President Trump delivered a victory-lap speech Thursday night at the Iowa State Fair, extolling a streak of recent wins from his America First Agenda while kicking off the year-long buildup to the country's 250th birthday celebration.
President Trump is raising the visitor fees to national parks for foreign tourists with an executive order Thursday, a move the White House says will make park visits more affordable for U.S. citizens.
“All happy families are alike,” Tolstoy wrote, “but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Over the years, the famous opening line to Anna Karenina has gone from being a bold generalization to a dictum. Good writers since Tolstoy seem to have taken the great Russian’s declaration as a challenge to devise interesting […]
There is plenty of photo and video evidence showcasing the violent unrest in Los Angeles — everything from cars set ablaze to rioters hurling chunks of concrete at law enforcement officers and their vehicles.
In today’s issue: Minnesota law enforcement authorities late Sunday apprehended Vance Boelter, 57, suspected in the weekend murders of state lawmakers, which led to the largest manhunt in the state’s history. Boelter is accused of murdering state House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman and injuring State Sen. John Hoffman, a Democrat, and his wife Yvette. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who...
President Trump and Senate Republicans are facing a crucial week in their push to enact the mammoth bill containing their domestic agenda. GOP leaders are hoping to unveil text this week that contains some of the thorniest issues they’ve been trying to work out. And the coming days could prove critical for winning over the...
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) entire vaccine board even as childhood vaccination rates drop is setting off alarm bells for next school year. Health officials worry about the ramifications of Kennedy's recent decisions and philosophy towards vaccines more generally...
With peak wildfire season just around the corner, residents of California and the broader U.S. West are bracing not just for the blazes, but also for ongoing cuts to the federal programs that have long served as lifelines to a region in flames. As part of a broader effort to reduce spending, the Trump administration...
Former President Obama said Dreamers are "being demonized and treated as enemies" in a social media post marking the 13th anniversary of his administration establishing the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. "DACA was an example of how we can be a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws," Obama...
President Trump on Sunday night directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to expand deportation efforts in cities run by Democrats following protests in Los Angeles over his immigration policies. The president called on ICE “to do all in their power” to help reach the administration’s mass deportation goals while singling out Los Angeles, Chicago...
The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers over the weekend, killing one of the lawmakers, has been taken into custody after a massive manhunt. Vance Boelter was arrested on Sunday evening, The Associated Press reported. He was taken into custody near his home, according to multiple reports. "The face of evil. After relentless and...
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten is departing the Democratic National Committee, citing disagreements with DNC Chair Ken Martin. Weingarten told Martin in a letter dated June 5 and obtained by The Hill on Sunday that she was declining to be reappointed as an at-large member of the committee. “While I am a...
Minnesota officials on Sunday evening described a multifaceted manhunt for the suspect accused of killing a state lawmaker and her husband over the weekend, saying they believe the gunman is still alive. Authorities have issued state and federal warrants for Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old man accusing him of murder and attempted murder as well as...
President Trump on Sunday said the United States will keep supporting Israel's airstrikes on Iran amid escalating conflict between the two countries. The president was asked as he left for the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada if the U.S. intended to continue to support Israel’s defenses and replied, “We do.” He added that...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Sunday said he doesn't believe Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should "pull back on any kind of enforcement" after the Trump administration directed the agency to pause raids against workers in the agriculture, hotel and restaurant industries. Cotton told CBS News's Margaret Brennan on "Face The Nation" that "we need to have...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he would be against censuring Sen. Alex Padilla after the California Democrat tried to approach and question Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a press conference, which led to federal agents forcibly removing and handcuffing him. "No, no, no. I'm not for censuring him. I think that's crazy. I'm not for that at all," Paul...
Sen. Adam Schiff on Sunday called the handcuffing of fellow California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla "atrocious" after Padilla was forcibly removed for interrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles. "To see him mistreated that way and tackled to the ground and shackled that way and in the midst of what we're seeing more broadly...
