It's great that Gov. Kathy Hochul now means to opt New York into the federal school-choice scholarship program — a win for schoolchildren at no cost to the state...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is rallying fellow Democrats in a new “Dear Colleague” letter for a battle royale on the Senate floor over $1 billion in proposed funding for President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom that’s tucked into a $72 billion Republican-drafted budget reconciliation package. Schumer is planning to turn the Senate floor...
President Trump arrived at his Doral golf resort on Sunday, as the PGA Tour returned to the venue for the first time since 2016. The president was caught on camera in a spectator suite during the Golf Channel broadcast of the final round of the Cadillac Championship. He was joined by his son, Eric Trump,...
Democrats see an opening ahead of the midterm elections with increasingly disappointed Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) voters. Many activists in the MAHA base are furious with the Trump administration over its backing of a controversial weed killer and pesticides more broadly. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s defense of those moves...
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Sunday that there are no “timeouts” when it comes to the 60-day War Powers Act deadline. “The language of the statutes — is, does not provide for timeouts like in a football game. From the day you begin — 60 days...
Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Sunday criticized the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany following a public spat with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Last week, the German chancellor had said that Washington was being “humiliated” by Iran amid the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in remarks condemned by Trump. Crow said,...
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said Sunday that the U.S. “hasn’t finished the job” in the conflict against Iran, which just recently passed the two-month mark. “Well, it’s anybody's guess at this point, I think the United States holds a great advantage here, but it hasn't finished the job that was started,”...
Arguments between flight attendants and passengers have gone viral, with flyers upset they have to sit crowded at the back of the plane, even when there's an empty row right in front of them. Here's why.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) sought another grand jury indictment of James Comey because acting Attorney General Todd Blanche wants to stay in the post full-time. Schiff told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the DOJ sought the indictment, which a grand jury in the...
Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff (Calif.) said Sunday that both parties are to blame for Congress not asserting its authority to declare war over the last two decades. “Both parties have fallen down on the job in terms of asserting Congress's war power,” Schiff told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” The California Democrat...
White House National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday said he was “very involved” in the Trump administration’s potential plan to bailout Spirit from financial despair but said legal teams ruled out the possibility of a lifeline for the company. “It's something that I was very much involved in. We were aware that,...
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Sunday left the door open to not backing acting Attorney General Todd Blanche if he is nominated to the official post over his position on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) under Blanche filed a motion to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions...
White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday said that energy shocks from the Iran war will affect airline profits for at least a quarter. “Certainly, it'll affect profits for the airlines for a quarter or so, but they're very, very healthy right now,” Hassett said following Spirit Airlines’ decision to cease operations....
