It was a marvelous scene in the Capitol Rotunda that day, wasn’t it? Marbled walls glimmered in the morning sunlight, titans of industry standing in homage, and President Donald Trump’s vanquished foes sitting behind him, their faces baffled and pained. Over the next two months, Trump and company pressed their advantage mercilessly — and with […]
The Senate passed a budget blueprint by a 51-48 vote Saturday morning, moving it to the House. If the blueprint passes the House, Congress will be able to move forward on President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. While Republicans broadly agree on policies, such as tax cuts, immigration enforcement, and military spending, they disagree on how […]
To hear White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller tell it, thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision Monday to lift Judge James Boasberg’s temporary restraining order, the Trump administration is free to start sending Venezuelans to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act today. “This was a huge, I mean monumental victory for President […]
One can only imagine what the Google reviews for the White Lotus hotels, the luxurious titular resorts of HBO‘s latest cultural phenomenon, would look like: “Beautiful, spacious villa, friendly staff. Unexpected mass shooting murder spree and cloudy weather. Would recommend.” Despite the litany of murders plaguing this fictional playground for bored millionaires, guests continue to flock […]
For all the national concerns about the future of the Department of Education, the South has already shown that states can turn around struggling schools if they choose to put in the work themselves. Mississippi has become one of the biggest success stories for reading scores in the country. The state had the largest growth […]
There is a point in football games when a team staring defeat in the face gets desperate and starts trying trick plays and throwing Hail Mary passes. It has no option but to resort to long bombs and onside kicks because they might snatch a surprise win, and nothing else has managed to do so […]
Glimmers of optimism surrounding President Trump’s tariffs quickly faded on Tuesday as the White House dug in on the threat of new levies, the markets erased their small morning gains and Republican lawmakers grew increasingly frustrated with what they see as mixed messages coming from administration officials. The mood early on Tuesday was more upbeat...
The United States criticized China after Ukraine announced it had caught two Chinese nationals fighting alongside Russian forces. “It’s disturbing with the Chinese soldiers having been captured,” State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a briefing Tuesday. “We’re aware of those reports.” “China is a major enabler of Russia in the war in Ukraine. China provides nearly...
President Trump has fired a top U.S. military officer at NATO, Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, a termination that caused swift rebuke from Democrats in Congress. Chatfield was the country’s top representative to NATO’s military committee. Her firing marks the latest casualty of Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's purge of military officials seen as part...
Two Microsoft employees were fired for protests condemning the company’s support for Israel at a 50th anniversary event last week. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was interrupted by shouts from software engineer Ibtihal Aboussad during his speech at the Friday celebration while Vaniya Agrawal, another engineer, interjected during a question-and-answer session with Microsoft founder Bill...