With a Democratic governor, Democratic mayors, Democratic city councils and a Democratic justice system, the progressives have darkened the land of perpetual sunshine.
President-elect Trump announced several new picks for White House positions in a series of Saturday Truth Social posts. Early in the evening, the incoming president said Steven Gill Bradbury would serve as the next deputy secretary of transportation. “For the entirety of my First Term, Steven served as the General Counsel of the Department of...
Democrats evaluated candidates for party leadership at their first virtual candidate forum on Saturday with a focus on the Southern region. The highly contested race for DNC chair forced contenders to address their landslide loss in November and share future plans for successful races. “In the last election, there were millions of Americans who didn't...
House Republicans have a problem. They want to pass a massive agenda for President-elect Trump, preferably in his first 100 days of office. And they don’t want to add to the federal deficit. That looks impossible. Trump’s agenda includes an extension of his 2017 tax cuts, with possible plus-ups that include no taxes on tips...
A report from the Senate Intelligence Committee offers a critical look at the CIA's handling of cases of unexplained health incidents, determining its approach hindered its ability to care for staff and alienated employees. The Friday report on anomalous health incidents (AHIs), previously referred to as “Havana syndrome,” found the CIA’s “evolving organizational position have greatly...
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) urged President-elect Trump to personally call House Republicans and urge them to back Speaker Mike Johnson’s bid to keep his gavel. “I strongly encourage Donald Trump to get on the phone with those five or six members who won't commit to voting for Mike Johnson because all this is going to...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected proposals Monday floated by President-elect Trump's allies to end the war in Ukraine, dealing a major setback for the incoming president's hopes to freeze the conflict. In an interview with Russian state-run media outlet TASS, Lavrov said Moscow has "not received any official signals regarding a settlement in Ukraine"...
The Biden Administration's efforts to debank, deplatform and unplug emerging tech industries, such as AI and crypto, have led to the creation of new words and the shuttering of businesses, while President-elect Trump and his newly appointed AI and crypto czar David Sacks aim to end these chokepoint operations and promote pro-innovation policies.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Panama John Feeley on Sunday said it would take a war for the United States to take back the Panama Canal. “To attempt to take it back today, I'd like to ask you, go find the MAGA constituency that's going to support another foreign war because that is what it would...
The Republican chair of the House’s tax writing committee called on Congress to quickly extend President-elect Trump’s 2017 tax cuts as Senate GOP leaders plan to move first on border funding. Senate leaders unveiled a plan earlier this month to use the first of two reconciliation bills to secure funding for border security and immigration...
The Biden administration proposed two rounds of new environmental protections for sites in the Western U.S. on Monday, beginning a process that would extend into the forthcoming Trump administration. The first protections announced apply to Nevada’s Ruby Mountains and would protect the range from mining for 20 years, beginning with a two-year segregation period during...
Norovirus cases are surging across the country this winter, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. There were 91 outbreaks reported by state health departments during the week of Dec. 5, up from 69 in the last week of November, according to the CDC. The highest number for the same period over...
Trump has many shortcomings, but the most serious may be this: He's a 20th-century curmudgeon in a 21st-century world. He appears ready to make America as unfit for these times as he is.
South Korean acting President Choi Sang-mok ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operation on Monday, a day after a fiery Jeju Air crash killed 179 people. Choi, who assumed temporary duties as president only on Friday, chaired a disaster control meeting on Monday, according to the country’s Yonhap News Agency. "To the...
Law enforcement authorities in South Korea requested an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol after being impeached two weeks ago for his martial law decree on Dec. 3 that shook the nation. Authorities are investigating whether his actions that day amounted to rebellion. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials confirmed to The Associated...
