On May 5, millionaires, billionaires, and CEOs shelled out a reported $1.5 million per plate to dine with President Donald Trump. The proceeds from the night went to a political action committee controlled by Trump. It sure looked like wealthy people and businessmen paid for access to the president, who wields great power over the […]
“Walkability” is a buzzword, but like the related term “urbanism,” nobody can agree on what it means. Is a neighborhood walkable simply if it’s easy to walk around? Or is it only walkable if all the amenities of daily and weekly life are within a mile of your house? Plenty of websites and nonprofit organizations […]
The gavel falls, and another executive order hits the skids. Federal judges, cloaked in black robes and armed with injunctions, have become the bane of President Donald Trump’s second term, much like they were for President Franklin D. Roosevelt nearly a century ago. But Trump is involved in an important fight over the legitimate powers […]
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) filed a lawsuit seeking $2.5 million in damages after a U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officer entered his office, prompting claims from the GOP congressman that he is “worried and anxious” about his interactions with the agency. The suit stems from a 2021 incident in which an officer entered Nehls’s office over...
The Trump administration has released new guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, advising Americans to be on the lookout for workplace discrimination perpetuated under the guise of the DEI agenda.
Dane opened up about the diagnosis during an interview with People, saying he is "grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter."
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) launched a digital ad campaign targeting 25 House Democrats facing competitive reelection bids in 2026 over their votes against the budget blueprint to enact key parts of President Trump’s legislative agenda. "Once again, House Democrats made their priorities crystal clear: They’re taking a wrecking ball to America’s economy and...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum on Thursday outlining $5.1 billion in cuts to Department of Defense (DoD) spending through terminated contracts. The Pentagon leader said the contracts amounted to “non-essential spending” on third-party consultants for services “more efficiently” performed by the department’s workforce using existing resources. "We need this money to spend on...
Thucydides’ maxim from the 5th century B.C. that “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must” seems to be the core of President Trump’s negotiating strategy.
The federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to try to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, scolded the Justice Department for demanding more time to update the court on next steps. Following the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday evening that upheld the thrust of U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’s order,...
Rigid, bulky batteries could one day be replaced by soft, flexible ones, a new paper argues. Scientists at a Swedish university have created a new form of a soft, fluid-based battery that can be shaped to meet any form, according to findings published Friday in Science Advances. “The texture is a bit like toothpaste," co-author Aiman Rahmanudin said...
Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) knocked Elon Musk for “bad messaging” about cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “I think the key here is bad messaging, right? ... I think people appreciate waste, fraud and abuse. Let‘s go after it,” Sununu said late Thursday on CNN’s “NewsNight with Abby Phillip.”...
President Trump's approval rating has dropped to -8 percent in a new poll, with more than half of Americans disapproving of his job performance, as he implements new trade policies and faces backlash from other countries.
The Justice Department is reconsidering its case against a former FBI informant who was indicted for fabricating a claim that former President Biden and his son Hunter Biden accepted a bribe. The admission came in a filing in the case of Alexander Smirnov, who pleaded guilty last year to lying to the FBI about the detail that...
