President Trump said Wednesday that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia as part of a series of talks aimed at ending the long-running war in Ukraine.
Transportation Department employees were bilking the government for extra pay by claiming to work in high-cost cities but actually teleworking from cheaper locations, according to a new federal investigation released Wednesday.
President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier last Sunday. One of the questions Baier asked was whether Trump viewed Vice President JD Vance as the 2028 Republican nominee for president. “No, but he’s very capable,” Trump replied. “I think that you have a lot of very capable people. So […]
TRUMP, INFLATION, AND ‘DAY ONE.’ Yesterday’s newsletter noted that the new inflation report to be released Wednesday would bring home the message that “Joe Biden brought inflation on but was unable to fully get rid of it.” And indeed, with the report came word from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that inflation increased 3% on an […]
BOYERS, Pennsylvania — People around here are used to the trucks that deliver paperwork to the old Pennsylvania limestone mine. Here, over 700 locals work as employees of the Office of Personnel Management processing the retirement papers of federal government workers. Everyone around here knows of its existence. In fact, a lot of people around […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Wednesday he thinks all Americans should be concerned that tech billionaire Elon Musk is acting “in a sense, illegally, unconstitutionally.” In a brief interview with NewsNation, Sanders identified “the growth of oligarchy” and “the move toward authoritarianism” as his primary concerns, amid ongoing efforts by President Trump and Musk...
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Wednesday warned of “big, lingering concerns" with President Trump’s tariff plan. "In recent weeks, the president sought to impose sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, as well as key imports, such as steel and aluminum," McConnell said in an opinion piece for The Courier Journal. “While...
President Trump’s ascension to chair of the Kennedy Center on Wednesday led to multiple departures from the Washington, D.C., institution. Trump last week announced he was replacing several members of the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees and would name himself chair. On Wednesday, the new board elected Trump as chair of the board. At approximately...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) didn’t rule out a full-year stopgap to keep the government funded through the end of the fiscal year, as lawmakers struggle to strike a bipartisan deal. Pressed by reporters on the chances of a full-year stopgap, Johnson left the door open on Wednesday afternoon. “We’re trying to negotiate in good faith,...
A coalition of unions representing federal employees sued Wednesday over President Trump’s executive order that lays the groundwork for mass layoffs across the government. Trump signed the order in the Oval Office on Tuesday alongside Elon Musk, whose Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has looked to dismantle large aspects of the federal bureaucracy at a...