Disgraced former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is cut off from federal business and grants after allegedly funneling $5 million in COVID-19 FEMA funds.
A federal judge on Monday allowed the National Park Service to proceed with its maintenance plans for the District's East Potomac Golf Course, a day after a preservation group argued the repairs are actually the start of a full-scale closure and renovation of the public golf course.
The State Department on Friday approved over $8 billion in arms sales to Persian Gulf countries and Israel, nations that have all been involved in the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran. Purchases approved included an Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) to the United Arab Emirates for $147.6 million, to Israel for $992.4 million and to...
More than half of Americans say the level of ethics and honesty in the federal government has declined since the start of President Trump’s second term, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. The survey, released on Friday, found that 56 percent of U.S. adults believe the overall level of ethics and...
Elon Musk's proposal to give government payouts to people who lose their jobs to AI is a bad idea that would take away individual accountability and initiative, and offload the negative externalities of automation onto the government.
Congress must address the Senate filibuster rule in order to preserve the appropriations process, rather than bypassing it with budget reconciliation, which would reduce transparency and limit oversight of federal spending.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Saturday blasted former President Obama’s response to the White House Correspondent’s Association (WHCA) dinner shooting last week as “disappointing.” Obama, in a statement the day after the incident, urged Americans to reject political violence while suggesting the suspect’s motives were unclear. “It’s pretty incredible that a leader, a former...
A pharmaceutical company that manufactures and distributes the abortion pill Mifepristone asked the Supreme Court on Saturday to block a federal appeals court ruling prohibiting doctors from prescribing the medication through telehealth services or dispensing it through the mail. Delaware-based Danco Laboratories, LLC, filed an emergency motion with the high court seeking an “immediate administrative...
The U.S. Air Force signaled on Friday that a luxury jet donated by Qatar is on track to be temporarily used as Air Force One as soon as this summer. The service announced in a news release that it has finished modifying and testing the Boeing 747, which is currently being repainted in President Trump’s...
The chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Service committees on Saturday expressed they are "very concerned" about the withdrawal of 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany amid President Trump's feud with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Trump on Wednesday had announced that he was reviewing a possible reduction of U.S. troops in Germany. "We are very concerned by the...
The Supreme Court’s invalidation of Louisiana’s congressional map has triggered a swirling debate about just how fundamentally the justices altered the Voting Rights Act landscape. Even the justices themselves disagree. The conservative majority brands it as merely an update. The liberal dissenters say it's nothing short of demolishing the landmark 1965 law. It has left...
Democrats are pushing back on a recent court ruling that blocked doctors’ ability to prescribe the abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth and dispense the drug through the mail, arguing it will significantly restrict reproductive care nationwide. “A court packed with Trump-appointed extremists decided to make medication abortion harder to access,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) said...
Leon Botstein announced on Friday that he is stepping down as the longtime president of Bard College amid scrutiny over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Botstein wrote in an email obtained by The Associated Press that he would retire at the end of June, ending his decades-long tenure at the helm of...
Comedian Bill Maher on Friday quipped that the Trump administration is "going a little crazy" with its second indictment of former FBI Director James Comey over an alleged threat to President Trump's life. Maher used his "Real Time" monologue to segue from the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner to the Comey...
