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Trump appears at White House briefing one year since inauguration

President Donald Trump made a rare appearance Tuesday at a White House press briefing on the 1-year anniversary of his second inauguration as president.

Nashville artists praise Trump’s no-tax-on-tips policy one year into presidency

Nashville artists and bartenders praised President Donald Trump's elimination of taxes on tips during his first year back in office, according to Rep. Andy Ogles.

DOJ serves grand jury subpoenas to Minnesota Dems in investigation of ICE obstruction: sources

Sources told Fox News that the Justice Department served grand jury subpoenas to five Minnesota government offices in a probe of alleged ICE obstruction.

Democrat senator accuses Trump of ‘declaring war’ on Minnesota with Insurrection Act threat

President Donald Trump is mulling turning to the rarely used 1807 Insurrection Act for Minnesota ICE operations. The executive power has only been triggered 30 times in history.

Supreme Court keeps nation waiting on Trump tariff decision, releases 3 lower-profile opinions

The Supreme Court leaves Trump tariff challenge unresolved while delivering three rulings in lower-profile cases.

Coast Guard paints grim picture of search for Dec. 30 boat strike survivors

The U.S. Coast Guard painted a grim picture Friday of its ongoing search for the survivors of a Dec. 30, 2025, strike on an alleged drug-trafficking convoy in the Pacific Ocean that the military said killed at least three people. The Coast Guard said Friday that it is coordinating the search with multiple vessels, including...

Off-duty ICE officer shoots, kills man firing gun near his Los Angeles home, DHS says

An off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Wednesday allegedly shot and killed a man following a confrontation outside the officer's home in Los Angeles. "On December, 31st, an off duty ICE Officer bravely responded to an active shooter situation at his apartment complex," DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to The...

Tesla falls behind

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story BYD overtakes Tesla as world's top EV seller China’s BYD overtook Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) seller in 2025, as Tesla faced declining sales for a second year in a row. © Aaron Favila, Associated Press BYD said Thursday that it sold about...

Offshore wind companies challenge Trump anti-wind orders

The Trump administration’s latest attempt to block offshore wind turbine construction is meeting with a pushback in the courts. In December, the administration suspended the authority of five major offshore wind projects to build in federal waters. It did so by pausing leases granted to them by the federal government allowing for the use of the ocean,...

5 takeaways from Mamdani’s start as NYC mayor

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) proclaimed a “new era” as he took the helm of the country’s largest city on New Year’s Day.  Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose star rocketed last year, was publicly sworn in on the steps of City Hall, where he addressed a crowd of thousands in a sweeping inauguration speech...

Top Democrat calls on Trump to expand oil tanker seizures to target Russia

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Friday called on President Trump to expand the administration's seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers to tankers coming from Russia. "He’s been using our military to interdict oil tankers because there is this ghost fleet that helps keep Venezuela’s regime alive," Coons told Jonathan Lemire of "Morning Joe" on MS NOW....

Grenell says ‘Wicked’ composer’s Kennedy Center cancellation ‘totally bogus’

Kennedy Center interim President Richard Grenell dismissed reports Friday that "Wicked" composer Stephen Schwartz canceled his upcoming performances at the venue, saying he had never signed a deal to perform under the new leadership. "The Stephen Schwartz reports are totally bogus," Grenell wrote on the social platform X. "Shame on the woke high school reporters...

Swalwell says he’ll strip driver’s licenses from ICE officers who wear masks if governor

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) vowed Wednesday that if elected governor he'd strip driver’s licenses from federal immigration officers wearing masks in California.  “If the governor has the ability to issue driver’s licenses to people in California, if you’re going to wear a mask and not identify yourself, you’re not going to be eligible to drive...

Greene: Trump threatening troops in Iran ‘everything we voted against in ’24’

Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Friday slammed President Trump’s threat to intervene in Iran as it cracks down on anti-government protests. Greene said on the social platform X that Trump’s pledge, along with Israeli billionaire Shlomo Kramer telling CNBC that the federal government should “limit the First Amendment” by cracking down on speech...

Mamdani revokes Adams executive orders supporting Israel

Newly inaugurated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) has revoked a series of executive orders issued by former Mayor Eric Adams (D), including some aimed at supporting Israel. In one of Mamdani’s first moves as mayor, he issued a directive to undo orders signed by Adams since Sept. 26, 2024, the day Adams was...

Starlink satellites to be moved to lower orbit

SpaceX will be moving around 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit in 2026

Tesla falls behind China’s BYD as top EV maker after second year of declining sales

China's BYD overtook Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) seller in 2025, as Tesla faced declining sales for a second year in a row. BYD said Thursday that it sold about 2.26 million EVs in 2025, up nearly 28 percent from the year before. In a release Friday, Tesla said it delivered about 1.64 million EVs last year, down around 9 percent from 2024. Musk’s EV firm also saw a...

New year, new Epstein transparency law, and Trump is already breaking it

Many of us have spent the last two weeks largely checked out and concentrating on happier things than the intimate details of Jeffrey Epstein’s private life. Sadly, that’s all about to change. Come Monday, it’s going to be all Epstein all the time. That’s because the Department of Justice has made a complete hash of...

Zelensky taps military spymaster to replace powerful chief of staff

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday selected Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine's intelligence agency, to serve as his chief of staff as negotiations continue to end Russia’s war against the eastern European country. Zelensky wrote on the social platform X that Ukraine “needs greater focus on security issues, the development of the Defense and...

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