Britain taught the world what freedom means. But often these days I look across the pond at the United States and think you guys might be onto something.
“Not a single federal dollar goes to providing health insurance for undocumented immigrants. NOT. ONE. PENNY.” These were the words of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a recent X post, after Republicans accused Democrats of shutting down the government in order to keep funding Medicaid for illegal immigrants. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) echoed this […]
President Trump on Sunday called this weekend’s “No Kings” demonstrations against him a “joke” and rejected suggestions that he is acting like a monarch. “I'm not a king. I work my ass off to make our country great. That's all it is. I'm not a king at all,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One...
Ford has issued a recall notice for more than 291,000 vehicles over a potential issue with the rearview camera causing the image to be displayed improperly in certain lighting conditions. The recall notice said the issue with the 360-degree view camera system may reduce the driver’s view behind the car, increasing the risk of a...
Americans must learn from other nations that have experienced dictatorships in order to understand the consequences of desiring one, as President Trump's actions and statements suggest he may be attempting to become a dictator.
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard has not contributed to weeks of lower crime rates. Instead, during her Thursday appearance before the committee, she lauded an increase in the presence of law enforcement backing the local Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). “What has worked...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called out conservative media pundit Tucker Carlson on Wednesday for suggesting the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk shared Carlson’s critical views on Israel. “I’m getting really tired of Tucker & his cronies falsely claiming ‘Charlie agreed with me that Israel is terrible & the problem in America is all the damn...
He could face up to 60 years in jail for the phone calls and emails that included hateful comments about Mamdani, his family and Muslims, prosecutors said.
College advising programs are being defunded, threatening to undermine a cost-effective economic strategy that provides essential guidance to students and drives economic progress in communities, while also providing valuable professional development for recent college graduates.
Senate Democrats on Thursday criticized President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, arguing his platforming of a convicted Belgium Holocaust denier made him unfit for the role. The Republican-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced White’s nomination on Wednesday, part of an effort to move forward more than two dozen of Trump’s ambassador and...
The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court Thursday to put the president’s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud accusations into effect. Cook participated in this week’s key vote cutting interest rates after a divided appeals panel rejected the administration’s plea to intervene beforehand. The administration waited for the Fed’s meeting to conclude before going...
The Supreme Court will consider whether President Trump can use emergency powers to justify his sweeping tariffs worldwide on Nov. 5, the court announced Thursday. The official scheduling of the oral arguments comes a week after the justices agreed to hear the Trump administration's appeal and fast-track the cases, which have broad implications for the...
The One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law by President Donald Trump, makes significant and permanent reforms to the federal tax code and government spending, resulting in tax savings for American families, strengthened Medicaid, increased border security, and reduced federal spending.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s plans to send unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country, writing that the government’s insistence that it came at parents’ request “crumbled like a house of cards.” Immigration lawyers raced to court in the middle of the night as the administration took steps to swiftly send...
President Trump on Thursday claimed late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel had his show taken off the air "because he had bad ratings," shrugging off a question about whether it was an attack on free speech. A reporter with ITV in the United Kingdom asked Trump during a joint press conference with British Prime...
Former President Obama condemned President Trump’s comments Thursday celebrating the removal of Jimmy Kimmel’s show from various networks after the comedian joked about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against...
House Democratic leaders called for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr to resign Thursday after ABC announced it would stop airing “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” due to the host’s remarks about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. ABC’s decision to pull Kimmel’s show came shortly after Carr threatened during a podcast interview to revoke...
Starbucks workers took legal action against their employer on Wednesday, accusing the company of breaking the law by implementing a new dress code but allegedly refusing to reimburse employees for the associated expenses. Class-action lawsuits were filed in Illinois and Colorado on Wednesday. Workers also filed complaints with California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency, saying...
