economy as “excellent,” and 17 percent say they would rate the economy as “good.” Meanwhile,...
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner and Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced on Monday plans to identify federal lands where affordable housing could be built. Turner and Burgum will launch the Joint Task Force on Federal Land for Housing to find underutilized lands for residential development and to streamline...
While Team Trump dwells inside their bubble of false facts and alternative realities, the rest of America is experiencing a relentless succession of tragedies. The human and economic costs are devastating.
Tren de Aragua, commonly known as TdA, is the Venezuelan gang targeted by President Trump in recent mass deportations. On Saturday, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, the first time it’s been used since World War II. It allows the president to have sweeping powers to deport people and specifically targeted TdA members....
The White House said Friday night that it would eliminate protections from millions of acres declared by former President Biden as national monuments — but later scrubbed that language from its fact sheet. In a fact sheet on an executive order issued late Friday, the Trump administration said it was “terminating proclamations declaring nearly a...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has been the target of scathing criticism from members of his own party after voting for a Republican-drafted stopgap spending bill that cut many nondefense programs, says things are looking good for the Democratic Party, which he says has “a real direction now.” Schumer told The New York...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) has postponed his book tour scheduled this week in Baltimore, New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia amid an intense backlash from fellow Democrats over his controversial vote to advance a House Republican-drafted funding package that cuts deeply into non-defense programs. A spokesperson for Schumer’s book tour said that it...
President Trump's administration must devise and implement a plan now to secure the U.S.-Canada border, as human smugglers are taking advantage of the largely undefended land and illegal crossings are poised to skyrocket.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul presented President Trump with data showing that the controversial traffic congestion program, congestion pricing, is working, and is helping to reduce traffic congestion and increase retail sales in New York City.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) narrowly leads in a poll of Democrats on which political leader "best reflects" the “core values” of the party. In a CNN survey released Sunday, Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are asked to name one person, when “thinking about Democratic leaders today,” who “best reflects the core values of the Democratic Party.”...
President Trump doubled down on reciprocal tariffs, calling their planned April 2 implementation date a “liberating day.” “April 2 is a liberating day for our country,” Trump said to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday evening. “We’re getting back to some of the wealth that very, very foolish presidents gave away because they had...
The National Republican Congressional Campaign rolled out a list of 26 vulnerable House Democrats it plans to target in the 2026 midterms. The list includes California Reps. Josh Harder (D), Adam Gray (D), George Whitesides (D), Derek Tran (D) and Dave Min (D) and Florida Reps. Darren Soto (D) and Jared Moskowitz (D). It also...
President Trump will visit the Kennedy Center on Monday for a tour and to attend a board meeting weeks after overhauling the cultural institution's leadership and installing himself as its chairman. Trump is slated to visit the Kennedy Center at 3 p.m. EDT, according to the White House. The president in early February announced he...
President Trump said he will be speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday amid the push to end the war with Ukraine. “We’re doing pretty well, I think, with Russia,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday evening. “See if we have something to announce maybe Tuesday.” Trump also said “a lot...
