The White House on Tuesday asserted President Trump would not cut Social Security or Medicare after comments from tech billionaire Elon Musk about the need to examine entitlement spending gained traction. Musk, a top Trump adviser leading the effort to overhaul the federal workforce, appeared on Fox Business Network on Monday for a rare television...
Cameron Monte Smith, 50, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced to U.S. prison for destroying two energy facilities in North and South Dakota. Smith was sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay $2.1 million in restitution. His 150 month sentence for each count is to be served consecutively, the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) introduced a rare motion on Monday, seeking to force a vote on proxy voting after she struggled to balance the responsibilities of being a lawmaker and a new parent in the last legislative cycle. Her discharge petition for House Resolution 164 is backed by 92 representatives but would need 126 additional signatures to cross the required threshold to force...
Small business optimism is faltering as stock markets are dropping and a range of macroeconomic and policy uncertainties are weighing on the business outlook. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) optimism index, which measures sentiment among small business owners, fell by 2.1 points in February. The group’s uncertainty index also registered its second-highest reading...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is denying an accusation from conservative pundit Tucker Carlson that he worked to block the release of sensitive government information related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. Carlson, during a conversation with NewsNation host Chris Cuomo, alleged Cotton tried to stand in the way of a one of...
If the primary goal of the Trump administration is to quickly address issues in the Middle East and prevent further wars and instability, placing additional pressure on Arab countries might actually backfire.
The Club for Growth, a top conservative group that is a major player in Republican primaries, aligns with President Trump as it endorses Byron Donalds in the race to succeed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Romania’s right-wing presidential frontrunner Călin Georgescu claims he is being attacked by lawfare similar to President Donald Trump because he exposed the "oligarch system."
U.S. District Court Judge Amir Ali, a Biden appointee, has ordered the Trump administration to pay out $2 billion in foreign aid owed to contractors for completed work.