Politics
No Kings protests reportedly funded by socialist, communist groups
Organizers behind the No Kings protests are predicting that Saturday’s turnout across the country will result in the biggest protest in U.S. history, with a core anti-Trump message. The...
House Republicans object to Senate’s partial DHS funding bill, push 8-week stopgap
House Republicans opposed to the Senate-passed partial Department of Homeland Security funding bill are going to try to pass an eight-week stopgap measure that would fund the entire department....
Trump says he may suspend gas tax amid soaring oil, gas prices
President Trump said he could suspend the federal gas tax to help lower rising oil and gas prices. “It’s something we have in our pocket if we think it’s...
Trump’s cost-cutting at IRS blunts tax agency’s AI plans
President Trump’s moves to slash the IRS have severely dented the tax agency’s ability to harness artificial intelligence, according to a new audit. The Government Accountability Office, Congress’ investigative...
Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option
President Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the...
Senate debate on SAVE America Act continues into second week as Democrats block GOP amendment
Republicans have begun putting Democrats on the record on President Trump’s top legislative priorities as the Senate heads into its second week debating the SAVE America Act. Democrats rejected...
Musk offers to pay TSA salaries as DHS shutdown stretches into fifth week
Elon Musk on Saturday offered to personally cover the paychecks of Transportation Security Administration officers as a partial government shutdown enters its fifth week, leaving tens of thousands of...
Trump considering ‘winding down’ military action in Iran
President Trump said the U.S. is considering scaling back its military operations in Iran because the U.S. is close to achieving its objectives in the conflict, which is about...
‘Hard reset’: Education department shrinks with handoff of student-loan management to Treasury
The Trump administration announced plans Thursday to transfer responsibility of the massive federal student-loan portfolio to the U.S. Treasury Department, the latest step in the strategy to dissolve the...
