Congress has passed a budget resolution that includes extending expiring tax cuts for middle- and upper-income taxpayers, border security funding, and reducing the deficit by $1.5 trillion over ten years, but the Senate's budget resolution has been criticized for not complying with the president's deficit reduction promises.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has stated that the country is facing a "crisis across the board" due to President Trump's policies, calling it an assault on the democratic way of life, the economy, Social Security, healthcare, and democracy.
The Supreme Court scheduled a rare May oral argument on the Trump administration’s emergency request to narrow a series of nationwide blocks on President Trump’s executive order that would restrict birthright citizenship. The administration has not yet asked the justices to settle the constitutionality of Trump’s order but has asked the high court to rein in...
President Trump on Thursday argued he would be able to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he wanted to, ratcheting up his criticism of the leader of the central bank. “Oh, he’ll leave. If I ask him to, he’ll be out of there,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I don't think he’s...
A crushing "spiral of silence" keeps Americans from discussing the threat of climate change, a new study has found. The findings, published on Thursday in PLOS Climate, highlight a dynamic that cuts to the heart of the country’s failure to take significant action to slow climate change. “When we don't hear an opinion, or we don't hear our thoughts out there,...
A group of House lawmakers launched a probe Thursday into 23andMe's handling of customers' sensitive data following the company's filing for bankruptcy last month. In a letter to 23andMe, House Commerce and Energy Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) asked the company to state its data privacy...
Officials said at least six individuals have been hospitalized as a result of a shooting at Florida State University (FSU) on Thursday. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare said it was "receiving and caring for patients," according to a statement to NBC News Thursday afternoon. "At this time, details are still unfolding, and we do not yet have...
A newly declassified Biden-era strategy to counter domestic terrorism called for information sharing with Big Tech, banning assault weapons and curbing ghost guns.