Democrats declared victory Tuesday in Wisconsin's high-profile state Supreme Court race after Judge Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel, defending the liberal majority on the bench and giving Democrats some bragging rights in a key swing state.
Would you feel safe booking a business trip through San Francisco International Airport? What about taking your family to Disney World through Orlando Sanford International Airport? If you feel comfortable making travel plans through either of these airports, then you have already demonstrated you are comfortable with privatizing airport security. Both SFO and SFB are […]
Democrats scored a critical win Tuesday in their first major test at the ballot box since President Trump took office in January. The elections came amid growing anger over the Trump’s administration’s immigration and economic policies, its handling of free speech, and the federal cuts made under Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The...
A Maryland bill to establish a commission to study reparations is moving forward, as the governor attempts to dodge questions about whether he supports the proposal.
President Trump on Wednesday announced he was imposing a 25 percent tariff on foreign-made vehicle imports, marking the latest escalation of his trade war against other nations. Trump said in the Oval Office that the 25 percent tariff would apply to "all cars not made in the United States." The tariffs will go into effect...
Canada is trying to persuade Americans to speak out against President Trump’s trade war by launching an ad campaign in 12 red-leaning states, pushing anti-tariff messages and reminding them that “nobody will win” with the approach coming from the White House. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said last week that the Canadian government started a...
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a class action complaint with a federal employment board, asking them to review the firings of employees who worked on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) efforts. The filing notes that two orders signed by President Trump stretched back to Election Day, targeting employees who worked on DEIA issues...
Presented by National Council on Aging {beacon} Tensions grow as breach consumes Washington SIMMERING TENSIONS threatened to boil over Wednesday as Washington was consumed for a third day by revelations that President Trump’s national security team had inadvertently given a journalist access to a chat group discussion about a planned bombing in Yemen. The...
Retired Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson on Wednesday said President Trump needs to hold Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accountable for the Signal group chat in which sensitive military information about a strike on the Houthi group in Yemen was discussed. Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic editor in chief, was inadvertently included in the chat, which also included...
Richard Grenell, the Kennedy Center's interim executive director appointed by President Trump following an unprecedented overhaul, says diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs are among the "common sense" cuts being made at the performing arts hub. "What my management is doing for the Kennedy Center is going through every department, questioning the number of people...
The Trump administration plans to end U.S. funding for Gavi, a global program that purchases shots to help vaccinate children in developing countries against some of the world’s deadliest diseases. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership that helps vaccinate more than half of the world’s children. Since its launch in 2000, the program...
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) holds a wide lead over the rest of the field in both the Democratic primary and a hypothetical general election in the New York City mayoral race, a new poll has found. The Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey showed Cuomo in front with 38 percent support, with New...
Democrats grilled Sean Donahue, President Trump’s pick as top lawyer for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on the agency’s attempts to terminate already issued climate grants during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) asked whether Donahue “had been a participant in meetings and discussions over trying to go after” the grant program....
Canada has barred electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla from all of its rebate programs and banned the Texas-based automotive company from future electric vehicle rebate programs over President Trump’s tariff back-and-forth with Ottawa. Canada’s transport minister, Chrystia Freeland, said in a Tuesday statement to Reuters that Tesla will not be eligible for the rebate program as...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said that the access of a Signal group chat including top Trump administration officials discussing a U.S. attack against Houthi rebels in Yemen by an editor for The Atlantic is “comparable to a butt dial.” “I have no — no good explanation for why Jeffrey Goldberg was added,” Cruz said on...
Republicans are trying to pass a bill to cut taxes by $4.5 trillion by reducing government spending by $2 trillion, including cutting Medicaid and SNAP by $800 billion, which would be a bad economic policy.
