For those who heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s A Time for Choosing-level speech in which he ended his presidential campaign and endorsed President-elect Donald Trump, who noted his “Make America Healthy Again,” or MAHA, which in Hawaiian means “relief from pain,” campaign, or who read of his plans on taking office in the Trump administration […]
Few, if any, government organizations have a greater mission need for diversity than the CIA. The CIA officers who secretly watched Osama bin Laden’s compound from a nearby residence avoided detection and accomplished their mission because they looked and acted just like other residents of Abbottabad. The CIA benefits immensely from America’s ability to center […]
The pressure campaign being waged by allies of Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) to boost his chances to become the next Republican leader is having a boomerang effect, as it has increasingly antagonized GOP senators and could doom his already dim odds in the race. Scott is running against Senate Republican Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) and...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said on Monday that President elect-Trump “and his transition team are already breaking” a law on presidential transition. “Donald Trump and his transition team are already breaking the law,” Warren said in a post on the social platform X. “I would know because I wrote the law. Incoming presidents are required...
Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, admitted his organization made a “tactical error” in not addressing the backlash soon enough after Project 2025 was brought to light. “We made a tactical error in not responding in the first six weeks to their total mischaracterizations,” Roberts said Monday on Bloomberg Radio. “That’s on us,...
A White House spokesperson on Monday pushed back on President-elect Trump’s demand that the Democratic Senate stop confirming judges during the lame-duck period before he takes office and the upper chamber flips to GOP control. Senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates in a statement pointed to past precedent and the “real-life toll” such a pause...
Voters across the U.S. West granted efforts to combat climate change resounding wins in state- and local-level ballot measures, amid expectations that President-elect Trump's administration will roll back federal environmental protections. California Voters in the Golden State voted in favor of a $10 billion climate resilience bond, which materialized following significant cuts to environmental initiatives in the 2024-25...
The main airport in Haiti is shut down after gang violence erupted Monday attempting to seize control, the U.S. Embassy said. In a statement, the embassy said it was aware of “gang-led efforts to block travel to and from Port-au-Prince” and the Touissant L’Overture airport has a “temporary pause in operations.” “The security situation in...