Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said they are launching a new portal for whistleblowers to expose wrongdoing and abuses of power in the Trump administration. “As Senate Republicans refuse to fulfill their constitutional duty to provide a check on the...
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk is doubling down on his attacks of federal judges in the wake of court actions blocking multiple Trump administration efforts. In a Monday morning post on X, Musk replied to a user who noted that federal judges can be impeached by Congress. “It’s time,” the tech billionaire...
We need an American equivalent of the Arab Spring, an overwhelming and sustained demand for fundamental rights, good government, a healthy democracy and the rule of law.
President Trump targeted Taylor Swift in a late-night social media post, arguing the pop star had a “tougher night” than the Kansas City Chiefs, after the team her boyfriend plays for lost in the Super Bowl. “The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift,” Trump said on...
In today’s issue: Trump leans in on tariffs, Musk The United States is not “that rich right now,” President Trump said Sunday while also announcing he will escalate trade tariffs and back Elon Musk’s attack on targets of “wasteful” spending, which Trump measured during a Fox News interview using U.S. projected debt. “We owe $36...
Black educators are sounding the alarm as President Trump ramps up talk of eliminating the Department of Education. Trump, who has long called for the Education Department to be shut down, said in the Oval Office on Tuesday that he hopes Linda McMahon, his nominee for Education secretary, can “put herself out of a job.”...