The Department of Justice and the Education Department are withdrawing enforcement reliance on multiple federal civil rights guidance documents covering issues that include racial discrimination in student discipline and affirmative action.
The Trump administration dropped its legal fight over a student loan forgiveness program that has been popular among a variety of public service employees.
President Trump said he is concerned that incumbent Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan could lose his seat Nov. 3 because another man named Daniel J. Sullivan is also on Alaska's Senate ballot.
Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) said Saturday that she would prefer to keep sanctions pressure on Russia after President Trump waived sanctions on the country that were enacted through a bill Graham championed. Trump signed an executive order Friday waiving sanctions on Russian energy, passed under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act. The...
Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, condemned what he called a “vicious” and “cowardly” attack on a Washington Post photojournalist in the West Bank. The U.S. envoy shared a statement to the social platform X, calling for a full investigation into an attack by a group of Israeli settlers on Palestinians in Israel’s West...
President Trump’s new executive order on Friday evening sparked a new wave of bipartisan backlash to his administration’s recent easing of Russian sanctions. The order halted the implementation of new penalties on Russia set to go into effect under a sweeping legislative package signed into law by the president last month. It followed Trump’s controversial...
A new poll of a key Pennsylvania battleground district shows incumbent Rep. Scott Perry (R) narrowly trailing his Democratic opponent. The new Susquehanna Polling and Research survey, released Saturday, shows Perry trailing former news anchor Janelle Stelson (D) by three points, 49 percent to 46 percent. Stelson’s lead is within the poll’s margin of error....
Recent data paints a bleak picture of the economy, lending Republicans another blow as midterm early-voting is underway. Annual inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), rose from 3.4 percent in August to 3.7 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Wednesday. A day later, the BLS reported that wholesale...
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is defending herself after coming under fire for sharing a video, which seemed to be AI-generated, in which she appeared in the place of rapper Kendrick Lamar during his 2025 Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performance. In a clip Fox 13 Memphis' Rob Sneed posted to Instagram Friday, the reporter asked...
Commentator Stephen A. Smith said he was shocked President Trump hosted him, left-leaning comedian Bill Maher and conservative country star Kid Rock at the White House earlier this week, adding the gathering lasted more than four hours. “It was shocking. I certainly didn’t expect that amount of time,” Smith told CNN's Laura Coates Friday night....
MapQuest added a new feature to its mobile app Thursday that allows users to turn on a “surveillance layer” to find known license plate readers in their route. “The Roads Have Eyes!,” MapQuest said on social platform Bluesky Thursday announcing the new feature. “Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license...
President Trump plans to travel back and forth Saturday between Mar-a-Lago and Highland Heights, Kentucky, where he is set to deliver remarks at 2 p.m. The visit comes ahead of a seven-day, seven-stop campaign tour for Trump. The president announced Friday he would campaign in Michigan on Oct. 25, following Vice President Vance's recent visit....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday expressed his openness to engaging in U.S.-led negotiations to end the yearslong Russia-Ukraine war after President Trump placed a hold on Russian sanctions days before they were set to go into effect. “The American negotiating track will continue,” Zelensky wrote on the social platform X. “We’re counting on them...
Tumult and doubt are hanging over the role of the United States in the war in Ukraine, 4 1/2 years after the Russian invasion. That’s the bottom line after a week of high drama that roiled Washington, Kyiv and concerned political leaders in Europe. The U.S. stance is, of course, determined by President Trump, often...
The disruptions this week in U.S. support for Ukraine have forced Kyiv to face a grim question: Can it stay in the fight against Russia without any of President Trump’s already diminished support? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has escalated a diplomatic assault, earlier this week accusing the Trump administration of throttling its access to Elon...
Americans are bracing to pay significantly more for health insurance next month, whether they have Affordable Care Act plans or get insurance through work. Premiums for some people could be the highest in decades, while others may pay more in the form of out-of-pocket costs like copays or deductibles. People are getting squeezed by...
