In President Donald Trump’s first term farewell address, he spoke with pride about restoring restraint to Washington. “I am especially proud to be the first president in decades who has started no new wars,” he declared. And, indeed, he was the first president since Jimmy Carter who could make that claim. Trump may be both […]
President Trump will ask countries that want to join his "Board of Peace" to oversee Gaza to pay $1 billion for membership, according to reporting from Bloomberg and The Atlantic on Saturday. A draft charter seen by both outlets showed that Trump will serve as the executive board's inaugural chairman, who will approve which member...
European leaders on Saturday said the trade deal with the U.S. and the European Union is on hold after President Trump announced new 10 percent tariffs on Denmark and other European countries over his growing rhetoric to acquire Greenland. President of the European People's Party (EPP) Manfred Weber said that while there is approval over...
The U.S. military conducted a strike in northwest Syria on Friday that killed an Al-Qaeda leader with ties to an alleged ISIS gunman who killed three Americans in an ambush last month, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). CENTCOM on Saturday identified the deceased leader as Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, an “experienced terrorist leader” with “direct...
President Trump is facing scrutiny over his increasing demands for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, facing pushback from Danish and Greenlandic leaders, some Republican lawmakers and a majority of Americans. The president has frequently said the U.S. needs the island territory for national security purposes, citing the threat of Russia and China having access to...
Two top House Democrats said they were “examining all legal options” after the No. 2 Justice Department official said the department would release only a portion of the Jeffrey Epstein files Friday under a new law requiring their public disclosure. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would release “several hundred...
The Affordable Care Act has become a government-regulated, government-funded system that has increased premiums, narrowed networks, and added to the national debt, while benefiting insurance giants, and Republicans must pursue bold legislative action to build an alternative system.
The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that declared the rescission of $2.6 billion in federal funds from Harvard University was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs issued a September ruling describing the White House crackdown on the Ivy League institution as “a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier...
A growing number of U.S. adults are losing trust in pro and college sports, thanks to the proliferation of online gambling and sports wagering options, according to a new survey. The NBC News Decision Desk poll, released Friday, showed that 70 percent of respondents believe sports gambling "lessens the integrity of the game." About 34...
TikTok on Thursday signed a deal to sell U.S. assets to three U.S. investors: Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX. Nearly 50 percent of the assets — or 15 percent each — will be held by the three American companies. The rest will remain in the hands of affiliates of existing investors of TikTok’s parent company,...
Republicans in Congress are jumping off the ObamaCare cliff as they leave Washington without a deal to extend enhanced subsidies for millions of Americans. But the door to a bipartisan deal hasn't been completely shut, and it may not be too late to reverse that increase if a deal is passed early next year, according...
President Trump on Thursday suspended a green card lottery program used by the suspected gunman in the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology shootings to enter the U.S. The suspect, Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese national, entered the country in 2017 through the diversity visa (DV) program, which makes up to 55,000 immigrant visas...
Texas has been taking us all on a wild ride for the midterm elections. There’s obviously the gerrymandering wars that were touched off in Austin by the GOP’s mid-decade land grab. We’re a long way from done with that one as court challenges and statehouse fights across the country have yet to be concluded. But...
The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday hits the deadline set by Congress to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed last month, orders DOJ to release all unclassified records and documents it has that are tied to the convicted sex offender. The files have consumed President Trump's MAGA base, and...
