‘We’re fortunate he didn’t include the Houthis in the chat,’ top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed, said. Roger Wicker, the GOP committee chairman, has weighed in as well. Tense back-and-forth over Pete Hegseth’s sobriety during House hearing A Democratic representative grills Intel heads on whether Pete Hegseth was drinking when information … Read more
President Trump has drastically scaled back foreign aid since Trump took office, with around 80% of contracts abruptly cut. Jennifer Rigby | Reuters Fired USAID employees applauded leaving DC office for last time Demonstrators outside the USAID offices in Washington, D.C., broke into applause as fired employees returned to pick up their belongings. In total, … Read more
What to know about the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 President Trump wants to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Here’s what you need to know about the wartime law. WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court upheld the block on President Donald Trump’s deportation of Venezuelans accused of being members of the crime gang … Read more
SCOTUS hears case on Louisiana congressional maps Lawyers from Louisiana argued that their new congressional maps are sound under “breathing room” promised by the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to uphold an $8 billion program that subsidizes high-speed internet and phone service for millions of Americans, which has been … Read more
Trump threatens 25% tariff on any country that buys Venezuelan oil U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will impose a 25% tariff on all imports from any country that purchases oil from Venezuela. unbranded – Newsworthy WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump is planning to announce automobile tariffs on Wednesday afternoon in the Oval Office, … Read more
For the White House, the fall guy this time is the journalist who read incoming messages on his phone. Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for leaked Houthis attack National Security Adviser Mike Waltz inadvertently invited a reporter into a Signal chat discussing a military strike against Houthis in Yemen. Nothing to see here? That was … Read more
Wisconsin Supreme Court race attracts wealthy partisan donors Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race has become the country’s most expensive judicial election ever. Billionaire Elon Musk is the biggest spender. President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk are throwing their political and monetary weight into an election that will decide control of Wisconsin’s high court. … Read more
Wisconsin Supreme Court race attracts major donors
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denies texting war plans U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denies texting war plans to a journalist from The Atlantic. WASHINGTON ― The Atlantic reporter at the center of the Trump administration’s Signal chat fiasco on Wednesday published U.S. military attack plans that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the White House … Read more
