Category: News
(NEXSTAR) — We’re still a few years away from the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, but a monumental proposal regarding which athletes can participate has been approved. Among the five sports coming to the Summer…
From the moment she was named New Jersey’s interim U.S. Attorney, Alina Habba made it clear she would use the office as a political bludgeon. Just before her March swearing-in, Habba talked to a far-right…
Democrats see pending federal charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (R-N.J.) over a scuffle with immigration agents as a politically-motivated prosecution by the Trump administration designed to chill opposition from lawmakers. Alina Habba, the interim U.S.…
U.S. officials are warning Americans not to eat, sell or serve cucumbers from a Florida grower while they investigate a new multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to the company. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the…
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy signed an order on Tuesday requiring commercial truck drivers to be fluent in English. Under the new guidance, drivers who fail to comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s English-language…
Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said Tuesday he has recordings of business associates of President Trump’s pick to lead the IRS, former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.), saying they…
As Congress advances its latest reconciliation bill, lawmakers are debating a set of tax provisions that could quietly dismantle one of America’s most trusted and effective sectors: philanthropy. Tucked inside the House proposal passed by…
A longtime friend of Joe Biden said the family told him Monday the former president would be “OK” after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. “I talked to the family. He’s doing…
Speaker Mike Johnson pitched Senate Republicans on the House’s megabill plan Tuesday. Not all of them were swayed by the overture. Multiple GOP skeptics came out of the lunch meeting saying they planned to continue…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the former Democratic nominee for vice president, said it would be “a mistake” for the party not to defend the rights of transgender Americans from Trump administration policies as it figures…
A Virginia man who was pardoned by the Trump administration after being seen smashing the Speaker’s Lobby door during Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol was charged with burglary. Henrico County police responded to…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sharply criticized Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) for comparing immigration enforcement officers under President Trump to the secret police force of Nazi Germany in a commencement speech over the weekend. DHS…
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are set to make an announcement from the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon. Defense Department officials told The Hill and NewsNation that the comments will focus on national security.…
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) tussled with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a committee hearing Tuesday over habeas corpus, which the administration is considering suspending as it increasingly comes into focus in the legal fights over…
Republicans’ tax-and-spending cut package faces a number of hurdles in its path to President Trump’s desk, but the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap could be the tallest to surmount. Tax writers on the…
One of the longtime dividing lines between conservatives and liberals or progressives is whether those receiving welfare benefits should be required to work. Conservatives see the requirement as a way to reduce costs; liberals see…
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani rejected the notion Tuesday that his country is attempting to curry favor with President Trump by gifting a $400 million luxury jet to the U.S. to replace…
The Trump administration is rebuffing pressure from Congress and Europe to ratchet up pressure on Moscow after a call with Putin.
The Supreme Court ruled a Maine Republican state lawmaker censured for a post about a transgender athlete must be allowed to vote as she mounts a legal challenge. Tuesday’s emergency order blocks Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D)…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration’s efforts to deport alleged gang members to El Salvador in a fiery exchange with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Tuesday. In testimony before the Senate…