Starbucks Workers United said it had voted to authorize a strike ahead of the year’s last scheduled bargaining session. In a post on X, the union said 98 percent of its baristas voted to authorize a strike if necessary. “Our union is STRONG – and we’re READY,” the union said. The union noted in its...

Less than half of Americans said their opinion of President-elect Trump is favorable, according to a recent poll. In a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, around 41 percent stated that their opinion of the president-elect is favorable. Around 55 percent stated that their opinion of the president-elect is unfavorable.  Trump is set to enter office for a...

A judge has denied New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s request to dismiss the bribery charge he faces. In a 30-page ruling Tuesday in the Southern District of New York, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho said Adams’s argument that the government’s allegations in his case did not meet the legal standard for bribery. Ho determined...

President Biden on Tuesday said that there is no sense of danger so far from the drones that have been spotted in the Northeast, noting that officials are looking into them. “Nothing nefarious apparently, but they’re checking it all out,” Biden told reporters about the drones. He added, "We're following this closely, but so far,...

President-elect Trump said Tuesday he would nominate former NFL player and one-time Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker to serve as his ambassador to the Bahamas. "Herschel has spent decades serving as an Ambassador to our Nation’s youth, our men and women in the Military, and athletes at home and abroad," Trump posted on Truth Social....

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday said he believes the government is lying about recent drone activity. “You think the government is lying?” NewsNation’s Blake Burman asked Burchett on “The Hill.” “I don’t wanna put words in your mouth, but you think they're — they're lying on this issue, Congressman?” “Oh yeah, I mean, when...

Congress on Tuesday rolled out its last major funding deal of the year and is expected to move quickly to try to pass it ahead of a Friday government shutdown deadline. The bill, which is more than 1,500 pages long, would keep the government funded at current levels through March 14, buying time for the...

President-elect Trump dropped a round of ambassador nominations on social media Tuesday night, naming Herschel Walker and Nicole McGraw as nominees to serve in the Bahamas and Croatia.