As a wave of protests swept across Iran last night, the internet was completely shut down. I have no idea what is happening to my friends, my family, or...
Reviving a campaign pledge, President Donald Trump wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates, a move that could save Americans tens of billions of dollars but drew immediate opposition from an industry that has been in his corner.
Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting Director John Sandweg on Friday said the Trump administration is "using ICE a political football" amid its widespread crackdown on immigrants and after an ICE officer shot and killed a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis this week. Sandweg told MS NOW's Katy Tur that he worries about the legitimacy...
President Trump has decided where he wants to see former Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh land next season. After urging NFL franchises earlier this week to consider hiring Harbaugh “fast,” Trump said Saturday it should be the New York Giants. “The New York Football Giants should hire, without question, John Harbaugh – And John,...
The University of Virginia's (UVa) board on Friday announced that Darden School of Business dean Scott C. Beardsley will serve as the university's next president, defying Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger's request to choose a new president after she is sworn in. The board unanimously voted for Beardsley. In a statement, the board said Beardsley "will...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a leading sponsor of the law requiring the Trump administration to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files, said Friday that the Justice Department is “grossly” violating its legal obligations. In a social media post, Massie said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and her chief deputy, Todd Blanche, who orchestrated Friday’s document...
The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday released a tranche of thousands of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, that included public court records, photographs, flight logs and other materials. The release came in response to a law that garnered near unanimous support, with only one House member voting against it that gave...
The Justice Department has appealed the dismissal of cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), two of President Trump’s political adversaries. The prosecutions were thrown out after a federal judge found the lawyer Trump hand-picked to lead the office prosecuting them, Lindsey Halligan, was unlawfully appointed. U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie ruled last...
Kerry Kennedy, daughter of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, said she will "grab a pickax" to remove President Trump's name from the Kennedy Center after Trump's name was added to the building Friday. "Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going...
The Trump administration said this week that it plans to “review” the nation’s wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries. The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) posted a directive on its website this week in which agency director Brian Nesvik ordered the review. It said that officials should “look for refuges or hatcheries established for a purpose that no...
The Rev. Franklin Graham on Wednesday told U.S. service members and Pentagon employees during a Christmas service that "God loves" but also that "God also hates." Graham, whose father Billy Graham served as the faith leader for several presidents, recited the Bible verse John 3:16, which states that "God so loved the world that he...
The U.S. military conducted strikes against several Islamic State group sites in Syria on Friday, retaliating a week after two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed by a gunman tied to ISIS in an ambush attack. U.S. forces, as part of “Operation Hawkeye Strike,” eliminated ISIS fighters, weapons sites and infrastructure in response to the...
President Trump nominated Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan to be the next leader of the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) on Friday, a week after Adm. Alvin Holsey formally retired from the post two years ahead of schedule. Holsey — who spent more than three decades in the Navy and since November 2024 had led Southcom, which...
Cases of the flu continue to mount with health officials recently recording the first pediatric flu-related deaths of the season, but some states are seeing much higher activity than others.
The Trump administration will support the continued operation of the Dakota Access pipeline, it said Friday in a long-awaited but not surprising move. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a final environmental impact report Friday recommending that oil keep flowing through the controversial pipeline. The Dakota Access pipeline carries oil from North Dakota to Illinois. It...
