Trump administration officials scrambled Friday to explain away the latest horrendous jobs numbers, but couldn’t conjure up more than blaming the weather or fake numbers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported earlier in the day that the U.S. job market had shed 92,000 jobs in
The Wall Street Journal editorial board praised President Trump’s decision to “finally” replace Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and called for more changes to immigration enforcement. “While Mr. Trump praised Ms. Noem’s “spectacular results,”
One of Elon Musk’s former DOGE minions has been tapped to run AI at the Pentagon. In a post on X , the Department of Defense announced Friday that it was appointing Gavin Kliger, who worked at the Office of Personnel Management last year helping to purge the federal workforce,
The attorney general will soon have to appear before a House committee under subpoena.
Alan Greenspan served as the 13th chair of the Federal Reserve for 18 and a half years, during which time the US experienced the Great Moderation of stability, relatively low inflation, and rising prosperity, though his policies were also blamed for the dot-com bubble and the
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Trump, celebrated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) support for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act on Friday. Paxton, who is challenging incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) for the GOP nod in the
According to Gallup, only 28 percent of Americans trust the media to report the news accurately and fairly, and until the press is willing to apply the same scrutiny to itself that it applies to everyone else, that number is unlikely to increase.
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright is projecting that gas prices will fall within “weeks, not months” amid growing concern about energy instability as the U.S. and Israel escalate their military operations in Iran. “Look, Iran’s been an escalator of energy prices [for] 47 years,
Florida’s bar says it “erroneously” stated that an ethics investigation is underway against Lindsey Halligan, the ex-U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia who prosecuted President Trump’s political adversaries. A spokesperson for the Florida Bar said in a statement
As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women, and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video edit of scenes from popular action movies spliced with actual strike footage from their
Late-night host Stephen Colbert mocked Kristi Noem’s ouster as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday, throwing back at her the highly criticized language she used to describe the U.S. citizens killed by federal immigration authorities in
The National Capital Planning Commission set an early April date to approve President Trump’s controversial plan to add a ballroom to the White House. After hearing hours of criticism from members of the public, the commission on Thursday set April 2 as the date it will vote to
Once again, the folks behind the massively popular Pokémon franchise have issued a statement distancing themselves from the Trump administration's activities.
The White House had not been happy with Kristi Noem for quite some time. Donald Trump booted the 54-year-old from her position atop the Department of Homeland Security Thursday following a string of abysmal appearances this week before Congress. But the hearings, as it turns
Donald Trump only has one requirement for who should lead Iran after its leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in airstrikes last week: be on good terms with the U.S. and its top ally. They need to “treat the United States and Israel well,” Trump told CNN’s Dana Bash in a
Donald Trump is insisting that the United States is secretly evacuating citizens stranded in the Middle East—but multiple reports indicate they have been left on their own. In a post on Truth Social Friday, Trump lauded the efforts of the State Department in getting Americans
Two North Carolina Republicans signaled support Thursday for a change in leadership at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) if it meant disaster aid would start flowing more quickly to areas in their state hit hard by recent storms. President Trump announced Thursday that
Believing in limited government means defending its limits, even when they frustrate our policy preferences.
The ex-Marine who was forcibly removed by police from a congressional hearing for protesting Wednesday said the incident made him “only more determined” to continue his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Brian McGinnis is running as the Green Party candidate in North Carolina’s
The funeral for civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson is being held Friday afternoon at the House of Hope in Chicago. The service at 752 E. 114th St. will begin at noon EST, with the doors opening to guests at 10 a.m. Former Presidents Clinton, Obama and Biden are expected
The United States and Venezuela agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations, two months after President Trump launched a military operation that resulted in the capture of the country’s president and U.S. control of its oil industry. The State Department said Thursday the
As the legal battle over the firing of Yosemite National Park ranger Shannon “SJ” Joslin heats up, Joslin tells The Hill that their termination is part of a broader Trump administration campaign against the transgender community and the federal workforce. “Yes, I lost my job
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) vowed further consequences against outgoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, after President Trump announced her exit from the agency on Thursday. The governor has rebuked Noem and the Trump administration over the DHS’s
We could all breathe a sigh of relief if Donald Trump had fired Kristi Noem for the right reasons. If, for example, Trump had determined that a Cabinet member who accused two American citizens of engaging in “domestic terrorism”—after they’d been shot at point-blank range by
As job growth stagnates , as oil prices spike amid war on Iran, and as the majority of Americans view his second term negatively, President Trump has laid his eyes on Cuba. In a phone call with CNN’s Dana Bash on Friday, Trump, unprompted, turned his attention to Cuba. “Cuba is
The Justice Department has released more documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files related to allegations against President Trump, a move that came after the department was pressured to review its disclosures following reports that some files were missing. The files include FBI
For many Cubans who care deeply about their country’s independence, American interest inspires less hope than unease.
President Trump said Friday he would be open to having another religious figure to lead Iran following a joint U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week. When asked by CNN’s Dana Bash in a phone interview if he would be okay with
Surprise, surprise: Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again stabbed Donald Trump in the back—but this time, it wasn’t about the war in Ukraine, it was about Iran. Russia has been helping Iran target the locations of U.S. military assets, including warships and aircraft,
Former acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Friday “we saw this coming” after President Trump announced he was replacing Kristi Noem as the department's chief. “There have been a series of unfortunate incidents that have overshadowed the great success
With the air war begun in Iran, we are only now seeing how the Iraq War ends, 25 years later.
The U.S. president could not care less if Iran’s violent retaliation includes the deaths of American citizens. Actually, it’s something he’s planning for. When asked by Time if Americans should be worried about Iran attacking them at home, Trump responded: “I guess.” “But I
Former CIA Director David Petraeus, who also served as commander of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), argued Wednesday that the U.S. military has achieved “air supremacy” over Iran as conflict in the Middle East intensifies. Petraeus was asked by NewsNation host Blake Burman what
The funeral for civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson is being held in Chicago on Friday afternoon. Jackson, 84, died last month after battling the neurodegenerative disorder progressive supranuclear palsy, his family said in a statement. The political sphere — including
President Trump responded to rising fears of retaliation from Iran on the U.S. military, as the conflict ramps up in the Middle East. When asked during a phone call with Time magazine’s Eric Cortellessa on Wednesday about whether Americans should be concerned about a potential
Republicans in Congress want the Department of Justice to bring criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a White House aide in Donald Trump’s first administration who testified against the president during congressional hearings about the January 6, 2021 Capitol
Despite its flaws and shortcomings, polling remains the primary prism through which journalists, pundits and the public at large evaluate the ebb and flow of political campaigns.
The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs, and unemployment rose 4.4 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, a dismal economic showing for an economy that was already on shaky ground. “Let me put this another way: The US economy has LOST jobs since April
The father of one of two young girls killed and buried in suitcases in Collinwood, Ohio told Nexstar's WJW Thursday that he tried for years to get his daughter back from the girl's mother.
President Trump on Friday called for Iran’s unconditional surrender to end the war launched by the U.S. and Israel last week. “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump posted to Truth Social. “After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE
This may explain several recent Trumpian enthusiasms.
U.S. military investigators believe that it’s likely the United States was responsible for the deadly strike that killed more than 175 people, including dozens of children, at a girls’ school in Iran. Two U.S. officials told Reuters Thursday that the horrific attack at Shajarah
The Justice Department released FBI interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of beating her after he sexually assaulted her when she was a child. The interviews took place between August and October 2019. The woman, according to her testimony , was abused by Jeffrey
Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) says the Senate will confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security, praising his colleague as “competent” and “honest.” Welch welcomed Mullin’s nomination as an opportunity for Republican and Democratic
President Trump is mourning the death of legendary college football coach Lou Holtz, who died Thursday at the age of 89, remembering him as a “true American patriot.” “The wonderful Lou Holtz passed away yesterday, so sad. Lou was an absolute WINNER both on and off the field,”
President Trump reupped his calls on Thursday for regime change in Iran, nearly a week after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes on the Middle East nation that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “We want to go in and clean out everything. We don’t
The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February and the jobless rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The February jobs report showed the nation's labor market rapidly losing steam last month, defying the expectations of
Iran and Lebanon were pummeled overnight, as President Trump said he wants to "clean out everything" when it comes to Iranian leadership as the conflict expands in the Middle East. “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump posted on his social