Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has been sticking to his original story that vandals were responsible for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, despite a court filing from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro saying the department had evidence a "botched" installation was to blame. President Trump, who has repeatedly railed against the alleged vandalism and efforts to hinder...
David Venturella, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), sent a letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) saying he has divested of his Geo Group stocks and "fully recused himself from all contracts and obligations related to detention." The letter to Warren, sent Thursday, did not share specifics about ICE's contracting process. Venturella added that...
Roughly two dozen Democratic-controlled states sued President Trump on Monday over his new global tariffs, calling them “equally unlawful” to the ones the Supreme Court has invalidated. The lawsuit adds to legal challenges launched by small businesses in response to the latest round of tariffs in recent days. The new tariffs, announced last month, add a surcharge...
More than a dozen Republican attorneys general are calling on OpenAI to preserve records on its models' recent breach of another company, suggesting the AI firm may have violated state or federal laws in the incident. In a letter sent Monday to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, 15 attorneys general wrote the ChatGPT-maker may have broken...
Left-wing streamer Hasan Piker in a recent interview slammed the idea that progressive candidates pose a risk to Democrats in general elections. In an interview featured on CNN’s “The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper” that premiered Sunday, the outlet’s Donie O'Sullivan pressed Piker about comments from Democratic strategist James Carville, who earlier in the episode...
Brown University President Christina Paxson said Monday she will step down at the end of the academic year, after she oversaw negotiations with the Trump administration over the past 18 months. Paxson, who started her tenure in 2012, said stepping down is the “right decision” for her and her family and the “best path” forward...
On Monday, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers launched into tirade against Dr. Anthony Fauci over the infectious disease expert's decision not to answer questions during last week's Senate hearing about the COVID-19 pandemic. "I'm gonna plead the Fifth," Rodgers said, mocking Fauci during an appearance on ESPN host Pat McAfee's talk show. "Like that absolute...
President Trump on Monday warned that it was Iran’s “last chance” to make a peace deal with the U.S. or face “decapitation” as he touted the most recent talks with Tehran. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said the discussions with Iran are “not very complex” and “going to go quickly” this time around, claiming...
The House Ethics Committee on Monday announced that it had found Rep. Chuck Edwards's (R-N.C.) conduct with two young staff members had violated “the spirit” of the chamber’s rules against sexual harassment and unwanted advances and recommended he be formally censured by the full House. Edwards, who is married, had engaged in “highly unprofessional” conduct...
Morocco recently named a highway that spans more than 1,055 kilometers after President Trump, citing his decision to recognize Rabat’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara as the reason for the nod. “While our relations have always been rooted in close friendship and loyalty, they have never been as vibrant and as fruitful as they have...
A new poll shows that more Americans do not approve of President Trump's handling of immigration, a core issue on his political agenda. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 39 percent of respondents approve of his handling of immigration — a 10-point decrease from the beginning of his second term — and...
President Trump will travel to California and Nevada to sell his economic message this week with stops in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. On Tuesday, the president will attend a Republican National Committee dinner at Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles. He will then head to Las Vegas on Wednesday to tout tax cuts...
In every other part of our lives, Americans are tracked and scanned and verified. This is the age of Ring cameras, CAPTCHA and internet cookies. But suddenly, when it comes to welfare programs, we’re on horseback in the Wild West?
