President Donald Trump recently moved to cancel $4.9 billion in spending on foreign aid, the latest skirmish in the battle for control of the federal budget between the White House‘s Office of Management and Budget and Congress’s appropriations committees. Trump’s Aug. 28 rescission message to Congress in effect declared that the administration will not spend […]
Brendan Carr has suddenly emerged as a top target for Democrats and a hero for the MAGA world following Jimmy Kimmel’s ouster from his late-night talk show. The Trump appointee and chairman of the Federal Communications Commission holds the power to stand between multi-billion-dollar network mergers, giving new teeth for the president and his allies […]
When President Donald Trump announced that he nominated Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Stephen Miran to fill a vacant Federal Reserve Board seat, it seemed like a strange choice. Those of us who saw Miran’s disastrous handling of April’s tariff “Liberation Day” wondered if this was the White House‘s way of quietly offloading him from […]
Multicultural Britain tells itself stories in order to live. One such story is that the island has always been a diverse, cosmopolitan place. On social media, graduate degree holders will eagerly tell you that Britain’s patron saint is Turkish, its alphabet Roman, its religion Middle Eastern, and its royal family German. A more sophisticated version […]
Like most fans of rock ‘n’ roll, I gravitate to works from the vicinity of Greater Manchester intuitively, involuntarily. Even as someone who’s never once set foot in Great Britain, I’ve always felt I could viscerally relate to exactly where bands from the north of England were coming from. While I might not quite relate […]
These days, Christmas movies, broadly and charitably defined, seem to be synonymous with the brassy, hokey, sickly sweet sort of fare that has a permanent home on the Hallmark Channel and is in perpetual rotation on Netflix. But the slop being served on Netflix — Falling for Christmas, Best. Christmas. Ever!, Christmas with You, to […]
President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday about a deal to keep TikTok operational in the U.S. Trump mentioned on Thursday that the U.S. and China were close to a deal regarding the social media platform. The Associated Press reported that the two leaders are also expected to […]
President Donald Trump called for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to be impeached from Congress after an unsuccessful censure resolution failed to punish her for comments she made about Charlie Kirk. Trump also disparaged the congresswoman in later comments, suggesting she was “scum,” and claimed she married her brother to gain citizenship. “I think she should […]
A New York City high school student was arrested after the FBI notified local authorities that they received a tip. The student had a loaded handgun in his possession that had 13 rounds in the magazine. “Earlier today, the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center received a tip regarding a potential school shooting at Benjamin Cardoso […]
The Supreme Court will hear challenges to President Donald Trump’s tariff authority in November. Trump has used an aggressive tariff plan to generate revenue and deals for the United States despite fears that it will alienate allies. The high court will hear challenges on Nov. 5 after a lower court ruled that the president overstepped […]
