Whether the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who sadly withdrew her nomination for the post last week, or another qualified individual, the message from the Trump administration has already been made clear to bureaucrats at the global body that the United States will not be going along with radical […]
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is having a meeting with House Democrats Wednesday over their concerns surrounding the layoffs at the Department of Education, which she and President Trump have been vocal about trying to eliminate entirely. Rep. Mark Takano (Calif.) and at least ten other Democratic members will meet with McMahon at 9:30 a.m....
Five out of seven Colorado River basin states are failing to maximize a critical resource that could help alleviate the region’s longstanding water crisis, a new report found. Across all the states, just 26 percent of treated municipal wastewater is being reused, according to the research, released by the University of California Los Angeles, along...
Democrats celebrated after the liberal-leaning candidate won an election on Tuesday for a seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court, protecting the liberal majority on the bench.
Nearly all Americans blame the Kremlin’s leader Vladimir Putin for the Russia-Ukraine war rather than Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to a survey released Thursday. The new Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Ipsos poll found that 86 percent of Americans blame Putin for the three-year conflict in Eastern Europe. Roughly a third placed the blame on...
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) said it raised over $11.1 million during the month of February. The haul is an improvement from the committee’s January haul, which saw the House Democratic campaign arm raise $9.2 million. "The American people are angry and fed up with House Republicans’ crusade to enact the largest cut to...
A State Department spokesperson said Thursday that Ukraine and Russia are “just a breath away from a full ceasefire” after three years of war. “We are just a breath away from a full ceasefire, and then we can begin to talk about not just peace for a week or six months, but an enduring peace...
🔴 Plus: DOGE runs into GOP resistance {beacon} Tesla emerges as cultural flashpoint in DOGE era ELON MUSK's flagship electric vehicle (EV) company has become a focal point of debate over the Trump administration's government cutback campaign. Democrats have made a show of returning their EVs and celebrating Tesla's stock decline, while the White...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Thursday it would investigate “the transgender issue” of sports participation in the 2028 games, which are slated to take place in Los Angeles. “As I just said, we're going to create a task force that's going to look at the transgender issue and the protection of the female category,”...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the administration was giving New York City a 30-day extension for its congestion pricing plan and putting New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) “on notice.” “@GovKathyHochul — the federal government and @POTUS are putting New York on notice,” Duffy said Thursday in a post on the social platform X. “Your...
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to boost production of critical minerals in the United States and confirmed a deal to gain access to minerals in Ukraine was still on track. Trump signed the order behind closed doors at the White House. A spokesperson said the order would streamline permitting to allow...
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dismantle the Department of Education as much as she can, carving a path of legislative and legal fights to come. While the White House acknowledges the department cannot be fully eliminated without Congress, the order tells McMahon to do everything legally allowed...
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday that will begin the dismantling of the Education Department, kick-starting a campaign promise to shutter the federal agency. The Trump administration has already begun to gut the department, offering buyouts and laying off thousands of federal workers. The president has slammed the agency, calling for...
A push toward a "Golden Era of American Energy Dominance" could be delayed due to budget cuts and defunding efforts in the federal government, potentially causing delays in the development of new energy sources, such as advanced nuclear reactors and cold fusion.
Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams warned that vaccine skepticism has eroded the importance of herd immunity in light of the measles outbreak in Texas, and put some of the blame on Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In an op-ed published by CNN on Thursday, Adams wrote that the high...
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday announced three individuals are facing federal charges for allegedly attacking Tesla properties as protests and vandalism hit Elon Musk's electric vehicle company across the country. Calling the charges a "warning," Bondi said the three individuals are accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at Tesla dealerships in three different states in...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said all the critical functions of the Department of Education will remain ahead of President Trump signing an executive order to dismantle the federal agency. “The Department of Education will be much smaller than it is today. As you know, the president’s executive order directed Linda McMahon to greatly...
