A record-high share of U.S. adults say they think global warming will pose a “serious threat” to them in their lifetime, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. In the survey, conducted in early March, 48 percent of respondents say they think “global warming will pose a serious threat to you or your way of...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) has invoked the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition to block President Trump’s appointees to serve as U.S. attorneys for two of the most prestigious districts in the country, the Southern District and the Eastern District of New York. Schumer announced Wednesday that he will use his senatorial privilege to block...
A second adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been suspended amid an ongoing probe into leaks of information at the Pentagon. The Defense Department’s deputy chief of staff, Darin Selnick, was placed on administrative leave “pending an investigation,” a U.S. Defense official told The Hill. Selnick’s suspension came as part of the same investigation...
A group of 12 students sued the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) over changes that have been made to curriculum and book removals in its schools. The lawsuit accuses the DODEA of eliminating curriculum that deals with subjects such as slavery, Native American history, and LGBTQ issues, taking books off shelves and canceling events the government says are...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announced plans to sue the Trump administration Wednesday, challenging President Trump's authority to enact tariffs they claim will cause “immediate and irreparable harm” to the Golden State. In the lawsuit, expected to be filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...
New York Attorney General Letitia James is reviewing whether President Donald Trump or his associates benefited from advance knowledge of a tariff pause that sent markets soaring.