There are some hurdles former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz must clear first before the United Nations ambassador job is his — including undergoing a Senate confirmation process.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been thrown into two top national security jobs at once as President Donald Trump presses forward with his top-to-bottom revamp of U.S. foreign policy, upending not only longstanding policies that the former Florida senator once supported but also the configuration of the executive branch.
President Trump is asking for eye-popping cuts of $163 billion in federal spending in his fiscal 2026 budget proposal, one of the largest budget-cut requests by a president in modern U.S. history.
President Trump on Friday re-upped his threat to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, escalating a showdown with the first major college that has defied the administration's efforts to crack down on campus activism.
California Democrats are fighting Republicans (and themselves) over whether buying minors for sex should be a felony or whether there are some occasions when it isn’t that bad. Democrats in the California legislature blocked a bill from a fellow Democratic assemblywoman, Maggy Krell, until she agreed to remove part of the bill that would make […]
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) disproportionately benefited the working and middle classes, as evidenced by IRS data which shows that the TCJA made the federal tax code more progressive, with lower-income earners paying a smaller share of the total income tax burden.
Utah's "Military City" is struggling with affordable housing for its military personnel, prompting bipartisan mayors and business leaders to push for legislation to make housing affordable again.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she has “serious objections” to the defense funding proposals in President Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request, while also taking issue with some of the nondefense programs being targeted. In a statement on Friday, Collins called Trump’s request “simply one step in the annual budget process," adding the...