California families are struggling to afford housing, electricity, insurance, gasoline, groceries, childcare — and now even diapers. Gavin Newsom’s answer? A government-branded box of free diapers handed out at...
President Trump said Sunday that the election integrity force Republicans sent to polling locations during the last presidential cycle will be repeated for the 2026 midterms on a larger scale.
Abraham H. Foxman, who was a forceful advocate for American Jews as national director of the Anti-Defamation League for nearly three decades, has died, the ADL said Sunday. He was 86.
President Trump is hosting an event at the White House on Thursday afternoon centered on health care affordability. Trump is expected to announce a new deal with pharmaceutical company Regeneron, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, as part of his "Most Favored Nation" initiative. It marks the 17th agreement the administration has made...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) on Thursday accused conservative media personality Tucker Carlson of engaging with a "dangerous" campaign of "misinformation" after recently saying he regrets supporting President Trump. Sanders told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on "Squawk Box" that though she could not speak for Carlson about his comments, what he has said is...
National Urban League President Marc Morial on Thursday slammed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a “nakedly political” move to strike civil rights advancements made by the organization. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday unveiled charges against the nonprofit for allegedly funding extremist hate groups, citing...
House Republicans grumbling about the structure of a “skinny” reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement — and their skepticism about prospects for passing another GOP-only funding package this year — are creating hurdles for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he aims to put the measure on the House floor next week. “This will probably be...
For the first 13 months of the Trump administration, no major personnel changes occurred. But since the middle of March, at least five Cabinet, intelligence or military officials have left the administration. The latest departure occurred Wednesday, when the Pentagon announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan was on the way out. Here is what to...
The White House press corps should respond to every assertion made by President Trump with two questions, "How do you know that?" and "What does that mean?" to make evasion visible in real time and hold the president accountable for his words.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is warning that House Democrats might not back an extension of the government’s warrantless spy powers as long as FBI Director Kash Patel remains atop the agency. Jeffries has long portrayed Patel as a partisan conspiracy theorist who’s unfit to be the nation’s top cop. On Thursday, he escalated...
The Pentagon denied a report in the Washington Post that it may take six months to clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines laid by the Iranian military. The paper reported Wednesday, citing three officials familiar with the discussion, that a senior Defense Department official shared the estimate during a classified briefing for members of...
The Justice Department has settled a lawsuit from a 2016 campaign aide to President Trump who was targeted by surveillance as the FBI investigated Russian interference in the election, a court filing shows. Carter Page sued in 2020, alleging that a series of errors made by FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials when seeking...
First lady Melania Trump will host the 113th annual First Lady's Luncheon Thursday afternoon, where she is expected to speak on the Trump administration's push for foster care reform. Trump will also likely tout her "Fostering the Future" initiative, which is focused on securing educational opportunities and scholarships for children in foster care. She will...
