Most Americans don’t see the value in a four-year degree in higher education, according to a new poll. An NBC News survey found 63 percent of people saying a bachelor’s degree is “not worth the cost because people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off,” while...
Since Governor Greg Abbott launched his campaign for re-election, he's been highlighting policies that could have wide-ranging effects on Texans. He's highlighted a new plan to provide property tax relief, and his words are a key part of the court battle over the state's congressional maps.
The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee said late Saturday they are seeking “full accounting” of an early September U.S. military attack against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean after a report alleged that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered U.S. troops to “kill everybody” aboard the vessel. “This committee is committed to providing...
A Russian drone strike killed at least three people in Ukraine’s capital early Saturday morning while wounding at least 29 others, according to The Associated Press. Two individuals were killed in Kyiv, while the other death occurred in the broader region, the Kyiv City Military Administration announced. The Kremlin strikes consisted of both missiles and...
The Trump administration proposed on Thursday to open up new oil and gas drilling off the coast of California, a move that had already been denounced by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). The administration also proposed opening to drilling an area in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, a plan that could rankle Florida Republicans. It proposes to hold...
House Democratic leaders hammered President Trump on Thursday after the president suggested a group of Democratic lawmakers should be executed for “seditious behavior.” Behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the Democratic leaders warned that Trump’s remarks, which targeted six Democrats with military or national security backgrounds, have put the lawmakers at risk of becoming...
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) on Thursday blasted a grand jury indictment Thursday accusing her of stealing $5 million in disaster relief funding and using some of it for her congressional campaign. “This is an unjust, baseless, sham indictment — and I am innocent. The timing alone is curious and clearly meant to distract from far...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon appeared at a White House briefing Thursday to address recent changes at her department, including shifting several programs to other federal agencies, and she called on Congress to make the changes permanent. “My purpose here is to speak directly to the American families, not just you, but to the American families,...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that President Trump does not want to execute members of Congress who urged the military not to follow unlawful orders, but that he wants to see them "held accountable." Trump earlier Thursday responded to a video made by six Democrats with military and intelligence backgrounds, calling...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) paid tribute Thursday to her late father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, as a great statesman who put country over party and as a loving father who inspired in his family a deep sense of patriotism. In her eulogy at her father’s funeral service, Liz Cheney recalled comments the late...
Under the directive of an intelligence program, the U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers to identify and arrest those accused of suspicious travel patterns. Drivers' license plates are scanned and recorded by a network of cameras, while an algorithm flags vehicles seen as suspicious based on their place of origin, their destination...
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday lashed out against a group of people in a TikTok video that flipped off President Trump. “Get off your fat a--,” Burchett said in a post on the social platform X. "I am tired of carrying you." Burchett’s post, which was highlighted by Mediaite, came in response to another...
A former FBI employee is suing the Trump administration after he says he was “summarily dismissed” for displaying an LGBTQ+ flag at his workspace. David Maltinsky received a letter from FBI Director Kash Patel stating that he was being removed over the inappropriate display of political signage, according to the lawsuit, obtained by The Associated...
President Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, will depart his position in January, the White House confirmed to The Hill on Thursday, as the president has renewed efforts to end Russia’s war against Kyiv. The White House did not provide any other details about the reasons for the departure of Kellogg, who elicited mixed...
Senate Democrats are introducing a bill to unwind a provision that would allow 10 of their GOP colleagues to launch lucrative lawsuits after having their phone records obtained by former special counsel Jack Smith. The “No Cash Grab Act” comes the day after the House unanimously passed legislation to strike down the provision included in the bill...
The September jobs report showed the U.S. added 119,000 jobs as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than six weeks after it was initially set to be published. Late Wednesday, a bill forcing the release of information related to the late sex...
