On Tuesday, despite an outpouring of taxpayer protest, all nine Fairfax County Democrat supervisors voted to enact numerous tax hikes, with only Republican Pat Herrity opposing. This bloated budget demanding yet more money from taxpayers comes at a time when federal employees around the county are losing their jobs, Virginia has the highest car tax […]
Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican's alignment with the West in general, rather than neutrality, and may use his influence to promote peace in the world.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Summer Mersinger is leaving the agency to lead the Blockchain Association, the crypto trade group announced Wednesday. Mersinger, who has spent the last three years at the agency, will take over as CEO of the Blockchain Association as its longtime CEO Kristin Smith leaves to head up a new...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday proposed to pause enrolling immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally into a state-funded health care program, in order to cut down costs. The Medi-Cal program currently provides health care coverage to low-income adults who are residents of the state regardless of federal legal status. Newsom said he hopes...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday lent some support to calls to suspend habeas corpus as part of the administration’s immigration crackdown after aide Stephen Miller said the White House was considering the idea. A writ of habeas corpus compels authorities to produce an individual they are holding and to justify their confinement, and...
Trump voters are willing to suffer as long as other groups suffer more, and Democrats need to convince them that Trump's policies are hurting them just as much, or more, to weaken Trump's hold on his base.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) accused President Trump on Wednesday of conducting his trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the first major foreign trip of his second term, as a “personal business venture.” “Donald Trump’s trip to Middle East seems less like a presidential visit and more like a personal...
Former White House chief of staff and Democratic politician Rahm Emanuel says he turned down bribes from the Saudi government while traveling to the country on a state visit with then-President Obama. “The White House has a for sale sign on the front lawn," Emanuel said while appearing on ABC's "The View," in reference to...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his citizens were not “impressed” by Great Britain's decision to invite President Trump for a state visit, even as the U.S. leader talks of making Canada a U.S. state. “I think, to be frank, they [Canadians] weren’t impressed by that gesture ... given the circumstance,” Carney said during a...