President Donald Trump said on Thursday that more people came to see his 2019 July Fourth speech at the Lincoln Memorial than came to see the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famed “I Have a Dream” speech. Trump made the comments while talking about renovations his administration was undertaking at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. […]
Salt Lake City Councilwoman Eva Lopez Chavez is pressing ahead with her Utah congressional campaign after being accused of several instances of sexual misconduct. Lopez Chavez is one of six Democrats vying to win their party’s nomination to represent Utah’s 1st Congressional District. The district’s boundaries were recently redrawn, meaning the seat is expected to flip […]
Pro-Ukrainian groups and government officials are calling on Congress and the Trump administration to hold Russia accountable and prioritize the return of Ukrainian children abducted over the past four years. Nonprofit organizations Razom for Ukraine and American Coalition for Ukraine partnered to arrange a display Thursday on the National Mall of 20,000 teddy bears, each […]
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said she is looking to bring back a program created by the Biden administration to increase domestic fertilizer production, despite earlier this month remarking that most farmers would not be affected by rising fertilizer costs from the Iran war. Rollins is eyeing the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program, designed under former President Joe Biden, which […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out using nuclear weapons to end the Iran war. Trump was asked during an Oval Office press event if he would consider the move in order to get Iran to capitulate fully. The question came as peace talks between Washington and Tehran have hit a standstill. “Why would a […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said on Thursday that President Donald Trump fires “only” women from his Cabinet. “Is he out of women?” Ocasio-Cortez said when asked who the president should fire next. “Trump only seems to have the capability to fire female secretaries. If you’re a man in the Trump administration, it seems that they […]
Police are responding to an active shooter at the Mall of Louisiana, Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) said. Videos posted on social media showed a large police response, with a fleet of police vehicles. Multiple gunshots could be heard. “I am aware of the active shooter scene at the Mall of Louisiana,” Landry said in a […]
House GOP leadership is setting up another clash with its right wing by pushing to renew a government surveillance program before it expires — without requiring warrants to spy on Americans. GOP leaders dropped the latest iteration of legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Thursday. Under the plan, FISA, which […]
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf claimed Iranian unity on Thursday, firing back at President Donald Trump‘s assertion that the Iranians are “having a very hard time figuring out who their leader is.” Ghalibaf said in a statement that “there are no radicals or moderates” in Iran, referring to a statement from Trump earlier in the […]
First lady Melania Trump highlighted the success of the initiatives she has championed, from advancing the foster care system to artificial intelligence, on Thursday at the 113th annual First Lady’s Luncheon. Both initiatives focus on benefiting and helping children, which are key issues the first lady has been focusing on during President Donald Trump’s second […]
