Millions of Americans gathered together for "No Kings Day" protests across the country on Saturday, with elected leaders also participating in — or lampooning — the marches. About 2,600 demonstrations aimed at criticizing the Trump administration were planned across all 50 states. Protests were held in small towns and major cities, including New York City,...
Vice President Vance on Saturday told the U.S. Marine Corps members gathered at Camp Pendleton in California that they will get paid despite the government shutdown. Vance, appearing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and second lady Usha Vance, gave remarks at the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary celebration. "I bring greetings today from our commander in...
Vice President JD Vance rang in the Marine Corps’ 250th at Camp Pendleton, praising fellow Marines after an assault demo and pledging they are ready to fight and win.
President Trump is propelling his film tariff plan into the limelight — renewing his call to tax "any and all movies that are made outside of the United States" — even as both allies and critics alike cast their doubts. "Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other...
A strong geomagnetic storm that has been impacting Earth since Monday has prompted national forecasters to warn officials "to mitigate any possible impacts."
Federal government labor unions sued Tuesday to block the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs during the potential upcoming government shutdown. Employees are usually temporarily furloughed during a shutdown, except for exempted workers, and receive back pay after a shutdown ends. But Trump and the White House budget office have suggested permanent firings could be...
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) on Tuesday authorized the state's National Guard to perform tasks on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Soldiers will assist with “administrative, clerical, and logistical duties,” following a request from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the Department of Defense, according to a news release from the...
A federal judge invoked his wife in issuing another scathing ruling against President Trump’s second-term agenda Tuesday, this time concerning efforts to deport students who participated in pro-Palestinian advocacy. “He seems to be winning. He ignores everything and keeps bullying ahead,” U.S. District Judge William Young’s wife said. The judge wrote that he doesn’t discuss pending...
The renowned children's educational show "Reading Rainbow" is returning to PBS after nearly 20 years, now with a viral former librarian as the new host.
A Senate Judiciary Committee panel is convening a hearing Tuesday afternoon on air carrier competition. Allegiant Airlines CEO Greg Anderson and Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle are among the witnesses. Sharon Pinkerton, senior vice president for Airlines for America (A4A) — which represents Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and Soutwest Airlines — will also testify....
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) directed law enforcement in his state to boost security at religious spaces following an uptick in nationally publicized violent attacks on churches. Abbott said the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is working with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to increase safety and security at churches, synagogues and...
President Trump on Monday set a 10 percent tariff on lumber imports and a 25 percent tariff on furniture, including vanities and kitchen cabinets. Trump ordered an evaluation of lumber imports in March, describing the good as part of a “critical” manufacturing industry “essential” to national security, economic strength and the industrial resilience of the...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Monday requiring artificial intelligence (AI) companies to disclose safety information about large-scale frontier models in a key win for the push to regulate AI in Silicon Valley’s home state. S.B. 53, the Transparency in Frontier AI Act, will require developers of these leading-edge AI models to publish frameworks...
Former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on Monday he tried to get the Biden administration to issue a preemptive pardon to President Trump during the investigation into Trump’s efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. “I called a member of the White House, one of the senior advisers to President Biden. And...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday labeled Vice President Vance a “dips---” due to a claim the vice president made about health care spending for migrants. In a clip posted by the White House’s rapid response on the social platform X account Monday, Vance said Democrats had put forward “a $1.5 trillion spending package,...
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey is on lockdown, according to a Tuesday social media post. “ALL PERSONNEL ARE TO LOCKDOWN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ALL PERSONNEL OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE COVER,” a Facebook post from the Air Force base reads. The cause of the lockdown is currently unknown. The base is located in Burlington County. This is...
Journalist and historian Garrett M. Graff, writing in the New York Times, calls the indictment of James Comey “about the most corrupt attack on the rule of law imaginable.” Plainly, President Trump does not like Jim Comey. Celebrating his indictment, he trashed Comey on social media, calling the former FBI director "one of the worst...
