One of President Trump's first-term appointees to the Kennedy Center board for the performing arts is floating big ideas to revamp the Washington, D.C., cultural mainstay, including a Jacqueline Kennedy-centered fashion show, a new space for "yachts" and potentially even franchising the institution. "It’s shocking how many people have no idea about the Kennedy Center...

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said Monday that Ontario’s 25-percent surcharge on electricity exports to his state — announced in response to President Trump’s tariffs on Canada — will only help the U.S. president win support from his base. The Minnesota Republican told NewsNation’s Joe Khalil on Monday that the additional charges are a...

A top official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) gave an inside account of the “chaos” and “confusion” that overtook the agency when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) arrived at the consumer watchdog in early February. Adam Martinez, chief operating officer of the CFPB, took the stand Monday in a lawsuit challenging his...

The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is investigating 60 universities for antisemitism, according to letters sent on Monday. The department said the 60 institutions are receiving warnings due to allegedly not complying with Title IX obligations to protect Jewish students. “The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite...

A federal judge in New York ordered Columbia University anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil is not to be deported for now.

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, is celebrating after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson agreed to donate gifts that the city received to charity.

Sens. Mitch McConnell and Catherine Cortez Masto are seeking to make families of fallen retired law enforcement officers eligible for benefits.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the failed 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate, revealed the missteps he saw with the Harris presidential campaign.

House Republicans are getting help from the Trump White House to get their bill to avert a partial government shutdown over the line.

Randi Weingarten decried vouchers as a "tax credit" for wealthy families, and fears Trump's plan to terminate the Education Department will mean more funding to boost school choice.