Conservative advocate Laura Loomer is sparring on social media with the brother of President Trump's new nominee to serve as U.S. surgeon general. Loomer, who is known to speak with Trump and was seen as a player in the administration's decision to dismiss several national security staff members, railed against Casey Means’ qualifications to serve...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday said that it would be "ridiculous" to think that President Trump is personally benefiting from his time at the White House, calling out reporters for questions about his family’s business ventures while in office. Ahead of Trump’s trip to the Middle East next week, Leavitt pushed back...
Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-area native and former substitute teacher at St. Rita High School, has become the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.
President Trump will meet with Eric Adams on Friday, the White House confirmed, a meeting that will come hours before the Justice Department is slated to release documents tied to the embattled New York City mayor's now-defunct corruption case. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press briefing Friday that Adams requested an...
Corporations are being allowed to cause harm without consequence, and the administration must reject chemical liability shields and restore funding to the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service to protect public health from corporate harm.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is open to considering a ban on stock trades for members of Congress. The idea has been heavily floated by Democratic lawmakers including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.). “There's probably a reason that the bill hasn't moved in all those years because there's...
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) issued a sharp rebuke of President Trump’s decision to fire Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, accusing the administration of waging a war on truth. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), chair of the caucus, said Hayden’s firing was “callous” and should not be taken lightly. “This decision is the latest move in...
A federal judge granted bail to Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk on Friday, freeing her from federal immigration custody more than six weeks after the Trump administration revoked her visa and arrested her. U.S. District Judge William Sessions ruled that Öztürk raised substantial First Amendment and due process claims, saying the government had given no...
The international airport in Newark, N.J., experienced another radar outage Friday, officials said, the second in two weeks after a late April blackout sparked chaos. “There was a telecommunications outage that impacted communications and radar display at Philadelphia TRACON Area C, which guides aircraft in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport airspace,” the Federal...