A federal appeals court panel raised skepticism Tuesday that President Trump’s firings of two independent agency leaders complied with Supreme Court precedent. Trump’s terminations of Democratic appointees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Gwynne Wilcox, and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), Cathy Harris, have set off a consequential court battle over presidential power. Despite the administration’s contention that...
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said President Trump is "exploring the threshold of ignoring a court order" with his administration's response to a federal judge who blocked the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to speed deportations. “It‘s a very interesting moment because this is what Donald Trump does in life, right? And you see him...
The effect of President Trump's frenetic style of governance — at least when it comes to trade — represents a peculiar twist that few economists would have predicted.
The House Judiciary and Oversight committees sent a sweeping information request to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Tuesday, seeking to root out Elon Musk's role and the extent its employees have gained access to sensitive databases. Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (Va.), the top Democrats on the respective panels, described...
More Americans now think the U.S. is not doing enough to help Ukraine in its war against the Russian military invasion, an uptick from late last year, according to a new Gallup poll released on Tuesday. The Gallup survey found that 46 percent of Americans said the U.S. is not providing enough assistance to Ukraine...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday defended his vote on the yearlong spending bill last week and his spot atop the Senate Democratic caucus, maintaining that he has no plans of stepping aside anytime soon. Schumer was defiant when pressed about the vote and his standing, saying that he knew he’d take flak,...
A Texas midwife was arrested on Monday for allegedly providing illegal abortions and unlawfully operating a network of clinics in the Houston area. Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, is now facing criminal charges for practicing medicine without a license and illegally performing an abortion, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. “Texas...
The SpaceX capsule tasked with bringing back two NASA astronauts that have spent months on the International Space Station (ISS) after thruster issues following the launch of Boeing's Starliner mission last year have now departed for Earth. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams undocked early Tuesday from the space-facing port of the ISS Harmony module...
Despite two personalities that could not be more opposite, consider how similar President Richard Milhous Nixon's and Donald John Trump's policy actions are.
NOAA serves the American public in many ways — yet, because the agency also engages in climate change research, many politicians apparently feel justified sabotaging marine ecosystem management, vital ocean and atmospheric research, and international conservation initiatives.
Israel launched a wave of deadly strikes on Hamas targets across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, according to local health officials, seemingly bringing the fragile ceasefire to a halt. The attack, greenlighted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, has killed more than 400 Palestinians, as the leaders press for the...
