Ted Cruz had a heated exchange with Amy Klobuchar during a hearing looking at the uptick in nationwide orders from district judges in Trump's second administration.
The FBI has joined the Dominican Republic’s police in searching for Sudiksha Konanki, the University of Pittsburgh student who went missing a week ago while on spring break. Konanki, 20, vanished Thursday in Punta Cana, a town located on the easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic’s police said in a statement Monday that it was reinterviewing individuals who...
South Dakota lawmakers have approved legislation that would impose criminal and civil penalties on those who try to use unlabeled deepfakes to influence voters in the state, with the law now awaiting signature from Gov. Larry Rhoden.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday slammed tech billionaire Elon Musk for claiming that Social Security is plagued by widespread fraud and that as many as 20 million “dead” people are receiving Social Security benefits. “Elon Musk confirmed what many of us had been warning about for a long time: Republicans are getting...
Vice President Vance delivered a closing pitch in favor of Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) government funding bill during the House GOP’s private conference meeting on Tuesday, hours before the lower chamber is scheduled to vote on the measure. Members said that Vance argued that the six-month funding measure would allow the Trump administration and Department...
The White House on Tuesday asserted President Trump would not cut Social Security or Medicare after comments from tech billionaire Elon Musk about the need to examine entitlement spending gained traction. Musk, a top Trump adviser leading the effort to overhaul the federal workforce, appeared on Fox Business Network on Monday for a rare television...
Cameron Monte Smith, 50, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced to U.S. prison for destroying two energy facilities in North and South Dakota. Smith was sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay $2.1 million in restitution. His 150 month sentence for each count is to be served consecutively, the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) introduced a rare motion on Monday, seeking to force a vote on proxy voting after she struggled to balance the responsibilities of being a lawmaker and a new parent in the last legislative cycle. Her discharge petition for House Resolution 164 is backed by 92 representatives but would need 126 additional signatures to cross the required threshold to force...
Small business optimism is faltering as stock markets are dropping and a range of macroeconomic and policy uncertainties are weighing on the business outlook. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) optimism index, which measures sentiment among small business owners, fell by 2.1 points in February. The group’s uncertainty index also registered its second-highest reading...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is denying an accusation from conservative pundit Tucker Carlson that he worked to block the release of sensitive government information related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. Carlson, during a conversation with NewsNation host Chris Cuomo, alleged Cotton tried to stand in the way of a one of...
If the primary goal of the Trump administration is to quickly address issues in the Middle East and prevent further wars and instability, placing additional pressure on Arab countries might actually backfire.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the country is getting “sick and tired” of tech billionaire Elon Musk and slammed Musk’s accusation that Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is a traitor for visiting Ukraine as “beyond the pale.” “It’s disgusting,” Sanders said of Musk's criticism of Kelly, a decorated former naval aviator. “Kelly is a military guy...
