As with most tax-the-rich plans, Mamdani’s $5 million cutoff couldn't raise enough cash, so he decided that the somewhat prosperous are also failing to chip in their “fair share.
President Trump took aim at the press, Democrats and some of his celebrity critics in a speech that received a lukewarm reception at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s (WHCA) dinner on Friday evening. Trump took the stage just months after a gunman allegedly attempted an attack on his life at the association’s annual event in...
President Trump suggested the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision to award last year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was a factor in his continued push to acquire Greenland in a letter to Norway's leader over the weekend. In a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre shared with multiple European...
Democrats must take bold action to address the growing presence of ICE agents in the US, including imposing congressional oversight and holding ICE officials accountable for their actions.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued rare public criticism of President Trump in remarks on Monday, calling his tariffs on countries defending Greenland "completely wrong." Starmer said at a press conference that “any decision about the future status of Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark alone.” However, asked how...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is among the world leaders who have been invited to join President Trump’s “Board of Peace,” formed to implement the U.S.-brokered peace plan between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. “Putin received an invitation through diplomatic channels to join the Peace Council. We are studying all the details of this proposal, including...
Trump frames the takeover as an enormous opportunity for America’s oil companies, the American people and Venezuelans. In reality, he has doubled down on a dead-end energy policy fraught with profound and dangerous problems.
President Trump’s decision to suspend naturalization ceremonies is leaving residents across the country in an unusual position, now stuck in limbo after they were on the verge of gaining U.S. citizenship. Critics say the pause is the Trump administration’s latest form of collective punishment for migrants, who have seen their hopes of citizenship dashed following...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) has never been shy about speaking his mind — and the past few weeks have given him plenty to talk about. He's spoken out about President Trump's rhetoric on Greenland, the investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and how White House aides are steering Trump in what he views as...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the United States is in an “ongoing war” with Venezuela. “That is an act of war, it’s an ongoing war, to continue to take their oil, ongoing war, to distribute it,” Paul said during a Sunday appearance on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.” “I still hope it works...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said a potential United States acquisition of Greenland would be “overwhelmingly in America’s national best interest. “When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend President Trump, for being single-mindedly focused on America First, on U.S. economic interests, and U.S. national security interests,” Cruz said during an appearance on...
President Trump said Saturday he would sue JPMorgan Chase over the company’s decision to close his account following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. “A front page Article in The Fake News Wall Street Journal states, without any verification, that I offered Jamie Dimon, of JPMorgan Chase, the job of Fed Chairman,” the president wrote...
GOP Rep. Michael McCaul (Texas) said Sunday that the United States’s invasion of Greenland would mean “war” with NATO. “The fact is, the president has full military access to Greenland to protect us from any threat. So if he wants to purchase Greenland, that's one thing." McCaul said during a Sunday appearance on ABC’s "This...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sunday, saying it needs “dramatic reform” after recent turmoil surrounding the agency. “ICE agents are the ones breaking the law, not the peaceful protesters. So, I believe we should not be funding an ICE operation that is completely lawless. It needs dramatic reform....
