I’m not questioning that food safety, fair wages or regulations — where reasonable — are important, but lawmakers must take into account the combined cost of these worthy goals.
One of the nation's largest gatherings of socialists on Saturday launched the recruitment of left-wing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the 2028 presidential race.
Calling races on election night may be becoming routine for prediction markets. Convincing Washington they belong in the financial system may be a much tougher bet.
Recent midterm elections resulted in a significant rebuke of the Trump administration, prompting criticism of unfulfilled campaign promises from both former allies like Tucker Carlson and Vice President JD Vance.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said there is no need for an investigation into the ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday, instead highlighting the need for “investment.” “We don’t really need any investigation … we need further investment,” Johnson said during an interview with Fox News’s Saturday in America. “I...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) hinted that he could leave the Democratic Party if Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is elected as the Senate Majority Leader. “Yeah, absolutely, it would be troubling if my caucus elects someone like Van Hollen that has really made his name being very anti … hostile to Israel,” Fetterman said when...
President Trump this week declared the war in Iran “effectively over” militarily and “won” by the U.S. But he did so as American taxpayers are footing the bill for billions of dollars in operational costs to keep the country’s troops at the ready overseas. The war is no longer making top headlines, and firing between...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s (N.Y.) allies are predicting he will get more than 40 votes in his leadership contest against Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) while slamming the challenge as a “distraction.” That would be an overwhelming majority of the Senate Democratic caucus, which will have at least 55 members and possibly 56 if...
Democrats have spent the first half of the second Trump presidency openly questioning how Elon Musk has wielded influence over the federal government. Soon, they will have the chance to ask him directly. Fresh off a sweeping victory in the midterm elections, Senate Democrats are keen to use their new majority to investigate Musk and...
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is projected to win the Alaska governor’s office, becoming the first Democrat to win the office in more than 20 years, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state lawmaker, defeated Republican Bernadette Wilson and two others in the Last Frontier’s four-way, ranked-choice general election. DDHQ projected the race for Kreiss-Tomkins,...
Air Space Intelligence (ASI), the company behind a recently deployed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) AI tool, denied any link to the nationwide ground stop issued Friday afternoon. “The current ground stop is not based on or a result of the SMART system, any product of ASI or our integration with FAA and ATC,” the company...
Trump administration officials reupped their calls for a multi-billion-dollar investment into updating the U.S.'s "incredibly old" air traffic control systems, calling out Congress for "[kicking] the can down the road" on improvements they argued could have prevented Friday night's nationwide ground stop. “What we have is an incredibly old air traffic control system,” Transportation Secretary...
The nationwide ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration Friday afternoon has been lifted, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed. "At 8:15 tonight Eastern Time, we've opened up the airspace," Duffy said to reporters in the White House briefing room during a press conference that began at around 8:30 p.m. EST. Duffy added that, although...
President Trump plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China next week, marking the first-ever trilateral meeting between the three leaders. Trump will be in Asia for The Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in the Philippines and...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio promoted an inspirational view of the United States during remarks at a conservative law conference Friday, invoking the image of a country where an ambitious attitude binds Americans — striving toward living up to the founding ideals Rubio’s off-script remarks, which followed a keynote address during the annual conference of...
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will hold a press briefing at the White House on Friday night to provide an update on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) nationwide ground stop. “The @FAANews [FAA] issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route...
