The feds worked for a year to extradite a Belarusian woman accused of smuggling millions of dollars of U.S. aviation equipment into Russia for its war on Ukraine. But now that she’s finally in the United States, where she can face charges, the Department of Homeland Security is
CNN host Jake Tapper pressed Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Tuesday about remarks made last year in a Vanity Fair article, when she said the way Latinos talk about immigration reminds her of the “slave mentality.” “The immigration thing has always been something that has
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating whether the COVID-19 vaccines were associated with any deaths across all age ranges. "FDA is doing a thorough investigation, across multiple age groups, of deaths potentially related to COVID vaccines," Health and Human
The Trump administration is set to unveil its plan this week to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a proposal that is sure to be contentious but is not expected to go as far as earlier calls to eliminate the agency completely. Earlier this year, President
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday in an unusually narrow vote, underscoring the divides among bank officials over the effect rate cuts will have on inflation and employment. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of Fed officials responsible for
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is giving remarks Wednesday afternoon after the nation's central bank made its final interest rate decision of 2025. The committee responsible for setting borrowing costs cut the baseline interest rate to a range of 3.5 to 3.75 percent, a
Emboldened Democrats are expanding their target lists for the House and state legislatures after a series of notable wins and overperformances on Tuesday. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) both
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday in an unusually narrow vote, underscoring the divides among bank officials over the effect rate cuts will have on inflation and employment. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of Fed officials responsible for
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will host a Menorah lighting ceremony Wednesday afternoon to commemorate Hanukkah. The Jewish holiday begins on Dec. 14 and runs through Dec. 22. The
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is making electability the focus of his gubernatorial campaign message.
Only one American woman in politics, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, made Forbes's 2025 list of most powerful women. Wiles, the White House's first female chief of staff, is ranked 66th on the Forbes list, behind figures like pop star Taylor Swift, television host Oprah
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed Wednesday that it reached an agreement to purchase Boeing 737 planes for deportation proceedings. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said on the social platform X that the planes will allow Immigration and Customs
Health professionals are noting a surge in a norovirus called “winter vomiting disease,” which spreads through contaminated food and water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) wastewater surveillance testing has indicated that the virus is spreading earlier
The coughing, sneezing and sniffling is all around us, as both influenza and COVID-19 start to spread.
The Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 is critical to addressing the current nursing shortage, providing resources for education and recruitment, practice and retention, and supporting nursing care in rural and underserved communities.
The European Union has hit Elon Musk’s X with millions of dollars of fines, and conservatives are very angry about it — in my view, they’re right to be upset.
A new poll found that 45 percent of small business owners cite inflation as one of the biggest challenges they currently face. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly Small Business Index also found that while nearly 7 in 10 small businesses report being in “somewhat” or
The U.S. government is threatening new sanctions on the International Criminal Court unless it changes its founding document to guarantee that it won’t prosecute President Trump or other administration officials. Reuters, citing an unnamed White House official, reports that if
The Democratic Party has the opportunity to regain control of the House and Senate in 2026 and the White House in 2028 by listening to voters, developing new ideas, and creating an economic agenda that meets the needs of Americans.
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates for the third time this year, while the House is voting on the annual Defense policy bill and Trump has admitted his "s---hole" remark.
House Speaker Mike Johnson just unveiled Republicans’ plan to address spiking health care costs—and it’s a disaster. As Affordable Care Act tax credits are set to expire in just a few weeks, sending health care costs surging for more than 20 million Americans, Republican
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) on Wednesday unveiled an expanded target map for statehouses after notching key wins in the 2025 elections. Democrats are hoping to capture the majority of both chambers in the Arizona and New Hampshire legislatures, while
House lawmakers will convene Wednesday afternoon for debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026. The mammoth defense spending bill advanced through the House Rules Committee late Tuesday, despite some GOP pushback over some compromises made
The United States must provide sustained support to Syria's transition to a new political order, including humanitarian assistance, in order to ensure regional stability and U.S. national security.
A majority of Americans who said grocery prices are hard to afford blamed the Trump administration for putting them in that situation, according to a new poll. The Politico Poll, conducted in mid-November, asks those who said grocery prices are “difficult” or “very difficult”
A driverless Waymo vehicle turned into a temporary birthing center.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer on Wednesday blocked President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to California, rejecting the notion that recent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol amounted to rebellion. “The founders designed our
Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and a series of millions-selling sequels, died Monday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) expressed fear Tuesday that President Trump is “sleepwalking us into a war” with Venezuela in the wake of recent tension between the U.S. and the South American country. “I’m afraid that Secretary [Pete] Hegseth and President Trump are sleepwalking us
Trump’s plan demands full Palestinian demilitarization while imposing hardly any limitations on Israeli military power.
House GOP leaders will bring a vote next week on a package of health care bills that does not include an extension of expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, as Republicans remain divided about how to address the health care cliff ahead of a midterm election year. Speaker Mike
The Trump administration has tapped Gregg Phillips, who gained notoriety for claims about noncitizens voting in the 2016 election, for a leading role at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “Gregg Phillips is joining the FEMA leadership team, bringing experience in
Every Democrat on the the Senate Armed Services Committee, with the exception of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), has expressed their “serious concerns” to Navy Secretary John Phelan over his review of the Arizona Democrat's conduct, pressing him to drop the probe. Kelly, a retired
President Donald Trump threatened to fire Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—not over interest rates, as he did in November , but over something even less under Bessent’s control: putting people in jail. As part of a longer rant Tuesday about how much better the country is now
The Department of Defense didn’t have a plan to deal with survivors after launching its boat bombing campaign in the waters around Central America. The New York Times reports that after a mid-October strike in the Caribbean Sea left two survivors in U.S. military custody,
Congressman Johnny Olszewski is introducing a constitutional amendment to give Congress the power to overturn presidential pardons and commutations, in order to restore trust in the democratic system and ensure that all laws apply equally to all Americans.
As President Trump recoils at the very mention of affordability, bemoaning it as a Democratic scam (still unclear what that means exactly), over half of the country is struggling to pay for basic necessities—and blaming Trump for it. New polling from Politico and Public First
Republicans are taking credit for Representative Jasmine Crockett’s last-minute decision to run for the United States Senate, as part of their efforts to recruit “very vulnerable Democrats” to run for office, NOTUS reported. Crockett’s surprise announcement last week reportedly
Foreign tourists to the U.S. could be required to disclose the past five years of their social media activity if a Tuesday rule proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is approved. “In order to comply with the January 2025 Executive Order 14161 (Protecting the United
The question isn’t whether we need labor. We do. The question is whether we want that labor documented, taxed and accountable, or underground, ad-hoc and impossible to track.
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) said Wednesday she filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him “the biggest self-created threat to our health and safety.” “RFK Jr. has got to go. Today, I introduced articles of
A new law banning kids from prominent social media sites took effect in Australia on Wednesday, teeing up a key test of one of the most far-reaching approaches to protecting children online. The effects of the Australian law will be closely watched by other countries,
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex-trafficking case can be unsealed. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York, in a four-page decision, cited a law passed last month requiring the Department
President Trump acknowledged Tuesday he had referred to some developing nations as "s‑‑‑hole countries," confirming he had made the inflammatory comments he repeatedly denied having said at the time. Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday touted he had paused migration
President Trump went after The New York Times late Tuesday over “seditious” reporting about his health. “The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am ‘slowing up,’ am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true,
Two U.S. military fighter jets flew over the Gulf of Venezuela amid President Trump’s continued pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Two U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter planes flew over the gulf in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, spending over half an hour in
What example would Congress set by extending a temporary pandemic subsidy that notably worsens the nation’s fiscal trajectory?
A federal judge ordered President Trump to end his deployment of the California National Guard in Los Angeles, ruling Wednesday that he must return control of the force to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). Roughly 100 troops remain in the city, and U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander (D) on Wednesday launched a bid to challenge incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) — months after losing the party primary for the city's mayoral race. “I’ve spent my life organizing my neighbors to win big fights — stopping evictions,