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...
Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) remarks during a Wednesday television appearance regarding President Biden's executive order limiting asylum at the southern border were "mistaken," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a Friday interview. Mayorkas was reacting to Johnson's comments during an interview with Fox News host Neil Cavuto in which Johnson told Cavuto that Biden...
The latest financial disclosures of Supreme Court justices were released on Friday, revealing tidbits such as a justice’s new rental property, hundreds of thousands of dollars in book royalties and even gifted concert tickets from Beyonce. Eight of the nine sitting justices’ 2023 disclosures were made public, while Justice Samuel Alito received a 90-day extension. ...
President Biden on Friday made the case for American democracy and its role on the world stage using the memory of veterans who stormed the beaches of France on D-Day 80 years ago. Biden delivered remarks from Pointe du Hoc, the 100-foot cliff in Normandy that Army Rangers scaled under gunfire to help turn the...
Federal prosecutors called their final witnesses in their case against Hunter Biden during his trial Friday as they attempt to prove that the president’s son lied on a form when purchasing a gun in 2018. Prosecutors called FBI forensic chemist Jason Brewer to the stand Friday. Brewer tested residue found on the leather pouch that...
George Conway, one of former President Trump's most vocal GOP critics, is giving liberals a piece of advice: "Laugh at him," and call him crazy. Conway joined comedian and senior "Daily Show" correspondent Ronny Chieng Thursday to discuss Trump’s recent guilty verdict in his hush money trial and the upcoming election. He argued that mainstream...
With inflation currently running above 3 percent, the Fed’s principal goal today should be to finish the job and ensure that inflation returns to its stated target.
Fifty-one percent of Americans say it is “morally wrong” for someone to change their gender, according to polling released Friday by Gallup that also found a majority of Americans oppose bans on gender-affirming care for minors. The findings, from a Gallup poll conducted in May, suggest contrasting views within the American public. “A slim majority...
The U.S. will resume the delivery of humanitarian aid through the Gaza pier in the coming days after bad weather damaged the causeway and halted operations. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, deputy commander of U.S. Central Command, said the causeway, the section that connections to the beach in Gaza, has been rebuilt and reconnected, allowing aid...
Uninsured rates among minority groups in the U.S. plunged between 2010 and 2022, according to reports released Friday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The increase in the number of insured people points to the impact of the Affordable Care Act, former President Obama's signature health law. The uninsured rate among...
If the past is prologue, the sentence will not be motivated by fairness or justice; it will be the harshest sentence Merchan can impose without risking reversal or the possibility that it will help Trump’s electoral prospects.
Vice President Harris's appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" this week was disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters. “15,000 children dead because of you!” a protester shouted at Harris on stage Tuesday night. “Stop the genocide!” “You’re a murderer!” another shouted. “Kamala Harris. Please stop sending money to Israel!” one said. Kimmel said the protesters were disrupting his...
The U.S. economy added 272,000 jobs in May, and the unemployment rate ticked slightly higher to 4 percent, according to new Labor Department data released Friday. The May jobs report was far hotter than the expectations of economists, who projected a gain of 185,000 jobs and no movement from the April jobless rate of 3.9...
