The new PBS Masterpiece series Marble Hall Murders is a sumptuously filmed “cozy” with an unthreatening structural complexity. The Viking Cruises crowd will eat it up with a Christofle spoon. Like its predecessors, Magpie Murders (2022) and Moonflower Murders (2024), the new show is based on a book by Anthony Horowitz, who returns here as […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) assured skeptical Senate Democrats during her confirmation hearing as President Trump's pick for U.N. ambassador that she is committed to engaging in the United Nations, saying it’s a priority venue to challenge China’s push for dominance on the global stage. Stefanik, the former Republican Conference Chair, is likely to get bipartisan support in...
Among the dozens of Biden-era executive orders he rescinded on day one, President Trump nixed one that aimed to explore new health care payment models that would lower prescription costs for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Trump rescinded former President Biden's Executive Order 14087, "Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans." He included this directive among those...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is launching “a crypto task force.” In a Tuesday press release, the SEC described the task force as “dedicated to developing a comprehensive and clear regulatory framework for crypto assets.” The agency also said that the SEC, alongside the task force, will work “to set the SEC on a...
Sunny Hostin, a former federal prosecutor for the Department of Justice who now co-hosts "The View" talk show, called President Trump a "DEI" hire on Tuesday. While "DEI" normally stands for "diversity, equity and inclusion," Hostin said that when applied to Trump, it actually stands for “didn’t earn it.” Pointing to Trump’s promise to make...
The Constitution page on President Trump’s White House website is showing a 404 error. “Page not found,” the site reads. Under former President Biden’s term, the website highlighted the history behind the creation of the Constitution and why the country has the set of guiding rules. Trump unveiled the new website Monday after taking office...
Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins, President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, on Tuesday hinted at an expanded health care delivery system after years of pressure to bring down costs and lower wait times for care for former service members. “At the end of the day, the veteran is getting taken care...
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) clashed during her confirmation hearing with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) over comparisons of Elon Musk’s gesture during an Inauguration Day speech to a Nazi salute. “What do you think of Elon Musk, perhaps the president's most visible adviser, doing two Heil Hitler salutes last night at the president's televised rally?” Murphy...
A bipartisan bill to allow proxy voting for members of Congress who are pregnant or with newborns is gaining momentum in the House, despite Speaker Mike Johnson's strong objections.
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the anti-government group the Oath Keepers, said it was a “good day for America” when President Trump pardoned him and other Jan. 6 defendants on Monday. “I think it’s a good day for America that all the wrongs are being undone,” he told News4. “None of them should have been...
Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Tuesday criticized President Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of individuals who were convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attach on the Capitol. “I don’t think that the approach of a blanket pardon that includes those who caused harm, physical...
Sen. Chris Coons suggested that there might be common ground with Congress and the attorney general to institutionalize reforms to the clemency process.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Tuesday said it was a “bad idea” for President Trump to pardon individuals who were convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Anybody who was convicted of assault on a police officer, I just can’t get there at all. I think it...
