The Washington State Department of Licensing probes the 2023 commercial driver's license issuance to an illegal immigrant following fatal Florida collision that killed three.
A judge found that Alina Habba was unlawfully serving in the role of acting U.S. attorney of New Jersey after President Donald Trump sidestepped typical processes to keep her in charge.
Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. André Bauer (R) is suspending his Senate campaign that sought to primary Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), saying he doesn’t want to further contribute to division in the country. Bauer, in a Friday post on social platform X, said he didn’t make the decision lightly and entered the race with a...
The Trump administration is looking for a $1 billion settlement with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), after pausing more than $550 million in research funds to the institution, a White House official confirmed to The Hill. The official confirmed the news first reported by CNN that the president is seeking the largest...
Donald Trump's desire to remove Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve is unlikely to alter Fed decision making or have a significant effect on financial markets, as the Fed is independent from politics and interest rate policy is set by the majority of the FOMC.
President Trump on Friday afternoon will meet separately with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, as the nations are expected to sign a peace deal to end decades of conflict. Trump will sign bilateral agreements with both nations to boost investment in the U.S. — just a day after his latest tariff rollout went into...
Republican National Committee (RNC) chair and North Carolina Senate candidate Michael Whatley argued Friday morning that Democrats have “learned absolutely nothing” since experiencing major losses in the 2024 election cycle. "Well, the Democrats have learned absolutely nothing coming out of 2024. They have doubled down on the same failed agenda that they ran," Whatley told...
A second bomb threat was reported at the Illinois hotel housing Texas Democrats who fled their state over the weekend, local police reported Friday. The St. Charles Police Department said in a press release it responded to a report of a possible bomb threat at 8:32 a.m. CDT on Friday at the Q Center. “The St. Charles...
The ranking Democratic members of two key House committees have written a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to express “great concern about the abuse of federal public safety resources” in response to reports that the FBI is helping Texas law enforcement track down Democrats who fled Texas to stop...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday that it would aim to hire 8,900 air traffic controllers through 2028 as part of the Trump administration's plan to “supercharge” recruitment and retention. But factoring in projected attrition from training, retirements and other departures from its current workforce, the agency said its hiring push would only yield...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Friday argued President Trump’s reputation is on the line as the world awaits pending secondary sanctions on Russia. “I believe that his credibility will be damaged if he fails to follow through today on this deadline. There is no excuse for succumbing to this Putin ploy,” Blumenthal said during an...
MSNBC pundit Joe Scarborough tangled with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) over recent cuts to Medicaid passed by Congress as part of President Trump's spending bill. During a discussion about the cuts on Scarborough's morning talk show, Lawler accused the Congressional Budget Office of "parroting is the same talking points being put out by the state...
A federal appeals court panel voted 2-1 Friday to scrap a judge’s probable cause finding to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for disobeying his order to turn around deportation flights ultimately destined for El Salvador. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled the administration was entitled to an intervention because...
