PITTSBURGH — Despite having moved away for nearly 20 years, when you’ve called Pittsburgh home for any length of time, two things often happen: You want to come back to raise your children, and you want to be part of something, big or small, that makes it better. Bill Demchak wanted to do both, and […]
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that she believes more members of Congress are guilty of conduct “similar” to what Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) have been accused. “Congress is no place for that type of behavior. But I have to tell you, it’s a lot more prevalent. I think...
New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman said Monday that Americans are “confused” by President Trump’s plans to wind down the war with Iran, as the conflict reaches 32 days on Tuesday. “What exactly the endgame here is hasn’t been articulated,” Haberman, who has covered the White House dating back to Trump’s first term, told host...
Sheriff Chad Bianco (R), one of the Republicans running in the California gubernatorial race, paused his investigation into election fraud allegations on Monday, as he faces mounting legal challenges, including from California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D). Bianco, of Riverside, Calif., told The Los Angeles Times that his investigation was put "on hold ... because...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said the U.S. military looks “to be unpredictable” in putting American troops on Iranian territory amid speculation of a U.S. ground invasion. “We’re not going to foreclose any option,” Hegseth said during a Pentagon briefing when asked to respond to criticism from those who support President Trump but don’t...
The White House is maintaining its support for Casey Means to be the next U.S. surgeon general one day after President Trump said he was open to withdrawing her nomination. Trump said over the weekend that he did not know how Means, sister of White House senior adviser Calley Means, was doing in the nomination...
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) on Monday signed the state’s first income tax on residents making more than $1 million annually. The “millionaire’s tax,” which advanced by the state Legislature last Wednesday and will impose a 9.9 percent annual tax on qualifying earners, is expected to boost the state’s budget by $4 billion. The funds...
California Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla sent a letter Monday to top immigration officials, requesting more information on data sharing between the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a woman was arrested in front of her child at San Francisco International Airport last week. “The reporting following this...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson broke with her two fellow liberal justices Tuesday as she dissented alone from the Supreme Court’s decision backing a challenge to Colorado’s “conversion therapy” ban. “To do anything else opens a dangerous can of worms,” Jackson wrote in her 35-page dissent. “It threatens to impair States’ ability to regulate the provision...
Attorneys for Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) are warning the FBI against releasing files in a decade-old case related to an investigation into a Chinese spy. The cease and desist letter comes amid reports FBI agents and other personnel in California have been directed to gather and redact sensitive information from documents in preparation for sharing...
The Iranian military struck a Kuwaiti oil tanker off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday morning, just a day after President Trump issued a stark warning against such a move. The Dubai Media Office said in a Tuesday post on social platform X that there were no reported injuries or oil leaks...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters on Tuesday morning, in the fifth week of the Iran conflict, that regime change "has occurred" in Iran and echoed the president in pushing U.S. allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at allies over their reluctance to help secure Iran’s Strait...
President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at allies over their reluctance to help secure Iran’s Strait of Hormuz, telling them to either buy U.S. oil or get it themselves from the critical waterway. “All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to...
