President Trump on Wednesday declared New York “saved” after his administration announced it would rescind the Biden-era approval of a congestion pricing plan, “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED.” Trump posted to his Truth Social. "LONG LIVE THE KING!" The move pulls back a toll charging $9 for drivers...
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R-Miss.) collapsed at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson. Video of the Mississippi State floor showed Hosemann collapsing on Wednesday, February 19. A source told WJTV 12 News that Hosemann was able to stand up and was conscious as emergency responders rushed to his aid. We're told...
President Trump this week ramped up attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, accusing him of somehow causing Russia's invasion nearly three years ago, calling him a dictator and saying he has done a “terrible job” as the country’s leader. During a news conference in Florida on Tuesday, Trump made unsupported claims about the Ukrainian leader's...
The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) poses a much bigger challenge for policymakers. Generative AI appears to truly upend prior assumptions regarding the stability of high-skill positions as it can easily and rapidly perform many cognitive and non-routine tasks.
Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) urged the Federal Reserve chair to hammer down on "improper" trade violations in a Friday letter, expressing concerns about what they described as a "culture of corruption" and called for ethics policy reform. The duo blamed Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell for improperly responding to a 2024...
President Trump is set to meet next week with two key European leaders amid tensions over Trump's approach to negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. National security adviser Mike Waltz confirmed on Fox News that French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Washington, D.C., next week to meet...
Republicans appeared to give their blessing to Trump’s pick for Labor secretary, former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), during her confirmation hearing Wednesday despite her past pro-labor stances, which are atypical for a Republican candidate. “You’re very uniquely positioned,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who had exchanged harsh words with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien in 2023 as...
President Trump is spending much of Wednesday in Florida, but is still making waves in Washington. Ahead of attending a Saudi investment conference in Miami, the president has traded barbs with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and posted on Truth Social that he favors the House's budget plans over the Senate's two-bill strategy. In the last...
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said President Trump’s recent remarks about Ukraine are intended to “shock” Europe into action. “When are we Europeans going to stop being scandalized about Donald Trump and start helping him to end this war?” Johnson posted Wednesday on X. European leaders were shocked when Trump took steps to end...