The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning weighed President Trump's bid for restrictions on birthright citizenship, with the president in the room. The face-to-face moment made Trump the first known sitting president to attend an oral argument. Also, with the public's impatience
President Trump this week criticized State Farm and other insurance companies, saying they did not give adequate help for claims related to last year’s California wildfires. Trump pledged that the government would investigate the issue, though it’s not clear what follow-up, if
Jet fuel prices in the U.S. have increased since the start of the Iran war, and tensions are squeezing supply and raising concerns of a shortage.
President Trump is expected to tell Americans the U.S. will conclude its military operation in Iran in the next two to three weeks during his nationally televised address on Wednesday, according to a White House official. Trump first mentioned the timeline Tuesday while
The Trump administration has successfully reduced the number of SNAP recipients by 3.3 million, signaling that the federal government is working for the American public and that many Americans are moving from welfare to work.
Fewer American troops committed suicide in 2024 compared to the year prior, declining by 11 percent, countering an upward trend over the past 15 years, a new Pentagon report found. The report, released Tuesday, found that 471 service members took their own lives in 2024, 52
Shelly Kittleson, a U.S. citizen and journalist who has worked for more than a decade covering the Middle East, was kidnapped by an extremist group in Iraq this week, American and Iraqi officials said. Kittleson’s kidnapping comes at a time of heightened tensions across the
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb suggested on Tuesday that President Trump’s rhetoric and late-night musings on social media about the ongoing conflict with Iran are demonstrating his cognitive decline. “It’s not a surprise that we’re in this much trouble,” Cobb told
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon defended the war in Iran in an interview published Tuesday, while acknowledging the “short-term risks” for the economy. Speaking to Jim VandeHei on “The Axios Show,” Dimon pointed out that the Iranian regime has been “killing people around the
The Trump administration’s lawyer, Solicitor General John Sauer, admitted before the Supreme Court Wednesday that he hadn’t thought too much about one of the big questions in President Donald Trump’s attempt to repeal birthright citizenship: What happens to Native Americans?
A former Trump Cabinet member from his first term on Tuesday warned that Iran will get "exactly what it wants" if the U.S. ends the conflict without reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette told Fox Business Channel's Stuart Varney that he found
The celebrity-focused site is making a splash with crowdsourced recess photos.
What’s needed instead is a new legislative approach grounded in structural reform.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that six men from around the Pittsburgh-area have been charged after it says they attacked a Jewish student from the University of Pittsburgh in 2024. The six were charged by a federal grand jury with violating the Matthew
Donald Trump’s threat to leave NATO has one very big hurdle: approval from Congress. The president told The Telegraph Wednesday that he is weighing an exit from the 1949 compact, saying it is “beyond reconsideration.” He later clarified to Reuters that he planned to mention
Donald Trump’s plan for Iran is changing by the minute. Iran’s newly installed leadership immediately refuted Trump’s claims that the country was open to a ceasefire, informing state media Wednesday morning that the idea was “false and baseless.” Iran’s paramilitary
U.S. private sector employment went up by 62,000 jobs in March, according to a report from the payroll management company ADP. In the report, ADP said that both increases in pay and hiring stayed level last month, with smaller employers behind recent increases in jobs.
The autistic community has made tremendous progress in the last decade, but so much progress has unfortunately been reversed thanks to people like Kennedy. I can only hope that we can rebuild our progress as fast as Kennedy reversed it.
While the United States inflicts death on Iranian civilians and devastates Cubans with its oil blockade, President Trump is busy trying to classify antifa—a leaderless group that has become an umbrella term for any kind of anti-fascist resistance—as a counterterrorism threat.
A federal judge is allowing a civil suit brought against President Trump for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021 to proceed in court, a victory for Democratic lawmakers and Capitol Police officers who brought the litigation. The late Tuesday ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Amit
President Trump on Tuesday said his Miami presidential library will “most likely” have a hotel attached. “It’s gonna be most likely a hotel, you know? This concept could be office, but it’s most likely gonna be a hotel with a beautiful building underneath and a 747 Air Force
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended NATO on Wednesday after President Trump suggested that the U.S. would reconsider its membership to the longstanding alliance once the conflict with Iran concludes. "NATO is the single most effective military alliance the world has
The Grammy Award-winning rapper made her Broadway debut last week as nightclub impresario Harold Zidler in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical."
President Trump received a mostly positive reception during an appearance at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday evening, as he and first lady Melania Trump attended the opening of the musical “Chicago.” As the first couple entered, those in the crowd who booed were drowned out by
They were people who exercised state authority against speech they disliked, and who had sworn not to do exactly that.
President Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. will be "out of Iran pretty quickly" after nearly five weeks of airstrikes on the Middle Eastern country but warned that it could come back for some "spot hits." Trump made the remarks in a phone interview with Reuters when asked if
A “trigger happy” Pete Hegseth has used the conflict in Iran to boost his own position in the Trump administration, CNN reported Tuesday. After the Signalgate scandal , Hegseth found himself in the doghouse of Donald Trump’s Cabinet, spiraling about leaks and scrambling to
Donald Trump's ability to evoke awe in his supporters, through his bombastic rhetoric and gold-adorned Oval Office, has proven to be a powerful tool in winning elections, as explained by a 2003 paper on the psychology of awe.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The president was in the courtroom before departing after about two hours, meaning he is believed to be the first sitting president to attend oral arguments. At least
JetBlue is raising its checked baggage fees, citing increased operational costs.
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a retired NASA astronaut, said Wednesday that the Artemis II mission to the moon is uncharted territory for American space explorers. “They're going to go 4,000 miles on the far side of the moon, which is something we've never done before, even
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Katie Zacharia on Tuesday said she was leaving her role as a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and deputy assistant of public affairs after being assigned the role in mid-February. “I joined @DHSgov with a genuine passion for supporting
Memorization of great literature gave my students more than utilitarian outcomes. It gave them pieces of their cultural inheritance.
King Charles III will address a joint session of Congress when he visits the U.S. later this month to mark the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on Wednesday. “It is my distinct honor and great privilege to invite His
President Trump’s net approval dropped to a new low in this week’s YouGov/The Economist poll, fueled by declining support from the president’s core backers. The latest survey shows Trump’s net approval sinking to -23 points — with 35 percent of Americans approving and 58
A Trump administration official continues to insist that he once teleported to a Waffle House, despite being mocked. As CNN reported in late March, Phillips has spoken on multiple podcasts about his teleportation activities, which include having gone to a church and to the
A new CNN/SSRS poll found just 31 percent of respondents approved of President Trump’s handling of the economy, a new low relative to the outlet's previous surveys. The survey, released Wednesday, found that the president’s approval rating on the economy is 8 percent lower than
The U.S. is sending thousands of additional U.S. service members to the Middle East aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, even as President Trump on Wednesday claimed Iran has asked the U.S. for a ceasefire. The George H.W. Bush deployed Tuesday en route to the
There will be zero consequences for the Army pilots that decided to fly their helicopters around Kid Rock’s house during a No Kings protest on Saturday. Two Apache attack helicopters first flew over a protest in Nashville, Tennessee. They then hovered outside the MAGA
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) accused the FBI on Tuesday of abusing its power to target political opponents amid reports that the agency is considering releasing decade-old files related to an investigation into a suspected Chinese spy. Swalwell suggested FBI Director Kash
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday said the United Kingdom will form a "closer partnership" with Europe as ties with the U.S. have strained over the course of its conflict with Iran. The prime minister said at a press conference that his government will support
President Trump has been dealt his fourth legal loss in less than 24 hours, as the federal judiciary rebukes his various abuses of presidential powers. On Tuesday evening, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected Trump’s claim of presidential immunity regarding his actions on
A spokesperson for Turning Point USA says he is encouraged by pushback against conspiracy theories about the assassination of the group's founder Charlie Kirk last year that have gained traction. "My biggest beef is with this Daily Mail headline," Andrew Kolvet, a close friend
Donald Trump’s executive order targeting mail-in voting is already being challenged by states, while election experts say it’s dead on arrival. Trump signed an executive order Tuesday requiring the Department of Homeland Security to partner with the Social Security
The Rutherford County Library Board in Tennessee fired its top librarian for refusing to move LBGTQ books out of the children's section. The board voted 8-3 Monday to fire library system director Luanne James after she said she would not move more than 100 LGBTQ books from
The partial government shutdown impacting the Department of Homeland Security is now more than six weeks long.
Former national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday said if President Trump were to pull out of Iran without reopening the Strait of Hormuz, it would be a “significant” victory for Tehran. “This tells the ayatollah and Revolutionary Guard in Tehran that they can do that
Donald Trump’s presidential library will probably have very little to do with books and reading. Trump shared a mock-up of the facility to his Truth Social account Sunday night, teasing a new glass skyscraper on the Miami skyline labeled “Donald J. Trump Presidential Library.”
Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were booed at the prestigious national theater the president has spent months running into the ground. While attending the opening night of Chicago at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, Trump appeared to receive
