If DeepSeek is China’s open-source “Sputnik moment,” we need a legislative environment that supports — not criminalizes — an American open-source Moon landing.
President Trump will deliver a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, amid concerns over his recent foreign policy proposals, including the U.S. purchasing Greenland and taking over the Gaza Strip. Watch it live.
In February 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin was facing a choice: He could either be the Don of the Donbas and bag its riches, or he could become the Czar of Crimea and militarily dominate the Black Sea. So far, Putin has failed to do either. Although his armies continue to make incremental gains in Eastern...
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who served in President Trump’s first administration, said he was puzzled to hear the president lay out a proposal for the United States to take control of the Gaza Strip. "It wasn't him. It was not his language," Mulvaney said in an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill,"...
President Trump on Wednesday met with California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) at the White House, to discuss fire recovery and border security efforts. The Golden State was recently ravished by wildfires that destroyed Los Angeles homes and challenged local firefighters who combated flames amidst issues obtaining water. Wade Crowfoot,...
A group of former administrators of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) joined on Wednesday to issue a sharp rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency. In a joint statement, five former administrators who “served different presidents and voted for different political parties” stressed the global importance of the agency and...
National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) players who’ve reported abuse from coaches and staff are entitled to a $5 million fund after a Wednesday settlement with the organization following years of abuse. “For too long, the hardworking and talented women of the National Women’s Soccer League were forced to endure an unacceptable culture of abuse, harassment,...
Saikat Chakrabarti said he would initiate a bid to challenge former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the party primary for the seat she's held for more than two decades, citing concerns with new government regulations. In the post announcing his candidacy, he spoke about his time with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). "After serving as her...
Senate Democrats are bracing to stay in the chamber overnight to make the case against the nomination of Russell Vought to serve as the White House’s next budget chief, who is expected to be confirmed later this week. The Senate voted along party lines earlier on Wednesday to advance Vought’s nomination, clearing its procedural hurdle...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to testify next month at a House Oversight Committee hearing on sanctuary cities, his office confirmed Wednesday. Adams will appear alongside fellow Democratic mayors Brandon Johnson of Chicago, Michelle Wu of Boston and Mike Johnston of Denver, according to Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), who announced March...
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., has ordered a dozen cadet extracurricular and social clubs to immediately and permanently "cease all activities," with all affected groups centered on gender, race and ethnicity, the school acknowledged Wednesday. A memo dated Feb. 4 and signed by Chad Foster, deputy commandant at West Point, directed the...
The share of Republicans who say they want tech billionaire Elon Musk to have significant influence in the Trump administration has fallen substantially in the months since President Trump was elected. In The Economist/YouGov poll taken in the days after the November 2024 election, 47 percent of surveyed Republicans said they wanted Musk to have...
Aftershocks reverberated Wednesday from President Trump’s declaration the previous day that the United States should take “long-term ownership” of Gaza and that the Palestinians who live there should be moved. The position, outlined during the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened to upend the framework of U.S. policy in the region, which has been...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Democrats have appeared “surprised and flat footed” after actions taken by tech billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on the federal government. Earlier this week, Kinzinger said in a post on social platform X that he was “old enough to remember when we had 3...
