House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday slammed the reported push from Trump administration officials for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to design a $250 bill with President Trump’s face on it. “Hard No on a Trump $250 bill,” Jeffries wrote on the social platform X. “Get over yourself,” he added. “The upcoming...
The U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday ordered the commissioner for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to appear at a hearing next month to testify about the tariff refunds process being implemented by the Trump administration. The hearing will take place in New York on June 9, and Commissioner Rodney Scott has been ordered...
Anthropic raked in $65 billion from investors at a $965 billion valuation in its latest funding round, overtaking OpenAI’s most recent valuation as the two AI startups race to go public. The company announced the additional financing Thursday, with investment firms Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital leading the round. It marks a massive...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday dismissed a question about his presidential ambitions during a White House press briefing. While filing in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave, Bessent spoke for more than 30 minutes about the Trump administration’s negotiations with Iran, the impending launch of “Trump Accounts” for children and...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was the latest host of the White House press briefing, where on Thursday he took aim at reporting from The Washington Post about a planned commemorative $250 bill with President Trump's face on it. "I don't really understand this Washington Post article, but who here is from the Post?" he said,...
About 8 percent of the U.S. population was uninsured in 2025, largely unchanged from 2024, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The results from the agency’s National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) show that while the overall percentage is largely unchanged, the number of uninsured grew by about 800,000 — including 300,000 children. The uninsured rate remains lower than it was in 2019. The CDC’s numbers,...
About 8 percent of the U.S. population was uninsured in 2025, largely unchanged from 2024, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The results from the agency’s National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) show that while the overall percentage is largely unchanged, the number of uninsured grew by about 800,000 — including 300,00 children. The uninsured rate remains lower than it was in 2019. The CDC’s numbers,...
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel went after Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt (R) on his show Wednesday. “Now, the difference between Donald Trump and this guy, is Donald Trump actually had a job before he was on a reality show. He wasn’t good at the job, he got all the money for it from his...
A group of Democratic leaders from Southern states advocated Thursday for South Carolina voters to cast the first ballots in the next presidential primaries. The Democratic Party chairs from Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and West Virginia made the request in a letter to Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin. The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bruce Springsteen came to the nation’s capital and blasted its most prominent resident late Wednesday during a three-hour show at the city’s baseball stadium. Springsteen, a fervent critic of President Trump, set the tone from the start. He called Trump “racist, incompetent [and] treasonous” as he introduced the first song of the...
The U.S., Mexico and Canada — the three countries hosting this year’s FIFA World Cup beginning in June — announced public health travel measures for people coming from parts of Africa that are at greatest risk from Ebola. “This coordinated approach aims to protect our citizens and the millions of visitors, fans, athletes, and tourists...
The Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA) would deprive workers of the ability to negotiate their terms and conditions of employment, replacing it with government-mandated arbitrators, and is a bad idea that violates constitutional due process and property rights.
A U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed two men on Wednesday. U.S. Southern Command posted a 13-second video to social platform X showing a boat struck by an explosion and the aftermath of the vessel engulfed in flame and smoke. The command called the attack a “lethal kinetic strike on...
