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Will Trump’s Department of Education strategy actually cut the bureaucracy?

WILL TRUMP’S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STRATEGY ACTUALLY CUT THE BUREAUCRACY? On March 11, the Department of Education issued a press release announcing that it had “initiated a reduction in force impacting nearly 50% of the department’s workforce.” When President Donald Trump was inaugurated, the release said, the Education Department had 4,133 employees. After the new cuts, […]

Trump must stay the course on tariffs. They’re ensuring fairness

President Donald Trump is wholly justified for taking on China’s unfair trading schemes and economic imperialism. But like any war, it will not be pain-free. In response to Trump’s new 20% tariff on imports from China, the People’s Republic has imposed retaliatory tariffs on American farm products, blacklisted 15 U.S. companies, and completely cut off lumber imports. […]

Trump says he knows nothing of Atlantic journalist swept up in war plan text chain

President Trump on Monday said he knew nothing of a report by a journalist for The Atlantic who says he was swept up in a text message chain with defense and national security officials while they detailed plans for an attack on Houthi rebels. Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, wrote earlier Monday that he...

Progressive influencer launches bid to unseat House Democrat

Progressive influencer Kat Abughazaleh announced on Monday that she’s launching a bid to unseat Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) in the northern Chicago suburbs. “Donald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling our country piece by piece, and so many Democrats seem content to just sit back and let ‘em,” Abughazaleh said in a video announced her candidacy...

Moulton: Hegseth a danger to US, servicemembers

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him a danger to the country and the United States’ military after The Atlantic reported on Monday that its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg had been included on a Signal channel that detailed sensitive information regarding U.S. strikes in Yemen against the Houthis. “Incompetence so severe that...

Former Obama DOJ official calls for FBI investigation into war plans text chat

Former Obama Justice Department official Matthew Miller called for an FBI investigation after The Atlantic’s bombshell report that its editor was included in a group chat of Trump administration officials discussing details of a U.S. plan to bomb targets in Yemen. “You don’t even have to do the 'what about her emails' thing. In any...

House Dem demands hearing on how Trump admin shared war plans with journalist 

Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), a military veteran, on Monday called for a congressional hearing following a news report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted The Atlantic’s top editor key details of the U.S. plan to bomb Houthi targets, just two hours ahead of the attacks. “Only one word for this: FUBAR,” Ryan wrote in a...

Trump touts major Hyundai investment in US, including Louisiana steel plant

South Korean automaker Hyundai announced Monday it will invest $20 billion in the United States, including on a new steel plant in Louisiana. President Trump touted the news at the White House, crediting it to his election victory last November and his aggressive use of tariffs to target foreign imports. "This investment is a clear...

Nikki Glaser says she’s ‘scared’ to tell political jokes

Comedian Nikki Glaser says she went from being too "angry" to tell political jokes to being too fearful. "I'm at the point now that if I don't say something political, it's because I'm scared to, not because I'm like, I don't think I have a right to do that," Glaser said Sunday at the Mark Twain Prize...

The Republican plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act

The GOP's proposed Medicaid cuts and Trump's unilaterally slashing funding for ACA navigators are the next steps in dismantling the Affordable Care Act, which has successfully reduced the country's uninsured rate to 8.2 percent from 15 percent in 2013 before its implementation.

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