Former speechwriters for previous presidential administrations weighed in on President Donald Trump’s expansive speech before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening.
America is a beacon of freedom worldwide, yet the biggest threat to that freedom is a crushing national debt that has saddled future generations in the order of tens of trillions of dollars. The Trump administration is doing what it can to cut spending, but Congress is not yet on board. The evidence contained in […]
It’s time to get serious about civics. States must require that it be taught and learned. Teachers must be deeply grounded in it and prepared to teach it. Schools — elementary, middle, and high schools — must make time for it in their schedules. We need top-quality curricula that contain essential knowledge, impart vital skills, and don’t shy away […]
The recent “Saturday Night Live” cold open spoofed a reported clash between tech billionaire Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In the sketch, James Austin Johnson’s President Trump is in the Oval Office with Marcello Hernández’s Rubio, with the president telling his secretary of State that he “can’t have you fighting with Elon.”...
The American Bar Association (ABA) issued a statement Tuesday citing concerns with the Trump administration’s comments condemning court orders that blocked some of the president’s executive actions. “These bold assertions, designed to intimidate judges by threatening removal if they do not rule the government's way, cross the line. They create a risk to the physical...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports “entirely unjustified” and said the country would respond “if it comes to that.” “Tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum would be entirely unjustified,” Trudeau said in remarks to reporters on Tuesday. “We are [the] U.S.'s closest ally. Our economies are integrated....
Elon Musk on Tuesday defended the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside President Trump, who invited Musk to speak and sat at the resolute desk as the tech mogul gave a lengthy address. “The people voted for major government reform and that’s what the people are going to get,” Musk said in...
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will be kept out of the Department of Education’s systems until Feb. 17, in an agreement reached in a lawsuit brought by the University of California student government. In a filing Tuesday, the student government and Education Department came to an agreement to keep all DOGE personnel out of the databases...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) says Democrats will push for language in the spending bills that need to pass by March 14 that would unwind Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle government agencies such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Schumer emphasized that Democrats don’t want...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said President Trump’s Gaza proposal is “deeply disrespectful” and “unserious.” “I thought it was an unserious proposal,” Shapiro told sports media personality Stephen A. Smith on his show, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “I thought it was a proposal that if he actually carried it out the way he...
President Trump’s flood-the-zone strategy in the first month of his new presidency is catching the typically sluggish judiciary flat-footed. More than 50 lawsuits challenging major administration actions have been filed at breakneck speed, leading to whirlwind showdowns in courtrooms across the country that have created challenges for both sides in the legal debate. Justice Department lawyers...
Israel is amassing troops in and around the Gaza Strip ahead of the upcoming Hamas hostage release, which the Palestinian militant group threatened to delay after accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas does not release the remaining hostages this upcoming...
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced it has negotiated the release of Marc Fogel, an American schoolteacher who has been detained in Russia on drug charges since his arrest in 2021. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said in a statement Tuesday that special envoy Steve Witkoff was leaving Russian airspace with Fogel after negotiating an...
King Abdullah II of Jordan pledged to take in 2,000 sick Palestinian children from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday amid pressure from President Trump for his country to take in Palestinians from the enclave. Abdullah met with Trump at the White House, where the two leaders discussed controversial proposals from Trump to take in large...
President Trump's nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is the right person to lead Health and Human Services to transform the health care system from disease-treatment to prevention.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) vowed that he would work to regain his constituents’ trust after the Justice Department (DOJ) directed federal prosecutors to dismiss the corruption case against him. Adams said Tuesday in an address from City Hall that he is grateful to the DOJ for its “honesty” in its decision and...
A California teenager was sentenced to 48 months in prison on Tuesday following a series of interstate threats to injure individuals across the country. Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, Calif., made more than 375 swatting and threat calls to authorities in which he claimed to have planted bombs, threatened to detonate bombs or conduct...
