President Trump emerged from a two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and said Moscow and Kyiv will immediately start ceasefire talks.
It took mere hours for prominent Democratic voices to insist that reports of former President Joe Biden having advanced prostate cancer required everyone to stop asking questions about his time in office. Speaking on CNN, longtime Democratic Party operative David Axelrod said that given the news of Biden’s diagnosis, discussions about the former president’s mental […]
The U.S. government has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 rioter who was fatally shot by police during the 2021 attack on the Capitol, according to multiple reports.
{beacon} View Online Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Energy Dept. says certain LNG impacts fall outside authority The department said environmental impacts of natural gas export terminals fall outside its authority — signaling the Trump administration may not give significant consideration to these impacts as it evaluates future gas export...
President Trump and his allies are trying to thread the needle as they take digs at former President Biden’s fitness for office in the wake of his prostate cancer diagnosis. Biden’s diagnosis comes as a forthcoming book, due Tuesday, is shining a spotlight on his health and painting a dim picture of quick aging. Trump often bashes...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has conducted its first charter flight for migrants who agreed to "self-deport" after starting a program to give those voluntarily leaving the country a $1,000 stipend. The flight took 64 citizens of Colombia and Honduras to their home country. “This was a voluntary charter flight, not an ICE enforcement...
Plus: Trump touts Russia-Ukraine breakthrough {beacon} HOUSE REPUBLICANS are barreling ahead to advance President Trump’s agenda, with hearings taking place at all hours of the night as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) seeks to unite a divided caucus ahead of a crucial vote. Republicans have bounced back this week, days after a big setback. ...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is urging her colleagues to vote down updated stablecoin legislation, arguing it fails to sufficiently address concerns related to President Trump’s crypto ties and leaves financial markets and consumers vulnerable. The GENIUS Act, which would create a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, is expected to head to the Senate floor...
Voter optimism on the direction of the country has ticked up in new polling, signaling attitudes may be bouncing back after President Trump's controversial tariff moves roiled global markets. A new Harvard CAPS/Harris survey found 42 percent of voters said the country is on the right track, up 3 points from last month and 16...
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they think a recession is coming, according to a new survey from LendingTree. In the survey, conducted in April, 47 percent of respondents say they think a recession is coming in the next six months, while 15 percent say they think a recession is coming “but not in the next...