America is a beacon of freedom worldwide, yet the biggest threat to that freedom is a crushing national debt that has saddled future generations in the order of tens of trillions of dollars. The Trump administration is doing what it can to cut spending, but Congress is not yet on board. The evidence contained in […]
It’s time to get serious about civics. States must require that it be taught and learned. Teachers must be deeply grounded in it and prepared to teach it. Schools — elementary, middle, and high schools — must make time for it in their schedules. We need top-quality curricula that contain essential knowledge, impart vital skills, and don’t shy away […]
The recent “Saturday Night Live” cold open spoofed a reported clash between tech billionaire Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In the sketch, James Austin Johnson’s President Trump is in the Oval Office with Marcello Hernández’s Rubio, with the president telling his secretary of State that he “can’t have you fighting with Elon.”...
A Palestinian businessman is making a long-shot bid to lead a new governing body of the Gaza Strip, putting up an estimated $300,000 for lobbying services to influence Washington and the Middle East. The public relations push from Samir Hlaileh, the former CEO of an investment and development company, comes as President Trump and Arab...
The Trump administration has made drastic cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that threaten to impact weather forecasting and other key services provided by the agency. In the wake of the wave of dismissals this week, lawmakers and former officials raised concerns about potential damage to services ranging from extreme weather responses to...
Suspense over whether former Vice President Kamala Harris will jump into California’s 2028 gubernatorial race is effectively freezing the field in her home state as Democrats weigh potential successors for term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). Harris has shrugged off the chatter and has yet to signal her post-White House plans, but she’s nevertheless topping early...
Frustrations are growing as Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) wait to be confirmed as ambassador to the United Nations could stretch until April due to the House’s ultra-slim majority. Stefanik is facing a unique problem. Despite numerous international crises facing the U.S. and UN, she is considered more valuable in the House as lawmakers try to...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said the relationship between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky must be salvaged for the “good of the free world” in light of a tense back-and-forth between the two sides at the White House on Friday. “It has to be salvaged for the good of the free world...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should apologize to President Trump over Friday’s heated Oval Office showdown, expressing doubt over whether the Ukrainian leader wants to forge a peace agreement to end the war in Eastern Europe. The country's top diplomat told CNN's Kaitlan Collins the Kyiv leader should “apologize...
The head of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), the health system for millions of service members and their dependents, was forced to abruptly retire Friday, Reuters reported. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army who has served in her role since January 2023, “is beginning her retirement”...
The FBI is returning the property seized during the 2022 raid of Mar-a-Lago to President Trump, according to the White House. “The FBI is giving the President his property back that was taken during the unlawful and illegal raids. We are taking possession of the boxes today and loading them onto Air Force One,” White...
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) told Secretary of State Marco Rubio to “grow a pair” after the former senator defended President Trump after his heated meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington. After Friday's public spat between Zelensky, Trump and Vice President Vance, Rubio thanked the commander-in-chief for “standing up for America in a way...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wouldn’t apologize for the meeting with President Trump, which erupted into a remarkable and tense spat, arguing that the situation was bad for both countries. Fox News’s Bret Baier asked the Ukrainian president Friday evening if he would apologize for the meeting, which was expected to result in signing a minerals deal...
Media pundit Geraldo Rivera weighed in on the heated meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying during an interview that Kyiv’s leader walked into an Oval Office “ambush.” “I just could not believe what I was seeing. It's President Trump at his worst. President Trump as an ill-mannered bully insulting a war...
