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Sen. Thune suggests staying through weekend to confirm Trump picks after Dems delay votes: ‘Shouldn’t be hard’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., was frustrated with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., after he blocked a confirmation vote for John Ratcliffe as CIA director.

Nearly all of DC shut down for Trump’s inauguration. So why was there no designated survivor?

Monday's ceremony saw historic safety protections. But no designated survivor was named, raising questions as to why.

Dem rising star eyeing elected office has social media littered with vulgar posts: ‘Open your Asian eyes’

An award winning Tejano singer that is mulling a political future in Texas has a social media history full of vulgar and racially charged posts with some directed at Trump.

Trump administration directs federal DEI staff to be put on leave

President Trump has directed that all employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles be put on paid leave, a memo from the Office of Personnel Management shows Tuesday.

Trump’s blanket Jan. 6 pardons undermine the rule of law

The prosecution of some protesters who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was obsessive and political. Some pardons of nonviolent offenders were justified and, indeed, were needed to undo the damage their hounding has done to the First Amendment.  However, President Donald Trump went much too far in issuing a blanket pardon to […]

Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer-winning cartoonist and writer known for lacerating wit, dies at 95

NEW YORK — Jules Feiffer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer whose prolific output ranged from a long-running comic strip to plays, screenplays and...

Michael Goodwin: Joe Biden’s corrupt last act as president proved his family hustle always superseded the truth, the law and the country

Imagine you are one of those gullible people who believed mentions of a Biden crime family was a Republican fever dream and a sinister...

Trump pardons upend massive Jan. 6 prosecution by freeing rioters and dismissing cases

Rioters locked up for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were released while judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases Tuesday after President Donald Trump's sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus people charged in the insurrection that shook the foundation of American democracy.

Trump orders FAA to terminate DEI hiring efforts

President Trump on Tuesday issued an executive order directing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to "return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring" and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. "I hereby order the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator to immediately return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring, as required by law," the directive read. "All...

Federal DEI employees to be placed on paid leave

The Trump administration has directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employees be placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening. In a Tuesday memo to heads of departments and agencies, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) directed them to place staff on leave and to remove all DEI-related websites and social media...

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