With less than two months until President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office, officials at the Pentagon on Monday said they have been unable to begin the herculean task of coordinating the transfer of authority with his Defense Department transition team.
A federal judge on Monday granted special counsel Jack Smith's request to dismiss the federal election fraud case against President-elect Donald Trump, bringing an end to the criminal charges that accused Mr. Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
When entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy arrive in Washington, they will not have to look far for government incompetence and waste. But President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, can do more than cut wasteful spending. Musk and Ramaswamy could start by fixing an online form that last year blocked an […]
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) pushed back against the idea that the Russian war in Ukraine could end in peaceful negotiation, saying those who hold that view “may be deceiving” themselves. In a speech at the Halifax International Security Forum this weekend, Rounds called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “tyrant” and suggested he would be surprised...
President-elect Trump said Monday that he will impose new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China through an executive order on the first day of his new term next year. In a series of posts on Truth Social, the president-elect said he would enact tariffs of 25 percent on all Canadian and Mexican goods,...
Yu Shang Food, Inc. is recalling more than 70,000 pounds of its ready-to-eat meat and poultry products because of a listeria outbreak that has sickened at least 11 people, including one baby who subsequently died. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on Thursday announced an expanded recall from the distributor,...
A blame game between the Biden administration and GOP lawmakers is underway after a key disaster loan program saw its funds run out in the middle of a destructive hurricane season. The Biden administration said the Small Business Administration (SBA) needs $2 billion in funding after its disaster loan account — which businesses and homeowners...