Renowned storyteller Charles Dickens brought the world characters such as Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist. He wrote a story for his own children that he read to them annually. He didn’t want it published, but it was published posthumously and is now the basis for a major motion picture. The tagline for The […]
Department of Health and Human Services officials during a closed-door briefing could not give a full accounting of the number of people who have been fired from the agency, a Democratic aide for the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Friday. HHS officials insisted to committee staff that the agency's massive staffing cuts had been performed...
Border czar Tom Homan is defending the Trump administration in the case of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, despite the Supreme Court ruling earlier this week that the U.S. must facilitate his return. During an interview Friday on Newsmax, Homan doubled down on the move, saying, "I think we made the right...
Today, scientists are losing jobs. Programs are vanishing. Budgets are being stripped to the bone. This isn’t happening because the science is flawed. It’s happening because science has failed to bring the public along.
The Education Department's demand that K-12 districts and state officials certify their schools are free of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs is being met with open defiance from blue states and open arms by red ones. Highlighting an already stark divide on the issue, states including New York and Minnesota are telling the...
Congress left town this week without passing legislation to prevent significant budget cuts for Washington, as the measure faces staunch opposition from some conservatives. While the measure swiftly passed the Senate last month, it has sputtered in the GOP-led House, even as President Trump has publicly called for its passage. As lawmakers prepared to leave...
Frustrations are bubbling up among House Republicans after the conference — by the skin of its teeth — overcame internal disputes to adopt a framework for President Trump’s legislative agenda, a troubling sign for the group as it heads into the next, more difficult, step in achieving the president’s domestic policy priorities. The rocky week...
Senate Banking Committee chairman Tim Scott described the first hundred days of Congress, a trade war with China and the timeline for implementing critical crypto policies.
At least 26 Americans have been freed from captivity abroad since President Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term in January 2025.
Longtime Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan is weighing a run in the 2026 midterm elections for Michigan's open Senate seat, which the GOP is aiming to flip.