Polls suggest that Democrats might return to power in Congress, winning both the House and the Senate. If so, California is a warning about what deep-blue control looks like.
President Trump announced Saturday he approved new fuel economy standards that eliminate an electric vehicle (EV) mandate introduced under the Biden administration. The 2024 EV mandate aimed to facilitate the transition from gas-powered to EVs by setting new pollution standards for automakers' vehicle fleets, which were intentionally difficult to meet without introducing new electric or...
Former Kennedy Center employees accused the iconic performing arts venue's leadership in a letter to Congress of halting planned waterproofing repairs earlier this year. In the Thursday letter, David Seide, an attorney representing the whistleblowers, shared internal documents which he said challenged the Kennedy Center board's claims that these leaks constituted the venue's immediate closure. ...
President Trump rejected a new seven-day proposal from Iran Saturday morning to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt military operations in the ongoing conflict between Tehran and the U.S. “They want to make a deal, and I think that’s fine,” the president told reporters at the White House. “I like making a deal, too, but...
Pollsters and independent handicappers are increasingly convinced that Democrats aren’t experiencing an artificial “sugar-high” in polling but that multiple metrics are right now pointing to a good midterm environment for the party. The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report became the latest independent forecaster this week in predicting that Republicans looked poised to lose the...
A fresh wave of conspiracy theories is rolling through social media across the country following Saturday night’s attempted assassination of President Trump at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner. The unfounded theories largely capitalize on short video snippets of those in the room and initial breaking news reports filed moments after a gunman tried to breach a ballroom at...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday called White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt a “stone-cold liar” after she blamed Democrats for the Saturday shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. “I think that what's interesting to me, as you pointed out, is that the so-called White House press secretary, who's a disgrace,...
The decision by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending giving infants a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth is likely to lead to hundreds of more infections, worse health outcomes and millions of dollars in higher costs, according to new research published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. The CDC in December approved the change to longstanding practice following...
The Trump administration will pay two energy companies to abandon their offshore wind ambitions and invest in fossil fuels instead. The Interior Department announced on Monday that it would issue a refund to Global Infrastructure Partners, which is part of BlackRock and Golden State Wind, for the money they paid for the opportunity to build...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is standing by his promise to use “maximum warfare” in the battle over redistricting, even following Saturday’s shooting at a press gala where President Trump was in attendance. In the wake of the shooting, a number of conservatives have hammered Jeffries’s choice of language, saying the Democratic leader was...
Weijia Jiang, the president of the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA), said Monday that the Washington Hilton donated roughly 2,600 meals that went unserved after the association’s annual dinner was cut short Saturday by a gunman. Jiang wrote on the social platform X that hotel staff “freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf...
The suspected gunman involved in Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner is slated to appear in court Monday. Early indications are that likely he was targeting President Trump and other top officials. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt added a press briefing to the schedule; she'll appear in the briefing room...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday that the security at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner appeared “lax,” recounting the night during a Fox News interview on Monday morning. “I can tell you, from a layman's perspective, it did look a little lax in terms of, as everyone's now noted, getting into the building....
The U.S. military killed three “narco-terrorists” in a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Sunday, U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) claimed on social media. In a video posted on social platform X, the command showed a boat moving across the water for several seconds before it exploded into flames. Southcom repeated...
First lady Melania Trump is calling on ABC to punish comedian Jimmy Kimmel over a sketch during which the late-night host joked that she had the "glow" of an "expectant widow." Kimmel's sketch aired on Thursday evening, just two days before a shooting outside the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, where authorities say an...
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow on Monday, with the two countries reaffirming their deep ties and pledging to work together amid Tehran's war with the U.S. and Israel. Putin said Moscow “intends to maintain” its strategic relations with Iran, Russian state-owned media TASS reported, adding that Russia is...
FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday said security at future White House Correspondents Association dinners will look “entirely” different following a shooting at the Washington Hilton Hotel this weekend. Journalists and attendees raised concerns about the lack of vetting for guests at this year’s event, including the absence of magnetometers, ID checks and requests to...
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a case that could curtail antipesticide lawsuits — an issue that pits the Make America Healthy Again movement against the Trump administration. The high court agreed to take up the case earlier this year after a request from Monsanto, maker of the frequently litigated weedkiller Roundup. Listen to the...
