The U.S. government filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the sanctuary policies in Illinois and Chicago, arguing they are unlawfully interfering with federal authorities' ability to arrest and deport illegal immigrants.
The Trump administration plans to seize a second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro 's government that is currently in the Dominican Republic.
President Donald Trump is calling for an investigation into California’s high-speed rail project. Right on cue, the project has announced yet another delay. The inspector general for the project announced that the goal of finishing the Merced-to-Bakersfield portion of the line by the year 2030 is unrealistic, and that the secondary deadline of 2033 was […]
Former President Joe Biden’s foreign policy team entered office promising the adults were back in charge. What transpired was cringe-worthy incompetence symbolized by the deadly chaos at Kabul International Airport. Biden’s administration was relatively short, but it coincided with Iranian enrichment to near bomb-grade levels, normalization of Hamas as a legitimate entity with which to […]
MAKING SENSE OF THE WAR OVER DOGE. Twice this week, President Donald Trump has publicly noted that he will impose constraints on Elon Musk, a special government employee and the world’s richest man, as Musk works to cut federal spending. Arriving Sunday evening in Washington, Trump told reporters on the tarmac that, “I think Elon’s doing […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday he wouldn’t be commenting on the Federal Reserve's interest rate policies and expressed confidence in the central bank Chair Jerome Powell, breaking from earlier criticisms. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Bessent said he expects Fed Chair Powell “will do the right thing” despite his and President Trump's past...
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) on Thursday knocked President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk over what he called a new McCarthy Era for government employees. “It really is sort of like the McCarthy Era 2.0 [for a lot of] federal employees and for all of us as well, so, but they're standing up and they're...
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said he is scheduled to speak with President Trump on Friday amid his efforts to reclaim the nation’s sought-after canal. “I was told a few minutes ago by a senior official that I will be speaking with President Trump tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.,” Mulino wrote in a Thursday afternoon post...