LeVar Burton used an appearance on ABC's "The View" this week to slam federal cuts to public broadcasting and what he called a national "problem with the truth," weaving pointed political commentary into a wide-ranging conversation about his decades in television.
House and Senate Republicans delayed key procedural votes Tuesday to advance an extension of the federal foreign surveillance law that expires in two days.
Shouting broke out on the House floor after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held a moment of prayer for conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot on Wednesday afternoon. After the moment of silence, Johnson recognized Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). “I believe that silent prayers get silent results,” Boebert said. “Is there someone who could...
Republicans are showing early resistance to President Trump's request for a short-term funding bill, which would kick this month’s government shutdown deadline into next year. The Trump administration’s latest ask of Congress called for a stopgap funding bill, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), to keep the lights on through January. But some Republicans...
A shot rang out in Utah on Wednesday, and in that moment the United States descended another steep step on a dark path. The known facts are that conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead during a speaking engagement on the campus of Utah Valley University. Kirk was the CEO of Turning Point USA, a...
GOP lawmakers offered their prayers after videos emerged of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk being shot while speaking at an event on the Utah Valley University campus. Less than two hours later, President Trump announced Kirk, 31, had died of the gunshot wound. “Please join us in praying for our good friend, Charlie Kirk,” House Speaker...
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed Wednesday while appearing at an event at Utah Valley University. President Trump, who grew to be friends with Kirk, announced his death in a post on Truth Social at 4:41 p.m. Wednesday. "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,"...
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at a Utah college campus, President Trump announced on social media. Kirk, 31 and the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was struck by a gunshot in the neck, according to video footage from the event. "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," Trump posted....
Harvard said Wednesday it has received notices that many of the canceled federal grants will be restored, although the money has not come back yet. “Harvard has begun to receive notices of reinstatements on many of the previously terminated federal awards from a range of federal agencies. Harvard is monitoring funding receipts closely. So...
A federal judge said Tuesday he will not immediately consider California’s request to bar the use of National Guard soldiers as deployed by the Trump administration in Los Angeles. Last week, Senior District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco ruled that President Trump’s deployment of troops was unlawful and said the White House was “ordering...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a preliminary report Wednesday detailing its probe of a Delta Air Lines flight that experienced "severe" turbulence in late July, sending more than a dozen people to the hospital. The safety board said Delta Flight 56, en route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, encountered the significant turbulence...
The man accused of slinging a sandwich at a federal officer in Washington, D.C., which turned him into a symbol of opposition to President Trump’s crackdown on local crime, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault. Sean Charles Dunn, 37, entered the plea in federal court Wednesday afternoon. He stood before U.S. District Judge...
A divided federal appeals court panel reinstated the director of the U.S. Copyright Office Wednesday, as she fights President Trump’s attempt to fire her. Shira Perlmutter lost in a lower court but is appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Wednesday’s 2-1 decision rules Perlmutter’s firing was likely unlawful and blocks...
Three former high-ranking FBI agents are suing Director Kash Patel in a suit seeking reinstatements to their posts, saying they were fired as part of a retribution campaign directed by highest levels of the Trump administration. Brian Driscoll, who served as acting director before Patel was confirmed, rebuffed early requests to turn over a list of all...
