Have you been to a doctor recently? Or seen a nurse? Lucky you if your doctor or nurse graduated long ago! Americans’ trust in the medical profession has tanked...
Rep. Thomas Massie says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should step down after newly released files showed that Mr. Lutnick had more contact with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein than he had previously acknowledged.
Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee says the national fight over election-law changes really comes down to one issue: requiring proof of citizenship to vote.
House and Senate Democrats already have a long list of demands for keeping the Department of Homeland Security funded past Friday, but some have an extra caveat.
Congressional Democrats insist voter ID laws are a GOP scheme to suppress the minority vote, despite an overwhelming majority of Black and Hispanic Americans saying they want people to show a government-issued photo identification to cast a ballot.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) called the Senate “very corrupt” amid a partial government shutdown and in the wake of some recent tensions between the chambers of Congress. “I also have respect for our Speaker, and this is not directed at him. The Senate is very, very corrupt. Many of the Senators we would consider...
Bad Bunny is speaking out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), telling the Grammy Awards audience Sunday "we're not savages" and "ICE out." "Before I say thanks to God, I'm gonna say: ICE out," the "Dákiti" rapper said Sunday as he accepted the award for Best Música Urbana Album. "We're not savages. We're not animals. We're...
Portland, Ore., Mayor Keith Wilson (D) pushed for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to leave his city after federal agents used tear gas on protestors. “Today, federal forces deployed heavy waves of chemical munitions, impacting a peaceful daytime protest where the vast majority of those present violated no laws, made no threat, and posed no...
Grammys host Trevor Noah is mocking Nicki Minaj's support for President Trump, poking fun at the rap star's recent trip to the White House. After picking out some high-profile musical artists in the audience at the 68th annual Grammy Awards — including Pharrell Williams, Jelly Roll and Miley Cyrus — on Sunday in Los Angeles, Noah...
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday pressed the U.S. and Cuba to enter “a sincere and effective dialogue” following a recent rough patch in the two countries’ relations. “I have received the greatly troubling news regarding an increase in tensions between Cuba and the United States of America, two neighboring countries,” the pope said in a...
President Trump on Sunday announced that the Kennedy Center would be closed for a two-year restoration beginning in July. "The Trump Kennedy Center will close on July 4th, 2026, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of our Country, whereupon we will simultaneously begin Construction of the new and spectacular Entertainment Complex," Trump wrote in a...
A shutdown plan released by the Department of Transportation (DOT) on Thursday involves the furlough of more than 10,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) workers. The plan also states 13,835 air traffic controllers will not receive pay during the shutdown, which follows an extensive shutdown from late last year that put a strain on the U.S....
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) said Sunday that he would prefer the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) undertake a “robust” investigation into the leak of President Trump’s tax returns, days after the president sued the agency for $10 billion over the disclosure. “I don't doubt the federal government deserves to be sued. The problem is, we...
The House this week is racing to end a partial government shutdown that took effect on Saturday. The lower chamber will consider a massive funding package that includes five full-year appropriations bills and a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at preexisting levels for two weeks. The Senate passed the package last week. ...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Sunday he is not opposed to requiring that federal immigration officers wear body cameras, after Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) proposed such a measure last week. “I don't have a problem with that personally,” Johnson, the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, told host Dana...
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said the American Revolution has been “sanitized,” calling the war “dark and bloody.” “I think we have sanitized the war. And I — I think it's out of an understandable fear that if somehow we reveal how dark and bloody it is, that it will somehow diminish those big ideas in...
IBM Vice Chair Gary Cohn on Sunday praised President Trump’s decision to appoint Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve chair, touting him as a “traditionalist.” “I think we're very fortunate to have Kevin to be the nominee. Kevin has a unique background coming in as the chair. As you said, he was a member...
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that federal immigration operations in Minnesota shouldn’t have “excessive use of forces” amid controversy over the Trump administration’s immigration agenda. “The mission, I think, is to get violent felons out of the country. Most people support that. It's a president — the number one issue the president won the...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said Sunday he will vote to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress so long as the lower chamber also votes on holding Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt. “I will vote yes on contempt against them and anybody else, as long...
