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 […]
With little fanfare, the Trump administration has gone on a regulation-cutting binge, eliminating Biden- and Obama-era rules while slashing the bureaucracy built to impose costly restrictions on Wall Street and Main Street. Early indications from a key regulation watcher confirm that President Donald Trump is not just making good on a campaign promise to cut […]
(The Center Square) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says a corporate head tax would not be a job killer, but Republicans in the city disagree. At a media availability this week, the mayor said a tax a corporate head tax is on the table and insisted it would not be a job killer. “When corporate […]
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said he will give Cincinnati’s leaders one month to come up with a civil rights plan after a brawl that captivated the nation, or he will call to revoke the city’s federal funding. The senator’s demand comes as questions swirl around the city’s response to the fight, though its alleged perpetrators […]
Two of Israel‘s highest-ranking officials are urging the government to annex the West Bank and impose “Israeli sovereignty” over its Palestinian population. Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Defense Minister Israel Katz — close political allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — issued the joint statement to Israeli media on Thursday, emphasizing that the current political […]
