In President Donald Trump’s first term farewell address, he spoke with pride about restoring restraint to Washington. “I am especially proud to be the first president in decades who has started no new wars,” he declared. And, indeed, he was the first president since Jimmy Carter who could make that claim. Trump may be both […]
President Trump will ask countries that want to join his "Board of Peace" to oversee Gaza to pay $1 billion for membership, according to reporting from Bloomberg and The Atlantic on Saturday. A draft charter seen by both outlets showed that Trump will serve as the executive board's inaugural chairman, who will approve which member...
European leaders on Saturday said the trade deal with the U.S. and the European Union is on hold after President Trump announced new 10 percent tariffs on Denmark and other European countries over his growing rhetoric to acquire Greenland. President of the European People's Party (EPP) Manfred Weber said that while there is approval over...
The U.S. military conducted a strike in northwest Syria on Friday that killed an Al-Qaeda leader with ties to an alleged ISIS gunman who killed three Americans in an ambush last month, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). CENTCOM on Saturday identified the deceased leader as Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, an “experienced terrorist leader” with “direct...
President Trump is facing scrutiny over his increasing demands for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, facing pushback from Danish and Greenlandic leaders, some Republican lawmakers and a majority of Americans. The president has frequently said the U.S. needs the island territory for national security purposes, citing the threat of Russia and China having access to...
A panel of federal judges on Tuesday lifted a ruling blocking Medicaid funding cuts for Planned Parenthood in multiple states. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a hold on an order from District Judge Indira Talwani that had prevented a law removing funds from Planned Parenthood from being enforced. The law in question...
Nearly half of Americans do not support President Trump’s efforts surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a new poll. When asked in The Economist/YouGov poll about their support for “the way Donald Trump is handling the situation with Russia and Ukraine,” 49 percent of respondents said they “somewhat disapprove” or “strongly disapprove.” Thirty percent of...
A Georgia judge dismissed dozens of racketeering charges Tuesday against protesters who rallied in 2022 and 2023 against a planned $115 million police and firefighter training site in Atlanta dubbed "Cop City." Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer determined that Republican Attorney General Chris Carr’s charges against demonstrators required permission from Republican Gov. Brian Kemp under...
Billionaire and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer (D) on Tuesday said the United States needs a single-payer health care system. "Bernie Sanders was right. We need single-payer health care," Steyer said in a video shared on social media. "In 2019, I didn't think we needed single-payer health care." Steyer said he thought the U.S. could...
The U.S. military conducted strikes against a convoy of alleged drug-trafficking boats in the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) area of responsibility, killing three “narco-terrorists" and leaving multiple survivors after others jumped overboard. The U.S. military targeted three purported drug-smuggling vessels on Tuesday, which were operated by a designated terrorist organization and were transiting in international...
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Wednesday released the transcript of the panel's deposition with former Special Counsel Jack Smith concerning his team's investigations and prosecutions of President Trump. Earlier this month, Smith's attorneys sent a letter to Jordan requesting that his closed-door deposition be made public. In the testimony, Smith defended his decision to bring charges against Trump...
A CNN reporter pressed YouTuber Nick Shirley in a segment that aired Tuesday night over his viral video in which he visits Minnesota day care facilities run by the Somali community, which he accuses of fraud. In the video, shared by Elon Musk and Vice President Vance this week, Shirley knocks on doors at various...
President Trump on Wednesday blasted Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for comments she made about U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents of Hispanic heritage only taking the job because of their financial situations. "[National Border Patrol Council President] Paul Perez and the Border Patrol have done a fantastic job, and so proud that more than half...
President Trump's administration has terminated a lease agreement with the National Links Trust (NLT), the Washington, D.C., public-private nonprofit that has overseen and operated the District's three municipal golf courses for the last half decade. News of the lease termination, which was confirmed by The Hill on Wednesday, notifies the NLT that it is in breach of its contract with...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) still has 5.2 million pages of files to review in the case of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Reuters reported Wednesday. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump, set a Dec. 19 deadline for the DOJ to release all documents it...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) voiced frustration with President Trump over his recent veto of legislation that intended to finish a project for sending water to southeastern Colorado. “This isn’t over,” Boebert posted on the social platform X late Tuesday in response to Trump’s veto, one of the first of his second term. In a statement...
Donald Trump is attempting to demolish the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, which contains the famous Social Security mural, while also enacting policies that threaten the Social Security system itself.
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, announced Wednesday that the body will hold hearings on fraud concerns within Minnesota’s social services programs in the new year. The first hearing is set for Jan. 7, with state Reps. Kristin Robbins (R), Walter Hudson (R) and Marion Rarick (R)...
