Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he does not believe “there’s a will for a ground conflict” in Iran among lawmakers during a Sunday interview with NewsNation. “I know a lot of Republicans don’t support that, and I know all the Democrats don’t support it, so I firmly...
Chirs Christie chuckled recalling how quickly signing New Jersey’s first legalized sports gambling law in 2012 sparked a lawsuit from the NCAA and the nation’s largest professional sports leagues against his state. The Republican governor’s goal at the time was to reassert Atlantic City as an East Coast gambling destination and drive tourism to a shoreline in need of an economic boost. After years of legal fights sparked in part by that...
President Trump on Sunday indicated he was open to withdrawing his nomination of Casey Means, sister of White House senior adviser Calley Means, to be U.S. surgeon general, as reports indicate she does not have the necessary Republican support. While speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump was asked if he was considering withdrawing...
More than 40 Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration to provide guidance underscoring that federal employees cannot use nonpublic information to trade on prediction markets. Led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the group in a Sunday letter raised concerns to the heads of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Office of Government...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday signaled progress in talks with Iran, saying Iranian officials are saying the right things in private despite their defiant public stance. “You have people over there that are saying some of the right things privately,” Rubio, who also serves as acting national security adviser, said in an interview...
United States District Judge Katherine Menendez has dismissed the Trump administration’s challenge to Minnesota law that allows in-state tuition for undocumented students. The federal government sued Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and other state officials over a law that allows undocumented students in-state tuition for college if they went to a Minnesota high school for three...
Most Americans say the Trump administration has not done enough to “Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA), according to a Monday poll. In the Politico poll, 52 percent of respondents said the administration “has not done enough to Make America Healthy Again,” while 26 percent said the opposite. Twenty-two percent of respondents said they were unsure...
Oil prices have jumped up again as the war in Iran rages on and President Trump threatens escalations. On Monday morning, international benchmark Brent crude was trading at about $114 per barrel, up significantly from last week, when prices were floating closer to $100 or $105 per barrel. Prices have been elevated since the war began...
An expected panelist from the American Bar Association did not appear at a conservative event on the group’s law school accreditation role as Trump allies intensify pressure on the legal giant.