Jihadis and cartels are targets of the new White House counterterrorism strategy, but so, too, are Antifa, Trantifa and other violent domestic left-wing anti-American groups.
The Justice Department opened a new legal war on the D.C. bar, suing to stop it from punishing Jeffrey Clark, who, while part of the department in 2020, helped craft President Trump's strategy for challenging the election results.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the need for cooperation among the world's two superpowers as they seek to stabilize a trade agreement and find common ground amid uncertainty over the Iran conflict.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is introducing legislation aimed at protecting congressional oversight powers, a year after a scuffle at an immigration detention facility in her home state resulted in criminal charges against her. The measure would “permanently codify the existing right of members of Congress to conduct oversight” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department...
President Trump signaled in his opening remarks at the bilateral meeting in Beijing on Thursday local time that he wants to do business with China and emphasized his friendship with Xi. He boasted about the size of the delegation he brought, which included prominent executives like Apple’s Tim Cook, Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Nvidia’s...
Frustrated lawmakers are looking to 2026 in the hopes that they can reclaim some of the power many fear they’ve ceded to the White House under President Trump. Over the course of 2025, the Trump administration unilaterally shuttered or drastically weakened federal agencies, implemented widespread tariffs, canceled congressionally approved spending and conducted military operations in...
Voters will head to the polls in next year's midterms to decide on a number of critical ballot measures. While most of the attention in 2026 will be on the fights for the House, Senate and governor's mansions, these measures are no less significant. From reproductive and transgender rights to agriculture, crucial policies will be...
Former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh (Ill.) on Friday decried the Trump administration’s immigration raids that were carried out throughout the Christmas holiday. “I did my best yesterday to turn off the news from Christmas Eve on and not think about anything and not tweet anything,” Walsh, a frequent critic of President Trump who became a...
An alleged victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday shared concerns about the Justice Department (DOJ) blowing past the congressionally mandated deadline to release all files tied to the late financier’s estate. “It still continues to be extremely upsetting. And I, like, have chills in my body thinking like, are they ever going...
Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell on Friday sent a letter to jazz drummer Chuck Redd denouncing his decision to cancel a planned show at the venue after President Trump's name was added to the building. "Your dismal ticket sales and lack of donor support, combined with your last-minute cancellation has cost us considerably. This is...
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is calling on the Trump administration to pause its plan to raise national park entrance fees, calling the move "discriminatory."
FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday said the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, D.C., will be “shut down permanently” after previously discarding plans to move the bureau's headquarters to Maryland. Instead, employees will report to the Ronald Reagan Building to occupy the former location of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which was...
President Trump on Friday complained about the Justice Department's ongoing focus on the case of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the department said it had discovered more than 1 million additional documents to review. "Now 1,000,000 more pages on Epstein are found. DOJ is being forced to spend all of its time on...
Police are investigating a potential heist after $400,000 worth of live lobsters was stolen from a truck transporting the seafood to Costco locations in Illinois and Minnesota. The shipment was picked up in Taunton, Mass., but never arrived at its final destination, according to Dylan Rexing, CEO of Rexing Companies. "This is a huge issue...
President Trump and his Cabinet officials leaned heavily into religious themes as they wished Americans a Merry Christmas, underscoring how the second Trump administration has embraced and promoted Christianity without hesitation. The theme carried into late Christmas Day, as Trump announced the U.S. had carried out airstrikes on "ISIS terrorist scum" in Nigeria, describing it as payback for...
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Friday it is launching an investigation into Seattle Children’s Hospital over its gender-affirming care for transgender minors, the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s attempts to end the practice nationwide. In a post on the social platform X, the HHS said the hospital had been referred to the Office of Inspector General for “failure to meet...
