Education Secretary Linda McMahon appeared at a White House briefing Thursday to address recent changes at her department, including shifting several programs to other federal agencies, and she called on Congress to make the changes permanent. “My purpose here is to speak directly to the American families, not just you, but to the American families,...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that President Trump does not want to execute members of Congress who urged the military not to follow unlawful orders, but that he wants to see them "held accountable." Trump earlier Thursday responded to a video made by six Democrats with military and intelligence backgrounds, calling...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) paid tribute Thursday to her late father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, as a great statesman who put country over party and as a loving father who inspired in his family a deep sense of patriotism. In her eulogy at her father’s funeral service, Liz Cheney recalled comments the late...
Under the directive of an intelligence program, the U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers to identify and arrest those accused of suspicious travel patterns. Drivers' license plates are scanned and recorded by a network of cameras, while an algorithm flags vehicles seen as suspicious based on their place of origin, their destination...
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday lashed out against a group of people in a TikTok video that flipped off President Trump. “Get off your fat a--,” Burchett said in a post on the social platform X. "I am tired of carrying you." Burchett’s post, which was highlighted by Mediaite, came in response to another...
A former FBI employee is suing the Trump administration after he says he was “summarily dismissed” for displaying an LGBTQ+ flag at his workspace. David Maltinsky received a letter from FBI Director Kash Patel stating that he was being removed over the inappropriate display of political signage, according to the lawsuit, obtained by The Associated...
President Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, will depart his position in January, the White House confirmed to The Hill on Thursday, as the president has renewed efforts to end Russia’s war against Kyiv. The White House did not provide any other details about the reasons for the departure of Kellogg, who elicited mixed...
Senate Democrats are introducing a bill to unwind a provision that would allow 10 of their GOP colleagues to launch lucrative lawsuits after having their phone records obtained by former special counsel Jack Smith. The “No Cash Grab Act” comes the day after the House unanimously passed legislation to strike down the provision included in the bill...
The September jobs report showed the U.S. added 119,000 jobs as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than six weeks after it was initially set to be published. Late Wednesday, a bill forcing the release of information related to the late sex...
Former President Biden is set to make a rare public appearance Thursday to attend the funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney in Washington. A spokesperson for the former president confirmed that he would be among the dignitaries in attendance at the Washington National Cathedral. Biden succeeded Cheney as vice president in 2009. He will...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all of its documents on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following passage of legislation by Congress earlier this week. “This is a victory for the brave survivors, but it is just the beginning," Khanna told NewsNation. "Now we must keep...
The U.S. added 119,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than six weeks after it was initially set to be published. The September jobs report, which was delayed by the federal government shutdown, showed the U.S. labor market...
