President Trump insisted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and close Trump adviser Elon Musk have a "great relationship" following an explosive report that the two clashed during a contentious Cabinet meeting on Thursday. The secretary of state and tech billionaire reportedly got into a heated argument about workforce cuts, with Musk telling Rubio that...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using polygraph tests to figure out who could be leaking information to news outlets, with some agency officials contending the disclosed information has hampered immigration enforcement efforts, multiple outlets reported. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered in an internal directive, first reported by Bloomberg Government last month, that every...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected President Trump’s push for nuclear deal talks between the two nations, arguing the initiative is only a gateway for Washington to impose new demands and limit Tehran’s military capabilities. “Some coercive governments insist on negotiations. Such negotiations aren’t aimed at solving issues. Their aim is to exert their...
Democrats must appoint their best warriors to lead a coordinated counter-revolution against Donald Trump — people like Sheldon Whitehouse, Jamie Raskin, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jasmine Crockett, Gavin Newsom and J.B. Pritzker.
Top officials from the United States and Russian will hold talks in Saudi Arabia toward ending the war in Ukraine on Tuesday, as the Trump administration seeks to negotiate an end to the nearly three-year-old conflict. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is in the Middle East on his first foreign trip, will lead the...
In today’s issue: The Trump administration will meet this week with Russian officials to discuss an end to Russia’s three-year invasion of Ukraine — but no delegation from Ukraine is scheduled to take part. The meetings, hosted in Saudi Arabia, will feature a cadre of high-ranking U.S. officials — including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security adviser Mike Waltz and...
The Democratic Party is having to take a hard look at its education strategy as Republicans move aggressively on the issue with satisfaction in public education at its lowest point in decades. Democrats, who dominated the education realm for years, are on their back foot as President Trump and the GOP look to enact sweeping...
Senate Republicans have the ambitious goal of jamming through funding boosts for defense and border security — separately from the appropriations process — ahead of a mid-March deadline to prevent a government shutdown. Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said this week that he told President Trump “it would be really helpful if we...
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) slammed the Department of Justice (DOJ) for dismissing the criminal case against New York Mayor Eric Adams, saying it’s “outright extortion.” Goldman joined MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” on Sunday, where he weighed in on the mayor’s legal developments. “It is an outright extortion,” he said. “This is way, way, way...
Vice President Vance slammed CBS News’ Margaret Brennan for a “crazy exchange” linking the Holocaust to free speech. In a post on X, Vance responded to a post that included a clip from Brennan’s Sunday morning interview on “Face the Nation” with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Brennan questioned the secretary on Vance’s recent remarks...
Actor and comedian Jerry Seinfeld responded to an activist who ambushed him about Palestine, saying he doesn’t care about the territory. In a clip posted to Subway DJ’s Instagram page, he walked up to Seinfeld, where he asked if he could get a selfie with the comedian. “Sure!” Seinfeld said. The social media influencer held...
President Trump named Jim Byron, the president and CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation, to a senior archivist role at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). In a post Sunday on Truth Social, Trump said he was pleased to announce Byron would be serving as “Senior Advisor to our Acting Archivist, United States Secretary...
Fans at the United States and Canada hockey game in Montreal booed during the U.S. national anthem, and three fights exploded in the first nine seconds of the game. It’s the first time a fight has broken out at an international hockey tournament since 2004, but it also comes at a time of strained relations...
The Washington Post this week backed out of a “Fire Elon Musk” advertising order that was to run as a wrap on some of its Tuesday editions, according to the advocacy group Common Cause. The group said it signed a $115,000 agreement with The Post to run the ad that would have covered the front and...
