Republican strategist Karl Rove on Thursday wrote that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), both possible 2028 presidential contenders, cannot claim a "solid record of economic achievement." "Mr. Newsom has great hair and Mr. Pritzker a vast
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) attacked the Trump administration’s fiscal policies during his State of the State address Wednesday, citing Illinois residents’ continued cost of living concerns. “We won’t let headwinds from Washington stop us from addressing the fact that
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story EXCLUSIVE: Senate Democrats blast CDC’s rescission of $600M in ‘woke’ health funding Led by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), roughly a dozen Democratic senators blasted the public health funding
President Trump on Thursday accused former President Obama of revealing classified information when weighing in on whether extraterrestrial life existed. “Barack Obama said that aliens are real. Have you seen any evidence of non-human visitors to Earth?” Fox News’s Peter Doocy
Several nonprofit groups jointly filed a lawsuit Tuesday suing the National Park Service (NPS), the Department of the Interior and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum for the removal of the pride flag at Manhattan's Stonewall National Monument earlier this month before it was
A controversial Christian nationalist pastor who has argued that women should be denied the right to vote led a worship service at the Pentagon this week at the invitation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Doug Wilson delivered a 15-minute sermon Tuesday as part of a monthly
FIFA President Gianni Infantino sported a red “USA” hat during the inaugural meeting of President Trump’s Board of Peace on Thursday as he pledged the governing body’s monetary support for rebuilding soccer infrastructure in Gaza. “We don't have to just rebuild houses or
Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) is set to introduce a bill in support of dog ownership as he faces a wave of criticism over a social media post he made about choosing dogs over Muslims. The brief bill, titled the Protecting Puppies from Sharia Act, would block federal funds from
President Trump on Thursday criticized Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) again for her remarks at the Munich Security Conference last weekend. “Her performance was horrible. I was surprised actually, I didn’t know she was stupid,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One en
An Obama-era attorney disclosed “non-public” information to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein with regard to the White House’s response to the Secret Service’s sex scandal. Kathryn Ruemmler worked as Goldman Sachs’s chief legal officer until last week, when the star attorney
President Trump responded to the arrest of Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, on Thursday, calling the situation “very sad.” “I think it’s a shame,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One while en route to Georgia. “I think it’s very sad. I
Most Canadians believe the United States is not a reliable ally after months of tension between the two countries, according to a new poll. In a poll from Politico, 58 percent of respondents said they “strongly disagree” or “disagree” with the idea that “the US is a reliable
Top Democrats are seeking to discipline the attorneys behind a failed Justice Department effort to charge six Democratic lawmakers who filmed a video noting service members can refuse to carry out illegal orders. The letter from the leading Democrats on the House Oversight and
President Trump on Thursday gathered representatives from nearly 50 countries in Washington D.C. to mark an inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace. The meeting laid out the Trump administration’s plan for the next phase of the U.S. peace plan for the Gaza Strip, but the
Is Donald Trump delaying action in Iran so he can go to the Winter Olympics? This week, the so-called peacemaker president has assembled the greatest amount of air power in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, but reportedly hasn’t approved military action against
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that prenatal care starting in the first trimester declined from 2021 to 2024. The study, released Thursday, found that the share of pregnant mothers beginning prenatal care in the first trimester
President Trump this week issued an executive order that seeks to boost the controversial herbicide glyphosate, drawing ire from the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. Glyphosate, a key ingredient in the commonly used and widely litigated weedkiller Roundup, is
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has delayed an upcoming meeting of its highly influential vaccine advisory committee. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was scheduled to meet next week from Feb. 25-27. A source familiar with the
Months ahead of the midterm elections, Congress could pass legislation that would enact new, strict identification requirements that could impact how you vote.
A new banner was unveiled on Thursday at the Department of Justice (DOJ) with a large image of President Trump. Under the photo the slogan, “Make America Safe Again.” The measure is not standard, but it is not the first time a large banner with a photo of the president has
In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has made a series of claims about the economy, a topic that should feature prominently in his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 24. The post A Pre-SOTU Guide to Trump’s Economic Claims appeared first on FactCheck.org .
California Sen. Alex Padilla will deliver the Democratic response in Spanish.
Federal judges have ordered the release of at least three of 10 West African immigrants who were swarmed by federal agents in multiple immigration raids in October and November on New York City’s Canal Street, a popular site for street vendors. Serigne Diop, Mamdou Ndoye, and
A slavery exhibit removed from the historic President's House in Philadelphia was restored on Thursday ahead of a federal judge's deadline ordering the National Park Service (NPS) to bring the exhibit back. U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe gave the agency a Friday deadline to
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump’s State of the Union address next week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday. Trump’s State of the Union comes
Publicly, the message is election security to rile people up, even though most people know there is no evidence of electron fraud. Privately, the focus is economic vulnerability.
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) on Wednesday branded President Trump as a “symptom of a deeper disease in our society" in pushing back on political corruption. “I think Donald Trump’s rise — Donald Trump himself — is a symptom of a deeper disease in our society. I mean, how is it that
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) acknowledged Thursday he is considering running for president in 2028 but said he would not decide until after his current term ends in late 2027. During an interview with host Pamela Brown on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Brown referenced Beshear
Maria Farmer, a survivor of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, called the arrest of former Prince Andrew on Thursday “just the beginning of accountability and justice.” “Today is just the beginning of accountability and justice brought forth by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
The Department of Justice’s headquarters in Washington now features a banner of Donald Trump. The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, also called Main Justice, on Thursday became the latest federal building to get plastered with a portrait of the Supreme Leader—in
We obviously can’t go back in time and re-vote.
The attorney general of the Mexican state of Sonora clarified Wednesday that his office has not received a formal request from the FBI to collaborate in the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. The office of Sonora Attorney General Gustavo Rómulo Salas Chávez wrote on the
It won’t be bigger or better, but the Trump administration is reportedly working to create a U.S. dupe of the World Health Organization. The Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a plan that would cost taxpayers $2 billion a year to recreate the same systems that
The Trump administration has ordered immigration officials to detain refugees if they do not adjust their stays within a year of arriving in the country, prompting an outrage from advocates. The memo reverses a 2010 guidance that determined refugees should not be placed in
Samuel Alito, a suspected Dobbs and Hobby Lobby leaker, wine aficionado , and far-right flag waver, has a new book coming this fall. Ordinarily, a Supreme Court justice’s book is an opportunity to line their pockets with a hefty advance , enjoy the perks of a lecture tour ,
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Thursday that former United Kingdom Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson has declined an invitation to sit for an interview as part of an ongoing probe into the
A federal rule change could lower disability compensation for millions of veterans, says the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
California Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called Thursday’s arrest of former Prince Andrew “an enormous step forward” in lawmakers' investigation into the crimes of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Andrew
Despite the recent political and civic turmoil, Americans must recommit to the core tenets of democratic liberalism in order to ensure a free and open society, individual liberty, and equality under the law.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Tuesday proposed a new rule that would bar immigrants without legal status from living in subsidized properties, attempting to eliminate mixed-status households. The proposed rule would require every household resident
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) said sweeps of improvised homeless encampments in the city will restart, according to The Associated Press. Mamdani paused former Mayor Eric Adams’s previous policy on encampment sweeps shortly after his inauguration, according to the AP,
Boeing is moving its defense and space business headquarters from Virginia to St. Louis, Mo., a move the company touted as a way to be closer to teammates. Boeing has more than 18,000 employees in the St. Louis area, where they manufacture military aircraft, munitions and
A federal arts panel appointed by President Trump signed off on Trump's plan to construct a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom on the East Wing of the White House, according to The Associated Press. Six of the seven members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) gave final
Trump ally Sen. Pete Ricketts is supporting his wife, Susanne Shore, in her run as a Democrat for the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
The president appears to be tying the future of vital infrastructure, a public good, to the promotion of his name.
President Trump wants to build a 5,000-person military base in Gaza. Board of Peace contracting records viewed by The Guardian show that the Trump administration plans to use more than 350 acres of desolate land in southern Gaza full of twisted metal from multiple Israeli
West Virginia in a new lawsuit is accusing Apple of knowingly permitting its iCloud platform to be used to store and distribute child sexual abuse material. The state’s attorney general, John McCuskey, filed the complaint in the Circuit Court of Mason County on Thursday,
The U.S. military leader overseeing operations and forces in Latin America met with Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on Wednesday, as the Trump administration continues to forge ties with the Venezuelan government after the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
Donald Trump announced Thursday that he wants the United States to contribute $10 billion to his so-called Board of Peace—essentially forming a slush fund of taxpayer money the president can use however he likes. Speaking at the board’s inaugural meeting in Washington, Trump
Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts (Neb.) has endorsed his wife, Susanne Shore, who’s campaigning for a seat on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents as a Democrat. The couple has traditionally dueled over which party’s candidate should rise to state leadership and both have