Google Maps users in the U.S. will now see “Gulf of America” displayed over the body of water that was once labeled the “Gulf of Mexico.” Users in Mexico will still see the name “Gulf of Mexico,” and users elsewhere in the world will see both names, written as “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).”...
President Trump expressed confidence that Democrats will help Republicans extend his 2017-era tax cuts, despite the minority party showing no interest in helping with the president’s agenda. The president also suggested Democrats could help raise the debt limit after he previously called on Republicans to not allow them to use the debt limit, which will...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday the United States is walking away from “dumb” foreign aid, not from foreign aid entirely. “We’re not walking away from foreign aid,” Rubio said in an interview on SiriusXM’s “The David Webb Show” with guest host Scott Jennings. “We are walking away from foreign aid that’s dumb,...
President Trump said Monday he would consider withholding aid to Jordan and Egypt if they do not agree to take in Palestinians as part of a plan for the U.S. to take over and develop the Gaza Strip. “Would you withhold aid to these countries if they don’t agree to take in the Palestinians?” Trump...
President Trump on Monday suggested he might end a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas if all hostages being held in Gaza are not released by the end of the week, warning that if the deal does not go through, “all hell is going to break out.” “As far as I'm concerned, if all of...
Monday brought another legal setback for President Trump and his administration — and there is every indication it will add more fuel to the fire of MAGA grievances against the judiciary. The issue was federal spending and the new president’s desire to freeze huge swathes of it. U.S. District Judge John McConnell complained that the administration...
President Trump said he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping since his swearing in last month, suggesting they have spoken in the days since he imposed tariffs on Beijing. “I happen to like him a lot, President Xi,” Trump said. He replied, “Yeah, I’ve talked to him,” when Fox News’s Bret Baier asked if...
President Trump on Monday named Richard Grenell, his envoy for special missions, the interim executive director of the Kennedy Center days after he named himself chair of a new board. “I am pleased to announce that Ric Grenell will serve as the Interim Executive Director of The Kennedy Center. Ric shares my Vision for a...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Monday he thinks the courts should let the Trump administration and Congress do their work as they continue their efforts to reshape the federal government. Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Johnson expressed support for the work that President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk are doing through the...
Some forest management projects that aim to mitigate wildfie risk are among the projects that have been halted under President Trump’s executive order to freeze spending. In a letter to the Trump administration on Monday, 14 Democrats wrote that they were hearing from constituents that “the Bureau of Land Management has issued stop work orders”...
A Russian diplomat said Monday that a Ukraine war peace agreement won't be reached unless Russian President Vladimir Putin’s conditions have been met, according to multiple outlets. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said any peace deal must include end-of-war terms that were set forth by the Russian president in mid-June, including the relinquishment of NATO aspirations from Ukraine and troops being taken out of mainly Russian-controlled...
Democrats rallied against billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, who also heads up President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), outside the Social Security Administration’s headquarters in Baltimore. Democrats from both chambers gathered to sound alarm after a judge temporarily blocked Musk and DOGE personnel from gaining access to the Treasury Department’s sensitive payment system. “We...
