A Houston man who was pardoned by President Trump over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is wanted in Texas on older solicitation charges, a district attorney's office confirmed this week. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Andrew Taake, 36, who was pardoned by Trump last week, is wanted...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday hit President Trump over what he called “photo op” immigration raids following the president's flurry of immigration orders. “I think an [Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] raid, to me anyway, when you're going into a school or in a community, you do it very publicly with cameras, you're looking...
Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) decried his corruption case as a “political prosecution" and invoked President Trump's legal battles as proof of a crooked justice system after he was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday. “President Trump was right,” Menendez said outside the New York federal courthouse. “This process is political, and it’s corrupted...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday moved to strike race and sex as considerations for military promotions, with plans for a new Pentagon task force to promote “merit-based, color-blind policies” throughout the U.S. military. In a new memo with the subject line “Restoring America’s Fighting Force,” Hegseth writes that the Defense Department’s (DOD) mission is to “win...
Actor Jesse Eisenberg, who once portrayed Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, says he thinks the tech billionaire should focus on improving the world instead of inserting himself into politics.
Several of President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees underwent intense questioning on Capitol Hill as they seek to be confirmed into the administration.
Phyllis Fong, the former inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture who was recently fired by the Trump White House, was reportedly escorted out of her office Monday.
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum previously told lawmakers that national security and the economy are his top priorities for leading the Interior Department.
President Trump is kicking off his second tour of duty in the White House in a stronger polling position than during the start of his first administration eight years ago, a new national poll indicates.