Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday declined to commit to releasing video of a controversial second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. “We're reviewing it right now to make sure sources, methods, I mean, it's an ongoing operation, [tactics, techniques and procedures], we've got operators out there doing this right now,” Hegseth...
To justify his policies, Trump is relying on a variant of an old fallacy. Instead of punishing individuals because they are members of certain organizations or nationalities, Trump’s rendition of guilt by association punishes an entire group of people because of the behavior of one of its members.
A new study from MoneyGeek researched health care across the U.S. and with one of their variables being the average life expectancy for every state in the country.
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki weighed in Thursday on the discourse around Pentagon media access, calling out the new "press corps" for consisting of mostly conservative influencers. "What is so interesting right now in Washington is what is happening with the Pentagon press corps. It actually surprised me what they did," Psaki, now...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday praised his conversation with special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner during a "long and substantive" call to further peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. "I am grateful for a very focused, constructive discussion," Zelensky wrote on the social media platform X. "We covered many aspects...
The stage is set and all 12 groups competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup have been drawn. And after a 24 hour wait, the organization has announced which nations will play in which stadiums. Prior to the draw, where President Trump was awarded the inaugural peace prize, the only predetermined stadiums were the three...
The White House on Friday posted a video of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests spliced with an altered clip of pop musician Sabrina Carpenter on "Saturday Night Live," days after using one of her songs in a similar video. The video, pulled from her Oct. 18 appearance on SNL, starts with Carpenter on stage...
President Trump on Friday celebrated the latest redistricting moves in Indiana, while pressuring several state senators to support a new map that could offer the GOP two more seats in the 2026 midterm elections. Trump called the updated map "much fairer" and "improved," and congratulated the Indiana General Assembly's GOP leaders for passing a new...
Democrats should unite behind popular policies to repair the damage caused by Trump's presidency and build a better future for Americans, including reducing tariffs, reforming the immigration system, restoring funds for clean energy projects, increasing affordable housing, reforming the tax system, and restoring funding for medical research and the FBI.
Federal authorities announced Thursday that an arrest had been made in the nearly five-year-long investigation of pipe bombs planted outside of the Democratic and Republican national committee officers the evening before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Brian Cole Jr., 30, was arrested at his home in Woodbridge, Va., and charged with transporting...
President Trump’s use of his clemency power is drawing criticism as he grants pardons and commutations that at times appear to contradict his agenda and focus largely on people charged or convicted during the Biden administration. Trump has spent much of his term criticizing former President Biden’s use of the pardon power, at times suggesting Biden’s pardons are...
While Trump has successfully closed the border and arrested thousands of the violent criminals who entered our country illegally, there is a perception problem growing for the Republican Party as operations continue.
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) sent a letter Wednesday urging Trump administration officials to ramp up oversight on large corporations' use of H-1B visas for foreign workers. In his letter, Gallego expressed support for high-skilled immigration programs that "spur economic growth that creates good-paying jobs for American workers." "At the same time, we must ensure such...
President Trump on Saturday took another swing at talks around rising prices and cost of living concerns, largely casting the blame for the "affordability crisis" on his predecessor. The president specifically took aim at analysis from stockbroker Peter Schiff, who appeared on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" recently, calling the guest a "Trump hating...
Last month, one of the kindergarten students I counsel as a social work intern was absent from class for most of the week. This student missed school Tuesday through Friday. On Friday, her teacher decided to call the student’s mom to see what was going on. The student had been sick, but her mother couldn’t...
