Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer was ridiculed for his response to President Donald Trump's tariff threats against Mexico and Canada, which included a video featuring avocado and beer.
The newly-appointed interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin wrote a letter to tech billionaire Elon Musk vowing to help protect the DOGE team from attacks.
Canada and Mexico got a one-month reprieve, but President Trump's new 10% tariff on China went into effect Tuesday, prompting retaliation from Beijing.
A University of California student group sued the school system Monday, alleging racial discrimination in admissions. Students Against Racial Discrimination filed a suit saying the university system gives “discriminatory preferences to non-Asian racial minorities.” The suit says Asian American and white applicants are turned away while Black and Hispanic students “are often placed at...
The impacts of climate change could cost real estate nearly $1.5 trillion in value, according to a study published Monday by climate risk modeler First Street. Researchers write that climate change is both driving up insurance costs and affecting consumer preferences, which combined create a “feedback loop” where populations move in accordance with climate risk...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Costa Rica Tuesday, where he will give remarks to the press alongside Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chavez. Rubio's travel through Central America and the Caribbean in his first major trip at the helm of the State Department has been largely focused on curbing illegal immigration into the U.S....
President Trump shared figures inflating the spike in autism in a post Tuesday morning promoting his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, highlighting a key data point in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s debunked theories around a link between autism and vaccines. “20 years ago, Autism in children was 1 in 10,000....
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Bryce Mitchell distanced himself from his past comments about Adolf Hitler, saying he’s “definitely not a Nazi” after his comments sparked backlash, including from the promotion’s head, Dana White. “I’m sorry I sounded insensitive,” Mitchell wrote in a Saturday statement on Instagram. “I definitely was not trying to offend anybody,...