Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday released a policy prohibiting public comments during his department's rulemaking process, ending more than 50 years of the public's involvement in crafting his department's rules. In the policy statement placed in the Federal Register, Kennedy's office appeared to argue that rescinding the policy goes...
Iowa became the first state to strike anti-discrimination protections for transgender people from its civil rights code on Friday after the state’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed hotly contested legislation into law. The bill, introduced last week, sped through the Legislature despite widespread opposition from Democrats and LGBTQ rights advocates who flooded the statehouse in Des...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faced questioning and comments over his choice to wear combat gear during a Friday White House visit originally etched out for peace meetings but instead marked by a heated exchange in the Oval Office. “Why don’t you wear a suit? You’re in the highest level of this country’s office, and you...
Efforts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine were left in tatters following President Trump’s confrontational White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which erupted into one of the most remarkable Oval Office scenes in years. Zelensky arrived at the White House on Friday with the hopes of signing a critical minerals...
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. likened the Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to cut federal spending to someone building LEGOs without instructions, while Elon Musk defended the team's mistakes as "accidental" and promised to fix them quickly.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blasted President Trump for his “shameful display” during Friday’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin “must be overjoyed” with its outcome. “It would’ve been a show of strength for the President of the United States to bring the elected...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised President Trump after he and Vice President Vance got into a public spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday “Thank you @POTUS for standing up for America in a way that no President has ever had the courage to do before. Thank you for putting America...
Europe either needs to "step up" or Zelenskyy needs to "step down" after testy Oval Office meeting, according to Ukraine observers who saw the fiery exchange at the White House.
Many conservatives on social media were outraged this week after what they said was a disappointing rollout of the highly anticipated Jeffrey Epstein files by the Justice Department.