Sens. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) are introducing legislation that would bar congressional members and their immediate families from owning or trading individual stocks. The bipartisan “Restore Trust in Congress Act” would prohibit the purchase, sale,
A nationwide recall of chocolate has expanded to include eight products that may be contaminated with salmonella.
Restoring explicit protections for religious leaders in Colombia aligns with our national interests and should factor into U.S. policy priorities in 2026.
Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Wednesday said President Trump’s swipes at annexing Greenland represent an “abuse of power.” “It’s abuse of power. It’s what Trump does across the board. You heard about it from some of your guests earlier on the show in different
Three-quarters of Americans oppose efforts by the Trump administration to take control of Greenland, including nearly half of the president’s Republican base, according to a new survey. In the CNN poll, conducted by SSRS this past weekend, 75 percent of respondents said they
Plus: Maria Machado’s big chance to woo Trump, and a top ICE official leaves to run for Congress.
A major offshore wind farm is allowed to resume construction, a federal judge ruled Thursday, the second such ruling in the wake of the Trump administration’s latest attempt to block these projects. Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, granted a preliminary injunction
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Thursday urged federal immigration authorities to leave the city amid unrest over the killing of Renee Good. Good was shot by an immigration officer during a traffic stop after being asked to step out of the vehicle. City wide protests have
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Thursday afternoon as tensions with Iran heat up. President Trump earlier this week encouraged Iranian protestors to continue pressuring the regime and vowed that “help is on the way” amid the unrest, signaling
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem slammed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Thursday amid unrest in the Twin Cities over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. “Mayor Frey and Governor Walz have to get
President Trump wants to put U.S. boots on the ground in Mexico to fight drug cartels, once again reinforcing his complete disregard for the concept of state sovereignty. According to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump has been pushing for “the participation of U.S.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen brushed off reports Wednesday that the Trump administration is weighing direct payments to Greenlanders to encourage them to split from Denmark. Officials, including White House aids, have reportedly discussed different lump sum
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg criticized President Trump for flipping off a factory worker during a tour of a Ford F-150 plant in Michigan this week, but said it was consistent with Trump's policies toward the industry's workforce. The worker, 40-year-old TJ
The Trump administration has agreed to unfreeze millions in federal funding to Planned Parenthood and other family planning groups, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) paused $27.5 million in funding for 16
President Trump on Thursday unveiled an affordability framework for health care aimed at lowering drug prices and insurance premiums, as he seeks to address a major Republican political liability ahead of the midterm elections. Affordability is a key issue for voters, and the
The Senate on Thursday cleared a final procedural hurdle toward passing a trio of spending bills, a move that would ensure that half of the fiscal year 2026 funding measures are complete two weeks before the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown. Lawmakers
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) made a direct appeal to President Trump to “turn the temperature down” after the president threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy more federal troops to Walz's state amid escalating protests. “I am making a direct appeal to the
In sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal vaccination against six diseases. In justifying the move, health officials made misleading claims about vaccine safety while downplaying or
Republicans are split on President Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey released days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a woman in Minnesota. The poll, released Thursday, found 59 percent of
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has stayed noticeably silent after one of the newspaper’s reporters, Hannah Natanson, had her home searched by federal agents Wednesday—and the Post ’s staff isn’t happy. Status.news reports that several of the publication’s employees aren’t
Five Democratic lawmakers have now said they are being investigated for participating in a video calling on service members to reject unlawful orders. Reps. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) and Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) said that the Justice Department sought to interview them after
The consequences of the erosion of public health policies will be real and are becoming increasingly palpable.
The Education Department announced Thursday it will be moving some employees to the Department of Labor as it looks to integrate some postsecondary education and workforce development programs with the other agency. Starting next week, employees with the Higher Education
An appeals court panel ruled Thursday that a federal judge had no power to order the release of Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian Columbia University graduate whom the Trump administration jailed for months. The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
How are ICE agents picking where to commit their next act of wanton violence? Well, Palantir has an app for that! According to a user guide obtained by 404 Media , the app provides ICE agents with a digital map populated by potential deportation targets, each of which has their
Democratic strategist James Carville said Wednesday that President Trump’s reaction to being called a “pedophile protector” revealed a “sore spot” for the leader. “Trump had a massive negative reaction to it. And when you find a sore spot, you keep hitting it. Keep hitting it,”
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement used artificial intelligence to streamline its rush to add 10,000 more agents to its countrywide crackdown, according to NBC . This resulted in a grave technical error, as recruits were hired and assigned to field offices without adequate
Madison Sheahan, the deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is resigning from the agency to run for Congress in Ohio. In a video launch on Thursday, Sheahan pitched herself as a pro-Trump conservative, touting her work on the president’s immigration
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Verizon said Thursday it would offer a $20 credit to customers one day after a massive outage cut off service for users across the country. “Yesterday, we did not meet the standard of excellence you expect and that we expect of ourselves. To help provide some relief to those
President Trump has threatened to deploy more federal troops to Minnesota using a seldom-used law passed by Congress over 200 years ago. The Insurrection Act of 1807, in conjunction with several other laws, permits the president to deploy members of the military or federalize
Nearly two dozen candidates have filed for the special election race to replace retired Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in Congress. As of Wednesday’s filing deadline, 22 candidates — including 17 Republicans and 3 Democrats — were in the ring to succeed the former
The Trump administration’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is funding a heavily flawed vaccine trial in west Africa that is being described as “another Tuskegee.” The health newsletter Inside Medicine obtained the protocols for a study receiving $1.6 million to
Sen. John Kennedy has introduced a resolution to withhold pay for members of Congress during future government shutdowns, which would require the secretary of the Senate to place each member's paycheck in a vault until the government reopens.
More than a dozen people have been indicted by federal authorities with a reported scheme to rig college and overseas basketball games, according to court documents unsealed Thursday. The federal indictment, filed in Philadelphia, cites charges of "bribery in sporting contest"
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) is making a push to dismantle Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calling the federal law enforcement agency “beyond reform.” Thanedar plans to introduce the “Abolish ICE Act” this week, which his office said would dissolve the agency and end
The U.S. seized its sixth Venezuela-linked oil tanker Thursday morning in the Caribbean, just ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado. The U.S. Coast Guard’s tactical team seized oil tanker Veronica, part of the so-called
Democrats pounced on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins after she suggested Americans could save money by eating a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla and “one other thing” to afford a nutritious dinner. In a NewsNation interview, Rollins addressed concerns
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says the Iranian regime is still killing protesters at an alarming rate, contradicting President Trump’s statement Wednesday that Iran has stopped indiscriminate executions of anti-government demonstrators. “Every indication that I’ve seen says that
Elon Musk’s social platform X is further restricting image editing tools available with its AI chatbot Grok in the face of growing criticism over a recent surge in AI-generated sexualized images of women and children on the platform. X’s safety team said Wednesday it is
Troops from multiple European countries arrived in Greenland on Thursday amid President Trump’s escalating interest in acquiring the Arctic island. French President Emmanuel Macron wrote Wednesday on social platform X that France will participate in the joint exercises
President Trump is keeping proceeds from the first sale of Venezuelan oil in an offshore bank account based in Qatar, according to reporting from Semafor. The sale was worth $500 million. This unprecedented move is yet another middle finger to Venezuelan sovereignty and once
The U.S. invasion of Venezuela was justified by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a law enforcement operation to arrest President Nicolas Maduro and his wife on narco-terrorism charges, but international law experts dispute the legality of the operation and the War Powers
A legal system that waits for bloodshed before acting is not humane.
The Education Department announced Wednesday it is investigating 15 K-12 schools, one university and two state education departments over their transgender athlete policies. The educational institutions, spanning 10 states, are under investigation for alleged Title IX
The Washington Post's editorial board blasted the FBI search conducted at the home of a reporter for the outlet this week. The editorial board called the search "an aggressive attack on the press freedom of all journalists" and said "anyone who believes the raid will deter
Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan, acting commander of the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom), will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to lead the military agency. President Trump tapped Donovan to head Southcom last month amid the U.S. strikes on alleged
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), considered the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent in the Senate, is entering the midterm year with a $25 million war chest as he tries for a second term representing Georgia in the upper chamber. Ossoff’s cash on hand includes $9.9 million raised in
President Donlad Trump threatened Thursday to send the U.S. military into Minnesota, following the state’s second shooting involving a federal officer in as many weeks. “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) identified the failed part that contributed to a fatal UPS plane crash in Louisville, Ky., last year. A Wednesday report from the NTSB notes Boeing warned operators in 2011 of four prior failures of the part, a spherical bearing