Hilary Perkins spent all of two days working in the second Trump administration before becoming used as a confirmation pawn to secure the path forward for President Donald Trump’s nominee for Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, Dr. Marty Makary. Perkins described the chief counsel position at FDA as her dream job in an interview with […]
Federal courts are increasingly stepping into disputes the Trump administration argues fall squarely under the president’s foreign policy and national security authority, raising a critical constitutional question: When it comes to matters of national security, who decides? From efforts to deport pro-Palestinian activists to the use of the Alien Enemies Act against Venezuelan nationals, the Trump […]
House GOP leadership is in for a rollercoaster to get President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” passed with one of the smallest majorities in history as a Texas GOP firebrand calls for a full repeal of former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), a notorious budget hawk, whose vote on […]
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court this week to intervene in a case brought by eight blue states over federal funding, marking one of the latest moves by the White House to defend in court its efforts to curb diversity, equity, and inclusion. President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice told the high court a […]
President Donald Trump again addressed the stunning Signal messaging app scandal from earlier this week, calling the Atlantic’s reporting on it “fake news” and suggesting he won’t be firing any of his Cabinet members who were part of the group chat. The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg reported earlier this week that he was inadvertently added to a Signal group […]
The prime minister of Denmark is now scheduled to visit Greenland shortly after Vice President JD Vance and other high-ranking U.S. officials capped off a visit to a U.S. Space Force base on the arctic island late this week. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will begin a three-day visit to Greenland on April 2, where […]
President Donald Trump on Saturday was adamant that his recently announced 25% tariffs on automobile imports will be permanent after they go into effect on April 2. In a phone interview with NBC News’s Kristen Welker, Trump said the tariffs will “absolutely” be permanent, adding that these are a fair response to foreign nations “ripping […]
Andrew Tate, a hugely successful social media influencer known for expressing misogynistic views online, is facing a new lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend accusing him of sexual assault and battery. It adds to existing legal trouble for Tate, who’s charged with human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women in Romania. His brother, Tristan Tate, is […]
CAIRO (AP) — The Hamas terrorist group said Saturday it has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar, but Israel said it has made a counterproposal in “full coordination” with the third mediator, the United States. Egypt early in the week made a proposal to get the troubled ceasefire back on track, following Israel’s […]
The Trump administration fired nearly the entire staff of the U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday, according to multiple reports. The mass firings, in what anonymous employees characterized as a “Friday night massacre” to the Washington Post, affected somewhere between 200 and 300 employees at the nonprofit organization, all of whom […]
