Trump canceled the Nidal Hasan firing squad execution livestream, but victims' families will still be able to witness the Fort Hood shooter's scheduled death.
With the federal government's annual deficit reaching $2 trillion in 2026, three bipartisan House-passed anti-fraud bills are currently awaiting Senate action during the lame duck session.
School start times have taken center stage in the fight surrounding permanent daylight saving time. Senators concerned about kids walking to school in the dark are holding the line against legislation — passed by the House and vocally backed by President Trump — that would halt the semiannual clock-changing. And while those who want permanent...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will examine the reach of a decades-old privacy law designed to protect video rental records in a case that could shape current and future lawsuits over digital tracking tools. The justices are weighing whether the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) protects consumers who subscribe to any of a company’s products or only those...
A growing number of Senate Republicans are criticizing President Trump’s surprise deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import 2.2 million tons of Russian diesel into the U.S. market. At least eight Republican senators have expressed public concerns over the deal, which would pave the way for the United States to import hundreds of thousands...
Elon Musk is jumping back into the political fray, reviving his role as a massive election spender and technology leader with a seat at the table again in Washington. Following a brief hiatus from President Trump’s orbit last year, Musk’s latest appearances in D.C. and influx of election cash signals he still has an appetite...
President Trump is breaking a more than two-decade-long tradition of welcoming a key group of international election observers to monitor the midterm contest, drawing criticism for discouraging democratic transparency. The U.S. has routinely invited election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to observe and report on midterm and presidential contests...
The White House has signalled a potential reversal of course after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood shooter, prompting bipartisan outcry. President Trump has publicly sent mixed signals on the plan, while privately telling one confidant it “might not...
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R) and state Rep. Josh Turek (D) squared off in a heated second and final debate for the open Iowa Senate seat on Tuesday. The pair, who clashed in their first debate last week, are locked in a toss-up race for outgoing Sen. Joni Ernst’s (R) seat in the upper chamber. Election forecasters have moved the race in...
President Trump flew Tuesday to Wasilla, Alaska, to help Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) energize voters, as he faces a tight reelection race against former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska). Peltola has been leading Sullivan in the polls for much of the fall, according to the Decision Desk HQ polling average. Trump, in his sixth trip to...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Interior asks court to let it reassess wind approval The Trump administration is asking a federal court to reassess a prior approval of a nearly-completed offshore wind farm, an escalation of the administration’s attack on wind energy that’s raising questions about an infrastructure deal...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday made a reference to a 1812 U.S.-British battle in which forces from the United Kingdom were victorious. “On this day in 1812,” Carney said in a post on the social platform X that also featured a photo of a small sculpture of what appears to be a British...
