A recent study found that a third of Americans are planning to invest in high risk, speculative assets this year as a method for financial planning. The Northwestern Mutual Planning & Progress Study, which was released in full on Wednesday, found that 39 percent of Americans
House GOP leaders have a tough task ahead in passing a two-step plan to end the record-setting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown as their members call for passage of a Republican-only bill to fund immigration enforcement before they accept a bipartisan Senate bill
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the highest ranking Army officer in the country in the middle of the U.S. war on Iran. On Thursday, CBS News reported that Hegseth requested Army Chief of Staff General Randy George to step down and retire. The Biden appointee’s term was
President Trump wanted his Department of Justice to prosecute and put in jail former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Representative Adam Schiff, and numerous of his other political enemies. That effort has largely failed. So Trump fired
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi was losing favor among Americans across the political spectrum in the months before President Trump fired her on Thursday. Bondi’s net favorability sank to -26 percentage points in mid-February — with 23 percent of the country viewing her
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked the Army’s chief of staff, Gen. Randy George, to step down from the post and retire immediately, a Pentagon official told The Hill on Thursday. The Hill has reached out to the Army for comment. George assumed the role, which is typically a
Dozens of congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Trump on Thursday raising urgent alarm over an escalating humanitarian crisis in Cuba that has been made worse, they said, by the administration’s fuel quarantine against the island. The letter, obtained exclusively
President Trump announced that he had fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, a move that followed months of controversy surrounding the Justice Department’s handling of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The ouster was welcomed by many lawmakers on
Vice President Vance will head to Hungary next week to hold bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and give remarks on the partnership between the U.S. and Hungary. Second lady Usha Vance will be traveling with the vice president when he goes from April 7-8,
A federal judge in California ruled Wednesday that federal agents violated a previous court order restricting them from making immigration arrests without a warrant during an enforcement operation in Sacramento last summer. Judge Jennifer Thurston found last April that U.S.
Months before the midterm elections, President Trump once again is trying to take over voting in America, claiming power he doesn’t have. His latest executive order , which he signed on Tuesday, instructs the U.S. Postal Service to refuse to deliver ballots unless the voters
President Donald Trump has to nominate someone to replace Attorney General Pam Bondi and, big surprise: His options are all bad. Ahead of Bondi’s ouster Thursday, reports were already swirling that a dissatisfied Trump was planning to tap Lee Zeldin, administrator of the
Todd Blanche will take over the Justice Department in an acting capacity following President Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi. It’s the highest perch yet for the former New York prosecutor and white-collar defense attorney, who came into Trump’s orbit as one of his
Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) said Thursday that President Trump is “resorting to war crimes” to end the U.S. military operations against Iran. The president threatened to decimate Iran’s energy infrastructure and to send the regime “back to the Stone Ages” in an
Nearly 40,000 poor and working-class people in Puerto Rico were promised accessible solar panels and battery storage from the U.S. government following massive blackouts after Hurricane Maria in 2017 and Hurricane Fiona in 2022. Within a year of Donald Trump winning his second
The National Capital Planning Commission, or NCPC, issued final approval for Donald Trump’s White House ballroom Thursday, a key goalpost for the enormous development. The decision arrived two days after U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ordered construction on the site to cease
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), one of the lead lawmakers behind the push to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, wants to know how the public feels about Pam Bondi being ousted as attorney general. “I support Trump firing Pam Bondi. Do you?” Massie posed to his followers on the
A new lawsuit has been filed challenging a recently enacted Florida law that mirrors the language of the federal Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act — President Trump’s self-described “No. 1” legislative priority. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal
There are now 10 toilets in space.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is suing Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois over the states’ efforts to place restrictions on prediction markets operating within their borders, underscoring the escalating fight between state and federal regulators over the
Gas prices have spiked by more than $1 a gallon in 30 states over the last month.
The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) on Thursday voted to approve President Trump's plans for a ballroom located where the East Wing once stood next to the White House. Most of the commission's members, including the Trump-appointed Chair William Scharf, voted to
Donald Trump is preparing to release a budget plan that sets aside more than $1 trillion for defense spending in 2027, a sum that will be at least partially paid for by cuts to programs that actually help Americans. Trump is reportedly looking to boost defense spending to $1.5
French President Emmanuel Macron shot back at President Trump for comments he made about NATO and his wife, according to a report from French outlets Le Monde and Agence France-Presse (AFP). Trump on Wednesday ridiculed Macron as well as his wife, Brigitte Macron, during a
Pam Bondi is out of the Trump administration—and some insiders believe the underlying reason is due to an odd connection to California Representative Eric Swalwell. Donald Trump fired Bondi Thursday, thrusting her out of government altogether and into the private sector. Her
Fired Attorney General Pam Bondi still will have to appear for a slated deposition before the House Oversight Committee, members who voted to subpoena her said Thursday, even as the panel’s majority said the matter is an open question. “Attorney General Pam Bondi has been
April 2 is International Fact-Checking Day. To commemorate it, we produced a video of various mentions of our work over the years by politicians of both parties. The post Happy International Fact-Checking Day appeared first on FactCheck.org .
The president is declaring victory, while simultaneously preparing Americans for more war.
The biggest bridge in Iran was struck Thursday as President Trump vowed to escalate the war against Tehran if its leaders do not agree to a peace deal in the coming weeks. The B1 bridge in Karaj, a city in north-central Iran, was apparently hit twice, with Trump sharing a
Officials from the Cook County Department of Public Health in Illinois warned Tuesday of possible exposure to measles from a contagious individual at O’Hare International Airport and two other locations. In a press release, the department said people may have been exposed to
The ball is in Europe’s court. If you don’t want to lose the U.S. as a friend and ally, then fall in line.
President Trump on Thursday called for his core supporters to boycott Bruce Springsteen's concerts after the rock legend announced a "political and very topical" U.S. leg of his tour. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, called Springsteen a "bad, and very boring singer... who
President Trump announced Thursday he has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. “Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year. Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our
The couple were married in California in May 2025, after dating for two years.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Wednesday criticized President Trump’s lack of preparation for the war in Iran, while crediting former President George W. Bush for strategizing ahead of the conflict in Iraq. “I know what some of those Marines are thinking because I’ve been in
President Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi after more than a chaotic year marked by her indignant congressional hearings and woeful mishandling of the Epstein files. Trump announced on Thursday that Bondi will be replaced by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and
The Marine Corps is seeking to reassure military families that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers will not be conducting immigration enforcement at boot camp graduation ceremonies. ICE officers will be present outside graduation events but only for “increased
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday afternoon will announce the Trump administration's plans to study microplastics and pharmaceuticals in relation to drinking water. The
There are now 10 toilets in space.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday discussed his knowledge surrounding aliens, telling a Newsmax host he would be “up at night” if “the things that I’ve seen" were released. “I’ve been briefed by just about every alphabet agency there is, and I’ll just tell you this, if
A public health alert was issued, rather than a recall, because the nuggets are no longer available to purchase.
Despite Speaker Mike Johnson claiming on Wednesday that he’d accept the Senate’s bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown, House Republicans adjourned the next day without putting any such bill to a vote, dragging out the shutdown for even longer. House Republicans refuse
Democratic strategist James Carville on Tuesday warned that the results of the upcoming midterm elections will feel for President Trump like getting "punched in the mouth by Mike Tyson." Carville, in a video for Politicon, said he needed to tell Trump to get "ready to get the
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has paused its diagnostic testing for a host of infectious diseases, including rabies. The CDC on Monday posted a list of 27 tests that it either discontinued or made temporarily unavailable. Some tests, the agency noted, are
The National Capital Planning Commission is set to vote Thursday afternoon on President Trump's White House ballroom project, despite a recent court order blocking construction. The vote was initially delayed after the panel heard hours of criticism from its own members and the
A combative line of questioning from Justice Amy Coney Barrett could have been the death knell for Donald Trump’s scheme to undo birthright citizenship. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued Wednesday on behalf of the Trump administration that children should not receive
Former White House national security adviser Brett McGurk said President Trump's Wednesday evening address spelled a potential “escalation” in the U.S.’s ongoing military operations against Iran. McGurk, who has served under Republican and Democratic presidents, including
President Trump said Thursday that he will sign an order to pay all Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees as the shutdown reaches its 48th day. Trump shared the order in a Truth Social post and continued to put the blame on congressional Democrats for the lack of DHS
A Colorado appeals court on Thursday ruled that Tina Peters, a former elections clerk who was the first local official convicted over efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election, should be resentenced. Peters, who served as a clerk in Mesa County, was sentenced to nine