“Imagine boarding a train in the middle of a city,” former President Barack Obama rhapsodized in April 2009. “No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes. Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over a hundred miles an hour, walking […]
The Pentagon and intelligence community have continued to reel over the Trump administration‘s leak of deliberations, plans, and strike details pertaining to recent U.S. military action against the Yemen-based Houthi organization. The leak occurred when the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally included in a chat thread on the Signal messaging app. The thread involved […]
Wisconsin will hold an election for the state Supreme Court on April 1 that could influence the balance of power in the House of Representatives. Liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is retiring from the court, which currently has a 4-3 liberal majority. Liberal Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford will face conservative Waukesha County Judge […]
The debate over impoundment, the president’s refusal to spend money appropriated by Congress, has become prominent in our political discourse. Critics call it a dangerous power grab, while supporters hail it as a necessary tool for fiscal discipline. One thing is certain: Impoundment isn’t new. Previous U.S. presidents exercised impoundment as a matter of course. Franklin D. […]
President Trump on Wednesday announced he was imposing a 25 percent tariff on foreign-made vehicle imports, marking the latest escalation of his trade war against other nations. Trump said in the Oval Office that the 25 percent tariff would apply to "all cars not made in the United States." The tariffs will go into effect...
Canada is trying to persuade Americans to speak out against President Trump’s trade war by launching an ad campaign in 12 red-leaning states, pushing anti-tariff messages and reminding them that “nobody will win” with the approach coming from the White House. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said last week that the Canadian government started a...
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a class action complaint with a federal employment board, asking them to review the firings of employees who worked on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) efforts. The filing notes that two orders signed by President Trump stretched back to Election Day, targeting employees who worked on DEIA issues...
Presented by National Council on Aging {beacon} Tensions grow as breach consumes Washington SIMMERING TENSIONS threatened to boil over Wednesday as Washington was consumed for a third day by revelations that President Trump’s national security team had inadvertently given a journalist access to a chat group discussion about a planned bombing in Yemen. The...
Richard Grenell, the Kennedy Center's interim executive director appointed by President Trump following an unprecedented overhaul, says diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs are among the "common sense" cuts being made at the performing arts hub. "What my management is doing for the Kennedy Center is going through every department, questioning the number of people...