The second Trump presidency is being shaped by corporate interests, with tech magnates like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos leading the charge, while Trump appointees such as Scott Bessent are bringing their wealth to the nation's capital.
President-elect Trump’s talk of taking over or acquiring Greenland is highlighting bipartisan talks about the need to increase security around the Arctic island and boost defenses in the region. The GOP views Trump’s desire for Greenland as a negotiating point for enhanced Arctic security linked to his strategy on confronting China. Trump has also discussed...
TikTok CEO Shou Chew thanked President-elect Trump on Friday for his commitment to find a solution that keeps the app available in the U.S., after the Supreme Court upheld a law requiring the platform to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban. “On behalf of everyone at TikTok and all our users...
A Georgia appeals court on Friday affirmed the dismissal of six counts in the state's 2020 election interference against President-elect Trump and his allies, upholding a trial judge's decision that the charges must be thrown out due to a lack of detail. "We find that the indictment fails to include enough detail to sufficiently apprise...
Republicans are fuming at the State Department after learning that recipients of funding from the legacy program to curb HIV/AIDS across Africa, PEPFAR, performed abortions in violation of U.S. law. U.S. officials told members of Congress that a review of PEPFAR-funded service providers in Mozambique had revealed that four nurses had performed 21 abortions since...
Republicans on the House Budget Committee are considering more than 200 potential budget cuts, tax breaks, tariffs and changes to programs like Medicare and Social Security in preparation for their wide-ranging reconciliation bill expected this year, according to a document shared with The Hill. The smorgasbord of policy options is broken down by committee, and...
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have pledged to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and NPR must seek to understand the reasons it is regularly targeted by reflecting on its name and story selection to reach a wider audience.
OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman clapped back at two Democratic senators' inquiry into his $1 million personal donation to President-elect Trump's inaugural fund, quipping Friday he was not subject to the same scrutiny for his past donations to Democrats. "[F]unny, they never sent me one of these for contributing to democrats..." Altman wrote Friday...
Gov. Brian Kemp (R) holds a 6-point lead over Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in a hypothetical match-up for the 2026 Georgia Senate race, according to an internal poll released Thursday by the conservative Club for Growth. The poll, conducted by WPA Intelligence, found 46 percent of respondents chose Kemp and 40 percent chose Ossoff when asked...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) took a swipe at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) Friday for his criticism over his administration's handling of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires. “Mr. Speaker, when Louisianans need help after hurricanes, it's Californians — many of whom have been impacted by these fires — who foot the bill to help your...
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch expressed concerns Friday that the divest-or-ban law targeting TikTok might not "achieve its goals." Gorsuch warned that foreign adversaries could ultimately turn to another application for surveillance of U.S. data if TikTok is no longer used in the U.S. "Whether this law will succeed in achieving its ends, I do...
President-elect Trump will use a Bible that was given to him by his mother, as well as the Lincoln Bible, for his swearing-in Monday. Trump’s late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, gave him the Bible in 1955 to mark his Sunday Church Primary School graduation at First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, N.Y., according to the Trump...
