President Donald Trump said he donates 100% of his presidential salary to preservation projects at the White House. “I do, much of it goes to the White House preservation and I fix things up, you might have seen the path outside, did you see it? It’s beautiful, I’ll let you take a look at it […]
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) called the Trump administration’s proposed defense budget “outrageous” and said the White House needs to back a proposal “that makes sense for the moment we’re in.” “The $1.5 trillion request from this administration, it’s outrageous,” Kelly said. “When I got to the Senate 5 1/2 years ago, the defense budget was […]
Iran gave its response to the U.S.-proposed peace deal on Sunday, according to Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency. The state media agency reported that Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Iran gave its response to his country, which has acted as the intermediary in the negotiations. The outlet did not specify what Iran’s response was, […]
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined the chorus of calls from Democratic Party leaders to release the Democratic National Committee’s analysis of why former Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election to President Donald Trump. DNC Chairman Ken Martin decided in late 2025 that he would not be releasing the organization’s autopsy of the […]
Energy Secretary Chris Wright did not rule out the possibility of gas reaching over $5 per gallon due to the Iran war, saying he is “avoiding price predictions.” This past week, Wall Street raised concerns about the possibility of gas prices topping $5 per regular gallon, with JP Morgan Chase Co. analysts warning that marker […]
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has withdrawn from the next City of Angels mayoral candidate forum just days after the last debate in which she took heat from opponent Spencer Pratt. The hosts of the forum, the League of Women Voters and the Pat Brown Institute for PublicAffairs, announced her withdrawal from the event, scheduled […]
Virginia Democrats made a hasty appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to overturn the Virginia Supreme Court’s ruling to strike down the redistricting referendum but were mocked for numerous spelling mistakes that appeared in court documents. “First, if you are going to appeal to SCOTUS maybe don’t misspell Virginia????” former Republican Attorney General […]
Passengers have begun evacuating the MV Hondius cruise ship that was hit by a rare hantavirus outbreak, boarding planes after the ship is docked in Spain’s Canary Islands. The Dutch cruise ship, carrying about 150 people from 23 different nations, landed in the Spanish island of Tenerife on Sunday morning to begin disembarking its passengers […]
The June 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 22 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, aged 65 or older, or have another qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) could be the speaker next year, holding the keys to whether President Donald Trump’s final two years are productive or consumed by impeachment and government shutdown fights. But the duo’s fraught relationship points to the latter. On Thursday, Trump implied Jeffries bore responsibility for the April 25 attempt on […]
