U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee will join U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff to inspect the food distribution centers operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a joint venture between the United States and Israel. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced at a Thursday press conference that the diplomats will enter the Gaza Strip on […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded that the chief executives of 17 pharmaceutical companies lower their drug prices for U.S. consumers or else face “every tool in our arsenal.” Trump issued the threat in 17 separate letters posted on Truth Social. Among the recipients were CEOs Albert Bourla of Pfizer, Robert Davis of Merck, Joaquin […]
The New York City area and New Jersey declared states of emergency Thursday as heavy rain with the potential for flash floods approached the region. Weather is expected to dump several inches of rain in the New York-New Jersey areas as residents make their evening commutes home. “I will be declaring a State of Emergency […]
A federal appeals court appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump‘s sweeping tariff policy on Thursday, grilling the Justice Department on whether the president implemented the key part of his trade policy lawfully. The 11-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments in a legal challenge to the bulk of […]
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Thursday afternoon that reinstates the Presidential Fitness Test for public schools nationwide. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the order is aligned with the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, spearheaded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Created in 1966, the […]
The White House is walking back Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent‘s claim that President Donald Trump‘s accounts for newborns are a “backdoor way to privatize Social Security.” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday that Bessent meant the Trump accounts “will help supplement, not substitute” Social Security. “The Trump administration is wholeheartedly committed […]
President Donald Trump will leave a big mark on the White House — literally. After installing two new flag poles and reworking the Rose Garden, Trump will construct a massive ballroom extending from the East Wing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday. “We are proud to announce that the construction of the new White House ballroom […]
The family of one of the women who accused New York financier Jeffrey Epstein and his friends of sexually abusing her is questioning President Donald Trump’s knowledge of the exploitation. Before she died by suicide earlier this year, Virginia Giuffre filed a lawsuit in 2015 alleging that she was recruited by Epstein’s girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, […]
A senior U.S. intelligence official-turned-whistleblower said Obama-era superiors pressured him to endorse flawed conclusions in a high-profile intelligence report on Russian election interference and that he was later cut out of key discussions after raising concerns about the Steele dossier’s role in shaping that assessment, according to newly declassified information. The whistleblower, who served as […]
(The Center Square) – Since California Gov. Gavin Newsom took office in 2019, state debt payments on unemployment benefits have gone from zero to nearly $600 million this year, and could soon result in annual payroll tax increases of nearly $500 per employee, according to an analysis by The Center Square. These payments to the […]
