The former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff are facing a federal criminal trial this week, where some old colleagues will be less friendly on the witness stand than others.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser tried to keep the focus on a groundbreaking ceremony for a new mixed-used development. But she couldn't help fielding a string of questions about the budget crisis hanging over the nation's capital city.
Like a fleet of ghost ships, Biden-era antitrust actions continue to sail along, creakily sailing a Sargasso Sea of indecision by new Trump-appointed regulators. No one seems to be manning these phantoms. No navy seems willing to scuttle them, either. These legacy suits from former President Joe Biden against Amazon, Apple, Google, and others continue […]
California has yet another over-budget, unnecessary project in the works. State Democrats are intent on keeping key details about it secret, including how the money is being spent. The Capitol Annex Project is California’s attempt to build a new Capitol building, with offices for all state legislators, the governor, and lieutenant governor, as well as […]
This Earth Day comes on the heels of a remarkable turning point in conservation history: Scientists at Colossal Laboratories have claimed the first animal species de-extinction by recreating dire wolves through genetic editing. Some have argued that modifying animals (in this case, grey wolves) to resemble extinct species is not true de-extinction. Still, it is certainly a significant departure from […]
The Trump administration is missing an opportunity to bring the Islamic Republic of Iran to heel, as it seems to want to strike a deal similar to the Obama-era nuclear deal, instead of using the opportunity to redefine the terms and end Iran's destabilizing factor on the world stage.
A federal judge in Colorado ordered the Trump administration on Tuesday to provide Venezuelan migrants detained there 21 days notice before deporting them under the Alien Enemies Act. The order only applies to migrants housed within the state, but it nonetheless deals a blow to the administration, which in some cases elsewhere was providing migrants 24 hours...
The White House on Tuesday defended President Trump's ongoing attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, which have fueled investor concerns in recent days. Trump on Monday called Powell a “major loser” and suggested the Fed's previous rate cuts were aimed at helping former President Biden. A dive in the stock market was accelerated after Trump’s...