Republicans are making mail-in voting a core part of their midterm battle plans — a sharp contrast with President Donald Trump’s efforts to abolish the practice as they scramble...
U.S. forces continue to ramp up their presence in the Caribbean. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the nation’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, is in the Caribbean. Numerous combat aircraft are now in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. U.S. drones continue to target alleged drug smugglers operating out of Venezuela while President Donald […]
Last week, President Donald Trump said, “I think the two Kevins are great.” Trump was referring to Kevin Warsh, a former governor of the Federal Reserve Board, the Fed, and Kevin Hassett, the head of Trump’s National Economic Council. The financial markets believe that Trump will select one of these two men as the next Fed chairman. At the moment, betting […]
The top-line numbers of the jobs report released Tuesday are mixed. The 64,000 jobs added in November beat the 40,000 expected, but they came on the heels of a net loss of 105,000 jobs in October, which were due to scheduled buyouts of 162,000 federal government workers that month. The unemployment rate also inched up […]
Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, is slated to co-host Fox News’s “The Five” next week in an effort to promote the release of her late husband’s book "Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life." The book was finished a month prior to...
Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) said Friday he will lift his remaining holds on President Trump’s nominees to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the department approved disaster recovery funds for his state. Budd had holds on Sean Plankey, who was nominated to be director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Pedro Allende,...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said President Trump’s voters may be an issue for the Republican Party during next year’s midterms because this “big pool” of people may not show up to vote without him on the ballot. “I think Republicans have an issue that Donald Trump has created a big pool of voters, but...
The two survivors of the early September boat attack by the U.S. military did not seem to radio for backup or appear to have other communication devices available after their vessel was struck, the top official overseeing the Caribbean operation told lawmakers during Thursday's classified, closed-door briefings, CNN reported, citing three sources familiar with the...
Amnesty International said Thursday the use of a confined space called the "box" at the migrant detention facility in Florida known as Alligator Alcatraz could amount to torture. The human rights organization said in a 61-page digital report that the box, a 2-by-2-foot cage located in Alligator Alcatraz's yard, keeps people restrained to the ground...
Vanity Fair will part ways with journalist Olivia Nuzzi, the reporter who wrote in a new book about a romantic relationship she says she had with Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a new report. Nuzzi's contract as a West Coast editor at Vanity Fair is set to expire at...
Vice President Vance shared a list of the three progressive politicians who he said, in an interview with NBC News published Thursday, he has come to appreciate. In a wide-ranging interview that touched on his marriage, his chances of running in 2028 and antisemitism in the United States, Vance said he has come to appreciate...
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release jury transcripts from Florida's investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith made the order in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires the DOJ to release all of its information on Epstein. President Trump signed...
The New Democrat Coalition on Friday urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign over an unclassified inspector General report that found he endangered service members by communicating about sensitive military intelligence in a Signal group chat. “Time and time again, the Secretary has lied, dodged, deflected, and shockingly scapegoated his subordinates,” New Democrat Chair Brad...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is expressing concern about Netflix's planned acquisition of moviemaker Warner Bros., saying the deal could raise major questions about antitrust and competitive imbalance. “This deal looks like an anti-monopoly nightmare," Warren said Friday in a statement. "A Netflix-Warner Bros. would create one massive media giant with control of close to half...
The Supreme Court on Friday took up whether President Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions are constitutional, adding another major confrontation with the president to the justices’ docket. Trump signed the executive order on his first day back in the White House, ending birthright citizenship for children born on U.S. soil if they don’t have at least...
