President Donald Trump’s tearing down of the White House East Wing’s facade has faced criticism, but the renovation is only the latest of over a century of redesigns. Several of these involved tearing down or gutting significant parts of the White House, to a greater extent than the most recent ballroom renovation. The White House […]
Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia appointed by President Donald Trump, is facing new scrutiny after a reporter posted private messages Halligan sent to her. However, legal experts say the exchange was, at worst, an unpolished effort by an inexperienced prosecutor to counter faulty reporting, not a breach of […]
President Donald Trump said Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was the only Republican to skip out on the White House Rose Garden lunch on Tuesday, with the senator dining instead with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY). “We’re just missing one person. You’ll never guess who that is,” Trump said during his speech, referring to the Kentucky fiscal […]
A host of Democrats who, in recent months, criticized Republicans as being out of touch have themselves traveled to exclusive ski resorts to schmooze donors, an experience out of reach for many Americans, all using their campaign cash. These Democrats, who have been quick in recent months to deride Republicans for what they see as […]
The former Justice Department employee who was arrested for throwing a Subway sandwich at an immigration enforcement officer in August asked for his federal assault charge to be dismissed. Sean Charles Dunn’s attorneys said the government’s case against the man is “over conduct so minor it would be comical,” and claimed they only chose to […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is hoping to take advantage of the seemingly stalled momentum that was drawing President Donald Trump closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin after a phone call between the two last week concerned Ukraine’s allies. After the Thursday phone call between the two leaders, Trump announced that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov […]
(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ERO) officers working with federal law enforcement partners apprehended another record number of illegal foreign nationals, 1,406, in Boston in a targeted immigration enforcement sweep. In Operation Patriot 2.0, ICE ERO-Boston and ICE Homeland Security Investigations-New England officers led a multi-agency law enforcement effort. They […]
Colombian President Gustavo Petro drew backlash from Latino lawmakers for suggesting that President Donald Trump should be removed from office. “Humanity has a first offramp, it is to choose to change Trump in various ways,” Petro said in Spanish on Monday in Univision’s El Reporte Coronell. “The easiest way may be through Trump himself.” “If […]
(The Center Square) — New Hampshire is mired in an affordability crisis with the cost of living rising faster than most household incomes, according to a new report, which says the financial imbalance is hurting the state’s economy. The report by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute, released Tuesday, found that a family of four […]
(The Center Square) – With federal authorities now threatening to cut Chicago Transit Authority funding due to rising violence across the system, Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford worries actions being taken by the federal government could put vulnerable riders even more at risk. Chicago police data shows at the same time transit system arrests […]
