(The Center Square) – The first expedited coal lease under the Big Beautiful Bill has advanced with the goal of energy independence and job creation in mind. An energy advocacy group says the move is “exactly what we need.” Larry Behrens of Power the Future told The Center Square that “for generations, coal has answered […]
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump has announced a new $200 million expansion of the White House, with construction to be handled by Clark Construction, a national firm with offices across Virginia. The project will add a new State Ballroom to the White House grounds with approximately 90,000 square feet of event space. The […]
(The Center Square) – With antisemitism at its highest level in recorded history, Jewish delis in the U.S. are providing a glimpse of hope, celebration and award-winning pastrami on rye sandwiches. This August marks the 10th annual National Deli Month, celebrating last century’s New York-style Jewish delicatessens. It was launched by David (Ziggy) Gruber of the […]
Capitol Hill lawmakers and staffers are enjoying August recess, with some even planning their weddings around the annual reprieve. Congress‘s monthlong summer break has become an ideal time to tend to personal lives and travel after a grueling seven-month slog that saw marathon speeches, multiple overnight sessions, and record-breaking votes. That’s the case for freshman […]
The Trump administration is embracing viral pop culture references to advance its political agenda online, a dramatic departure from past White House practices. The posts, often shared as memes on the social media accounts of agencies from the Pentagon to the Energy Department, have tapped into cultural and political flashpoints, touching on everything from South […]
Few people have had as significant an impact on modern American politics as President Donald Trump, and his intellectual allies are looking to keep it that way. Ten years after he descended the escalator to announce his presidential run, the one thing Trump’s many supporters and detractors can agree on is that he has completely […]
Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on two powerful foreign-owned firms they say are quietly shaping how Wall Street votes, and pushing corporate America toward progressive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals in the process. Their focus is on Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, two foreign-based proxy advisory companies that operate with outsized sway […]
President Donald Trump repeated his call for an investigation into Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) over alleged insider trading, this time looping her husband, Paul Pelosi, into it. Trump previously targeted the speaker emerita over stock trading just last week, as the Senate was weighing a bill to ban trading among members of Congress. At the time, the […]
The White House is currently weighing whether to invite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the Alaska summit that will see President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet face-to-face, according to a report. Trump announced a summit with Putin that will take place in Alaska next Friday, in a bid to strike an elusive […]
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he has nominated State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce to be the next deputy representative to the United Nations. Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post, in which he praised Bruce’s “fantastic” work as the chief spokeswoman at the State Department. “I am pleased to announce that […]
