Oxford University Press has selected “rage bait’’ as its 2025 Word of the Year, highlighting how easily outrage can be engineered online in an era dominated by viral controversies and emotional manipulation. The publisher noted that the term had surged in use over the past year and best captured the “internet zeitgeist of 2025.” Oxford […]
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday in a meeting that dragged on for nearly five hours. Following the marathon meeting, Putin adviser Kirill Dmitriev posted to social media the single word “productive” with an emoji of a dove. […]
President Donald Trump honored Texas billionaires Michael and Susan Dell at the White House on Tuesday on the heels of their donation of $6.25 billion toward 25 million “Trump Accounts”, an initiative aimed at increasing the nation’s low birth and marriage rates. The Dell donations will put $250 toward accounts for children ages 10 and […]
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned 21 Democrat-led states on Tuesday that she would withhold funding from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beginning next week if they do not provide recipient data. Rollins issued the warning during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting after the 21 states and the District of Columbia refused to hand over data she requested […]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) announced on Monday that she will seek reelection instead of challenging Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) for his Senate seat. Pressley, a member of the progressive “Squad,” said she wants to stay to spend time with her daughter during her last year of high school and continue representing a district “that has […]
Portland‘s annual tree-lighting ceremony drew thousands to Pioneer Courthouse Square on Friday night, and a wave of criticism online, after city leaders avoided calling the 75-foot Douglas fir a “Christmas tree,” with one speaker using the platform to lead a “Free Palestine” chant. The event, now in its 41st year, was promoted across the city […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) filed a discharge petition Tuesday to force a vote on the longtime issue of banning congressional stock trading. Luna has continuously threatened to deploy a discharge petition for months if House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) failed to move on the issue. “Across the country, from every political background, the American […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) wrote a letter on Monday to Fortune 1000 CEOs urging them to champion and contribute to “Trump accounts.” The “Money Accounts for Growth and Advancement” tax-advantaged investment accounts, commonly referred to as “Trump accounts,” provide children born between 2025 and 2028 with one-time, government-funded payments of […]
President Donald Trump wants to make Washington Dulles International Airport great again. The president said at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that he wants to “rebuild” the northern Virginia airport commonly used by residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. “We’re also going to rebuild Dulles Airport because it’s not a good airport,” […]
(The Center Square) – Two families participating in Tennessee’s Education Freedom Scholarship program are intervening in a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. Five organizations representing 10 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Davidson County Chancery Court last month, saying the scholarship program diverts money from public schools and discriminates against students with disabilities. EdChoice Legal Advocates are representing […]
