Pressure is mounting on Congress to act after Australia’s under-16 social media ban sparked calls from U.S. lawmakers to better protect children online.
DHS is shifting immigration enforcement away from mass raids and focusing its efforts more on arresting convicted criminals amid negative polling concerns,
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) addressed his state's growing fraud scandal on Friday, telling residents that the North Star State's "generosity has been taken advantage of." The scandal erupted after more than 50 people were convicted in connection with the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from a federally funded nutrition program. As...
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday danced to Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" while urging attendees at a rally to be ready in case of an American attack amid rising tensions between his country and the Trump administration. He urged supporters to be united and be "ready to smash the teeth of the North American...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) predicted “100 or more” House Republicans could vote in favor of releasing files and documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein this week. “I think we could have a deluge of Republicans,” Massie said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” when asked by Jonathan Karl about GOP support for the...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that Democrats’ recent push for the release of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is their “entire game plan.” “President Trump has clean hands. He's not worried about it. I talk to him all the time. He has nothing to do with this. He's frustrated that...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said Sunday the Trump administration is holding “discussions” on extending subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “There are discussions around extending the subsidies, if we deal with the fraud, waste and abuse that, right now, is paralyzing the system,”...
Congress's bipartisan agreement to end the government shutdown restores operations across the federal government, but keeps major health programs, including the nation's HIV response, on a short-term continuing resolution until Jan. 30, 2026, which means prevention, treatment and care programs continue at last year's levels.
President Trump and White House officials are grappling with how best to sell their agenda to the American people ahead of next November’s crucial midterm elections. Trump’s approval ratings are flagging, his sweeping tariffs are at risk in front of the Supreme Court, and Democrats won big in statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) denied Sunday that President Trump told her not to run for Senate or governor in her home state in 2026. “That is absolutely not true,” Greene told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Actually, I never had a conversation at all with the president about running for...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) claimed Sunday that President Trump is “losing his MAGA base” over files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as controversy surrounding the disgraced financier heats up. “You know why Trump is losing his MAGA base on this?” Khanna asked NBC News’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.” “The reason he’s...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Sunday that President Trump’s recent criticism put her "life in danger." The president pulled his endorsement of Greene late Friday, the culmination of a back-and-forth online feud. Trump also called the conservative firebrand a “traitor” on his Truth Social platform Saturday, remarks that Greene called “so extremely wrong.” “Those...
The millions of Americans who are recreational marijuana users should not be prohibited from exercising their Second Amendment rights. But people who are convicted of multiple DUIs should lose their guns rights for some number of years.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Sunday defended Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after the New York Democrat came under fire over the end of the government shutdown. “Chuck has been an effective leader. Remember, when Chuck was Majority Leader during the Biden administration, he produced a string of legislative wins with a bare majority,...
President Trump over the weekend pardoned two individuals charged in connection with the investigation into the 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol. The president issued pardons for Suzanne Ellen Kaye, who served an 18-month sentence for threatening to shoot FBI agents amid an investigation into her involvement in the riots, and Daniel Edwin Wilson, who...
