The Internal Revenue Service is in desperate need of reform. With former Rep. Billy Long confirmed as its new leader, there’s a glimmer of hope that real change might finally be coming. In his Senate Finance Committee hearing, Long pledged to run an IRS that “prioritizes customer service, identifies critical technology infrastructure needs, and ensures […]
Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna (Calif.), Pramila Jayapal (Mich) and Greg Casar (Texas), the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, are set to give remarks Wednesday morning in opposition to President Trump's authorization of U.S. strikes in Iran. Khanna introduced a war powers resolution last week alongside GOP Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) that would direct the...
President Trump on Wednesday morning will give remarks from the NATO summit in the Netherlands. Trump's comments from The Hague come as he faces pressure at home over U.S. strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran — though NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has responded favorably to the decision — and whether the U.S. will comply...
The Austin Police Department has arrested Brian Johnson, known online as the social media influencer "Liver King," according to Travis County Jail records.
The world’s sawmills and plantation forests offer a powerful weapon against climate change, a new study has found. A paper published Wednesday in science journal Nature Geosciences found that burying the vast quantities of wood waste produced in the course of logging and processing trees could markedly slow Earth’s heating. Heat waves like the one...
New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani declared victory early Wednesday after emerging with a commanding lead over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary's first-choice ballot. Mamdani — a democratic socialist, who ran a progressive campaign focusing on the state’s affordability crisis — addressed his supporters at a rally shortly after midnight on...
President Trump’s bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites has come under legal scrutiny, as some suggest his decision to bypass Congress stepped on its power to declare war. But if history is any indication, it’s unlikely the courts will have an avenue to settle the question — or that politics won't prevail, as presidents from...
Steve Witkoff, President Trump's top envoy to the Middle East, blasted what he called "treasonous" leaking of information after multiple media outlets reported that the administration's strikes on Iran only set its nuclear program back a few months. "Well, it goes without saying that leaking that type of information, whatever the information, whatever side it...