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Vance tasked with selling Trump’s signature tax and spending bill
Megan Varner/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump secured a major legislative victory when what he had been calling his “big, beautiful bill” became law in July. However, Trump and Republicans are now working to [Read More…]
Key 2025 elections approach with Trump approval, congressional maps at stake: What to watch in November
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With less than two months out to Election Day, this year’s elections — ranging from hot-button mayoral and gubernatorial contests to a vote over new congressional maps — are [Read More…]
Massie on Epstein files: ‘We can’t avoid justice to avoid embarrassment for some very powerful men’
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie said Sunday that those who might be in the Jeffrey Epstein files need to be held accountable regardless of their social status. “We can’t avoid justice [Read More…]
Trump to sign order renaming Pentagon ‘Department of War’: Sources
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House on September 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is expected [Read More…]
Washington, DC, residents press Congress to end Trump’s federal law enforcement surge
Members of the National Guard and members of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies stand outside the main hall of Union Station, on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Some [Read More…]
Army extends orders for DC National Guard through Nov. 30: Officials
Members of the National Guard are seen standing near the Washington Monument, on September 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Army is extending orders for the Washington, D.C., National Guard to remain [Read More…]
DC attorney general sues to end federal National Guard deployment
Members of the National Guard patrol the National Mall in Washington, DC, on September 3, 2025. (Austin DeSisto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb filed a lawsuit on Thursday [Read More…]
RFK Jr. testifies before Senate Finance Committee amid CDC turmoil, vaccine changes
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a week of fast-moving shakeups at the nation’s health agency, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, which has oversight over [Read More…]
Artificial intelligence is here. Will it replace teachers?
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Many parents, school districts and the federal government alike have embraced artificial intelligence this back-to-school season, but some experts warn artificial intelligence could widen the teacher shortage by eliminating jobs. [Read More…]
Trump calls Epstein files ‘irrelevant’ as push for release gains steam
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to the media after meeting with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, at the US Capitol, Washington September 2, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday cast the [Read More…]
Trump calls video of bag thrown out of White House fake. A White House official reportedly suggests otherwise
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. This is the seventh cabinet meeting of [Read More…]
‘This is not a hoax’: Epstein survivors speak out demanding files be released
In this handout, the mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein, 2019. (Photo by Kypros/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors spoke out on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as part of a push to [Read More…]
Trump says China conspiring against US with Putin, Kim meeting at military parade
Chinese President Xi jinping (R) shows the way to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 1, 2025 in Tianjin, China. [Read More…]
Secret Service counter sniper team faces ‘chronic understaffing,’ DHS IG finds
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than a year after a Secret Service counter sniper team killed a would-be assassin targeting President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, a report from the Department of Homeland Security [Read More…]
Trump vows to take on crime in Chicago ‘fast’ after violent Labor Day weekend
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday again took aim at Chicago as he suggested federal intervention is needed to combat crime. Trump pointed to gun violence in the city over Labor Day weekend, [Read More…]
Use of federal troops in Los Angeles is unlawful, judge says
DHS police and Marines guard the Federal Detention Center on Thursday, July 17, 2025 as people protest against immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, CA. (Luke Johnson / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]
Giuliani injured in vehicle accident, security chief says
Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was injured in a vehicle accident Saturday evening in New Hampshire, his security chief said in a statement on Sunday. [Read More…]
Judge blocks deportation of 76 Guatemalan minors after questioning government’s argument
Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from deporting 76 unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the United States to Guatemala. A judge had temporarily blocked the [Read More…]
Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan minors
Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from deporting hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the U.S. to Guatemala. A federal judge had temporarily blocked [Read More…]
Former CDC immunizations chief: ‘I only see harm coming’ with RFK Jr. leading HHS
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunizations chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis said Sunday that he’s concerned with the direction the agency is going and worried about public health [Read More…]