Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the department is cracking down on schools that reassign rather than fire teachers credibly accused of sexual misconduct.
When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy - a vessel that set a U.S. military record for uninterrupted time at sea, stirring concerns about supply shortages and deteriorating mental health among soldiers.
The details of the failed trade negotiations between the U.S. and Canada, which sparked tit-for-tat 50 percent tariffs on certain goods between the two countries, are now coming to light. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a Saturday evening interview with The New York Times that, before this weekend, officials had offered to reduce...
President Trump on Sunday claimed that Canada desires the “benefits of being a state, without being one” amid trade tensions between the U.S. and its northern neighbor. “Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!! They have also charged our great farmers, for many years, massive amounts of Tariffs. No more!!!” the...
reforms limiting the court’s ability to decide constitutional questions might empower the president far more than Congress, particularly if the president insists his ability to interpret the Constitution is just as authoritative as that of Congress or the court.
The Trump administration temporarily stopped construction on a controversial border security infrastructure project in Big Bend National Park. The move comes after bipartisan pushback to the plan.
How much oil is actually getting through the Strait of Hormuz? And is the reward for the Pentagon worth the resources it is expending? Those are some of the key outstanding questions as the Trump administration touts some success in steering tankers through a southern channel of the strait along the coast of Oman. The...
A legal maneuver repeatedly used by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to install acting U.S. attorneys without Senate approval may be inching closer to the Supreme Court. Two appeals court panels ruled last week the DOJ cannot sidestep the confirmation process by changing someone’s title or handing them the duties of the top prosecutor. It marks...
NAACP President Derrick Johnson bashed the Navy Friday following reports that it planned to rename an aircraft carrier, named after a Black WWII war hero, and had considered President Trump's name as a replacement. Johnson wrote in a social media post that the alleged talks surrounding the USS Doris Miller's name are “a slap in...
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) pushed the Trump administration to “consider the negative impact" that engaging in a tariff war with Canada may have on American constituents, straying away from some of her GOP peers. Republican lawmakers were split Saturday after negotiations between Canada and the U.S. fell through, causing the White House to impose a...
President Trump is attempting to block the BBC's efforts to subpoena his family members for the channel's defense in his ongoing $10 million defamation lawsuit. In Saturday court filings, Trump's lawyers wrote that the British broadcaster's attempts to subpoena the president's children — Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner — were “cynical” and a...
Negotiations between the United States and Canada fell through this weekend, causing the Trump administration to impose a 50 percent tariff on its northern neighbor. But Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney swiftly responded with his own retaliatory tariff on the U.S. The prime minister said during a Saturday press conference that Canada will “match Washington’s...
As public pushback to data centers boils over, politicians on both sides of the aisle are racing to distance themselves from the controversial facilities. Key swing state candidates are scrambling to endorse stricter data center policies and accusing their opponents of being too cozy with the industry, as Americans become increasingly hostile to the rapid...
The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced Friday new eligibility guidelines for mail-in ballots, complying with President Trump's March executive order restricting the practice — despite a federal court later striking it down. USPS's 95-page unpublished report, slated for an official release on Aug. 26, detailed how it would distribute mail-in ballots for November's midterms....
President Trump touted progress on the White House ballroom project on Saturday morning, a day after the Supreme Court temporarily permitted construction work to continue. “Tremendous work has been done on the magnificent BALLROOM/MILITARY COMPLEX being built on the grounds of the White House!” the president wrote on Truth Social, alongside a photo of the...
A proposed reform to index capital gains for inflation and expand exemptions for home sales aims to increase housing supply and stimulate economic growth.
