The Teamsters rebuked an offer from the United Parcel Service to buy out drivers affected by “the largest network reconfiguration in UPS history.” As part of a larger company restructuring amid rising automation and uncertain economic situations, UPS announced earlier this year that it would lay off 20,000 of its 500,000-strong workforce, offering buyouts to […]
Democratic strategist James Carville on Wednesday refused to back down from claims that President Donald Trump will “try to call the election off, to do anything he can” to stop Democrats from sweeping the 2026 midterm elections. “He’s going to see a massive defeat coming, and he’ll try to do anything he can to extricate […]
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted dual American Israeli citizen Edan Alexander, 21, on Thursday at the White House, where the latter reportedly pressed the president to free the remaining hostages held in captivity by Hamas. Alexander, a New Jersey native, was serving as an Israeli soldier when he was captured by […]
While much of Europe faces uncertainty regarding its relationship to the United States, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the U.S., Audra Plepytė, argued that Vilnius has remained one of Washington’s closest allies. In her final interview with an American outlet while ambassador, Plepytė reflected on her four years as Lithuania’s foremost representative to its most important ally. […]
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Office of the Attorney General has launched a taxpayer-funded hotline in three counties that would allow residents, including foreign nationals and illegal immigrants, to report U.S. citizens for engaging in legally protected speech and activity, in addition to hate crimes. The launch of the hate crimes and bias incidents hotline in King, Clark […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent implied he wouldn’t take advice from any Democratic politicians because “we inherited a mess” after the party was in power. The House passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act on Thursday afternoon. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) attempted to delay the vote by giving a speech that broke the […]
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is on its way to President Donald Trump’s desk after passing the House on Thursday, the conclusion of months of intraparty, cross-chamber negotiations that exposed ideological differences within the GOP trifecta. The House passed the bill, 218-214, at 2:32 p.m. after a grueling House session that began around 9 […]
MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki implied that Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) looked like a “little b****” while defending his vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Since the Senate passed the legislation Tuesday, it returned to the House for a second time with edits from Republican senators. Van Orden is likely to vote for […]
(The Center Square) – Recognition of only two sexes as defined in proposed North Carolina legislation, and three diversity policy bills have fell to the veto of first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein. The quartet of rejections on Thursday morning ahead of the holiday weekend came alongside eight bills signed into law. Among those was the […]
Former President Joe Biden took swipes at his successor in the White House on Wednesday as he told a California audience that world leaders are asking him to “get engaged” in global affairs. Biden spoke for over an hour to thousands of attendees at the Society for Human Resource Management event in San Diego, where […]
