House Republicans are scrambling to finalize the details of their “one big, beautiful bill” of President Trump’s legislative priorities. The White House is pushing to hold the vote on Wednesday, even as warring Republican factions negotiate last-minute tweaks and some members warn they cannot yet support it. GOP leaders have made some progress winning over...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is testifying Wednesday afternoon before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the department's fiscal 2026 budget request. The Trump administration's spending proposal includes significant cuts to Biden-era green initiatives. Paired with the GOP-backed reconciliation bill, renewable energy incentives would also be slashed. The hearing comes after Wright announced proposals to cut dozens...
An Ohio school district is investigating after a 24-year-old was accused of enrolling in its high school, allegedly posing as a teenage boy for over a year and a half.
A federal judge on Wednesday chided the Department of Justice (DOJ) during a hearing where he agreed to dismiss a trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D), stemming from his visit to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility earlier this month alongside three Democratic members of Congress. U.S. District Judge Andre...
The U.S. health care system is ill-prepared to treat pregnant patients and their infants who have endured the impacts of wildfire smoke exposure, a new study finds. Many residents of communities prone to the proliferation of wildfire smoke lack geographic access to the treatments they might need, according to the study, published in the American...
A federal judge said Wednesday the Trump administration violated his order when it boarded a group of migrants on a flight headed for South Sudan earlier this week and he will issue an order requiring it to be remedied. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy ruled the flight ran afoul of his decision last month requiring the...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday defended to House members the Trump administration's request to cut 15 percent from her department's budget. McMahon at times had contentious moments with members as she emphasized the request for a $12 billion cut as President Trump wants her to carry out the federal agency’s “final mission.” “Madam Secretary,...
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that President Trump's firing of two Democrats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) were unlawful, deeming them "null and void." U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said that PCLOB's "responsibility" to oversee the government's counterterrorism actions and policies and recommend changes is "incompatible" with at-will removal by...