President Trump announced Saturday he approved new fuel economy standards that eliminate an electric vehicle (EV) mandate introduced under the Biden administration. The 2024 EV mandate aimed to facilitate the transition from gas-powered to EVs by setting new pollution standards for automakers' vehicle fleets, which were intentionally difficult to meet without introducing new electric or...
Former Kennedy Center employees accused the iconic performing arts venue's leadership in a letter to Congress of halting planned waterproofing repairs earlier this year. In the Thursday letter, David Seide, an attorney representing the whistleblowers, shared internal documents which he said challenged the Kennedy Center board's claims that these leaks constituted the venue's immediate closure. ...
Former President Trump will meet Thursday with a group of Senate Republicans in Washington, D.C., sources confirmed to The Hill. The former president will be in the capital for a discussion hosted by the Business Roundtable. Following that meeting, he will sit down with GOP senators for what officials said will be a policy-focused talk...
President Biden will hold an early Juneteenth celebration Monday evening with headliners Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle, known as the “Empress of Soul” and “Godmother of Soul,” respectively. Observed each June 19, Juneteenth has grown into a national commemoration of freedom for Black Americans. The holiday began as a regional remembrance of the day in...
The number of United States millionaires grew by around 500,000 last year, outpacing other countries in the process, according to a new study. The U.S. population of "high-net-worth individuals" grew by 7.3 percent and now sits with over 7.4 million, according to a recent report from Capgemini. In 2022, there were 6.9 million. Capgemini, a...
Ukraine says it targeted and destroyed one of Russia’s most advanced fighter jets in a strike over the weekend. The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Agency announced the strike Sunday, saying that it targeted Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jets over the weekend in the Akhtubinsk airfield, which is 360 miles behind the front line of the conflict. The...
Lobby groups representing water utilities, as well as the chemical and manufacturing industries, have filed court challenges to a Biden administration rule that seeks to limit the presence of toxic chemicals in drinking water. The American Water Works Association and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies filed a petition on Friday challenging new drinking water...
Curious what was in President Lincoln’s pockets on the day of his assassination? The contents — along with some 120 historical artifacts — are now on public display at the Library of Congress for the first time. The inaugural exhibit, “Collecting Memories,” in the brand-new David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery is set to open on June...
If Biden really wanted to end the crisis, he could make a big step toward doing it by restoring the previous administration’s border measures and terminating his own measures that encourage illegal immigration.
Moderates committed to compelling goals, like peace in the Middle East, cannot succeed as long as they are allied with radicals committed to war. This political lesson holds as much in the tunnels of Gaza as it does on the campuses of American universities.
The White House on Monday seized on reporting that Republican lawmakers are preparing to extend tax cuts from the first Trump administration and lower rates for corporations if the GOP wins control of the White House and Congress in November. In a memo from deputy press secretary Andrew Bates, the White House cited a Washington...
A majority of American Jews support President Biden’s reelection campaign and say they trust him over former President Trump to combat the “serious” problem of rising antisemitism, according to a survey published Monday. The American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) 2024 survey of American Jewish Opinion — conducted March 12 to April 6 — shows Jews largely...
