Utah Gov. Spencer Cox criticized the Trump administration’s approaches to prediction markets and artificial intelligence on Thursday — as well as the president’s lack of interest in unifying the...
Administration for Children and Families eliminated thousands of obsolete guidance documents to reduce confusion for the Head Start school readiness program and foster care grant recipients.
Crime drops dramatically in Washington, D.C., as President Donald Trump's federal task force reports 10,000 arrests and 1,000 firearms recovered. Murders down 68%.
President Trump on Sunday announced that the Kennedy Center would be closed for a two-year restoration beginning in July. "The Trump Kennedy Center will close on July 4th, 2026, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of our Country, whereupon we will simultaneously begin Construction of the new and spectacular Entertainment Complex," Trump wrote in a...
A shutdown plan released by the Department of Transportation (DOT) on Thursday involves the furlough of more than 10,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) workers. The plan also states 13,835 air traffic controllers will not receive pay during the shutdown, which follows an extensive shutdown from late last year that put a strain on the U.S....
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) said Sunday that he would prefer the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) undertake a “robust” investigation into the leak of President Trump’s tax returns, days after the president sued the agency for $10 billion over the disclosure. “I don't doubt the federal government deserves to be sued. The problem is, we...
The House this week is racing to end a partial government shutdown that took effect on Saturday. The lower chamber will consider a massive funding package that includes five full-year appropriations bills and a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at preexisting levels for two weeks. The Senate passed the package last week. ...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Sunday he is not opposed to requiring that federal immigration officers wear body cameras, after Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) proposed such a measure last week. “I don't have a problem with that personally,” Johnson, the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, told host Dana...
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said the American Revolution has been “sanitized,” calling the war “dark and bloody.” “I think we have sanitized the war. And I — I think it's out of an understandable fear that if somehow we reveal how dark and bloody it is, that it will somehow diminish those big ideas in...
IBM Vice Chair Gary Cohn on Sunday praised President Trump’s decision to appoint Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve chair, touting him as a “traditionalist.” “I think we're very fortunate to have Kevin to be the nominee. Kevin has a unique background coming in as the chair. As you said, he was a member...
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that federal immigration operations in Minnesota shouldn’t have “excessive use of forces” amid controversy over the Trump administration’s immigration agenda. “The mission, I think, is to get violent felons out of the country. Most people support that. It's a president — the number one issue the president won the...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said Sunday he will vote to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress so long as the lower chamber also votes on holding Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt. “I will vote yes on contempt against them and anybody else, as long...
President Trump endorsed former Sen. John E. Sununu (R-N.H.) in New Hampshire’s Republican Senate primary on Sunday. “John is strongly supported by the most Highly Respected Leaders in New Hampshire, and many Republicans in the U.S. Senate and, as your next Senator, he will work tirelessly to advance our America First Agenda,” Trump wrote in...
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan on Sunday said the FBI’s Fulton County probe was intended to sow “seeds of doubt” ahead of midterm elections. “As a Democrat, that’s my focus in part of that is telling the truth and continuing to stand up for what was a fair and legal election in 2020. They’ve...
President Trump is waging a civil war against fellow Republicans who oppose him, increasing the chances Democrats will capture control of the House and Senate in November's midterm elections.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche alleged Sunday that journalist Don Lemon was included in the planning of a protest at a Minnesota church, days after the former CNN anchor was arrested and charged with conspiracy and interfering with a place of worship. Citing an unsealed grand jury indictment, Blanche told host Dana Bash on CNN’s...
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday said the 5-year-old detained in Minnesota alongside his father did not apply for asylum, bucking their attorney’s claims of legal residency in the United States. When asked if the two had a pending asylum case, Blanch said, “That is not true. There's a very meaningful dispute about whether...
