"Judge shopping" is a strategy used by both the left and the right to strategically place lawsuits against the federal government with courts perceived to be sympathetic.
Recent discussions, as well as remarks made by President Donald Trump on the campaign trail, have included the proposal to eliminate the federal income taxation of Social Security benefits. That would be costly to the federal budget and the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds, accelerating their expected exhaustion dates, and it would favor higher-income retirees and […]
The Arkansas Department of Education and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will be working together to provide age-appropriate firearms safety instruction to students.
A new report outlines the degree to which the Biden administration injected DEI into the federal government as the Trump administration pushes to eliminate it.
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) called President Trump “out of his mind” after he pledged that the United States would plant the American flag on Mars and balance the federal budget before leaving office. “Mars, we’re going to Mars,” Durbin joked with ironic enthusiasm. Then he pivoted to Trump’s pledge to balance the federal...
House Democrats greeted President Trump’s return to Congress on Tuesday with a spirited series of disruptive protests – and a number of painful looks as they suffered through an address in which the returning president repeatedly cajoled and mocked them. All in all, it was an extraordinary display of partisan scuffling even by the standards...
President Trump praised Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s performance on the job during his address to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday. “We have Marco Rubio in charge. Good luck Marco. Now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong,” Trump quipped, receiving laughs from Rubio and others in the chamber. “Marco’s been...
President Trump criticized President Biden's policies during his speech to Congress, accusing him of having an "open southern border" and a "failed administration."
President Trump in his address to Congress touted receiving a letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier Tuesday amid an effort to smooth ties between Washington and Kyiv following an extraordinary clash between the two leaders in the Oval Office last week. “The letter reads, Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as...
President Trump on Tuesday said he’d welcome the people of Greenland to join the U.S. as he stressed that “I think we’re going to get” the self-governed Arctic territory within Denmark. "I also have a message tonight for the incredible people of Greenland. We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and if...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) urged President Trump to fire Elon Musk, wittingly quoting the leader’s remarks during his Tuesday address to Congress. “I agree with Donald Trump that an unelected bureaucrat should be fired,” Warren wrote in a post on X. “Let’s start with Elon Musk.” During Trump’s speech he condescendingly referenced Warren as “Pocahontas”...
The stock market has suffered through a two-day selloff after President Trump went forward with imposing steep new tariffs on Canada and Mexico. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday with a loss of 670 points, or 1.6 percent, as Trump's 25-percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods took effect. Trump also boosted tariffs on...
The General Services Administration (GSA) on Tuesday released a list of nearly 450 federal buildings it may seek to sell — including major real estate like the headquarters of the Justice Department, FBI and the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as federal buildings across the country. The list of 443 “non-core assets” comes as GSA...
Hardline House conservatives are signaling an openness to supporting a continuing resolution to keep the government open later this month — a notable shift from their usual stance against stopgaps that is changing the playing field for GOP leaders are they look to keep the lights on in Washington. For years, members of the House Freedom...
Conservative media figure Ben Shapiro launched a petition calling on President Trump to pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd. “We write to urge you to immediately issue a pardon for Officer Derek Chauvin, who was unjustly convicted and is currently serving a 22-and-a-half year...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday revealed he was behind a social media campaign involving nearly two dozen Democratic senators after tech billionaire Elon Musk offered a Tesla Cybertruck to the first person to provide "proof" of who wrote the script, which he called "propaganda." The social media campaign was launched Tuesday morning, with at...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that President Trump may announce a compromise with Canada and Mexico on Wednesday, the day after he imposed 25 percent tariffs on the two neighboring countries. Lutnick told Fox Business that he has spoken to the Canadians and Mexicans on the phone on Tuesday and that both countries told him...
