President-elect Donald Trump unveiled a new priority for his administration, promising to end daylight saving time in his second term. He made the announcement in a post on Truth Social, dismissing the practice as “very costly” to the country. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a […]
Inmates at the State Correctional Institution Huntingdon in Pennsylvania said the conditions of Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, “suck.” “Luigi’s conditions suck!” inmates at SCI Huntingdon shouted to reporters outside the prison fence, according to a video released earlier this week by NewsNation. “Free Luigi.” The inmates communicated with […]
Expanding full Social Security benefits to millions of citizens has bipartisan approval, but some senators are skeptical about making the move because of what it will do to the deficit. The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision, which reduces Social Security benefits for those who receive […]
President Joe Biden is facing bipartisan criticism over his administration’s handling of reported drone sightings in the Northeast, with Republicans drawing comparisons to the alleged Chinese spy balloon that traversed the country last year. “We have no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or a public safety threat […]
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford confirmed he plans to challenge Gov. Joe Lombardo (R-NV) in the state’s 2026 gubernatorial race. This week’s announcement made him the first Nevada Democrat to publicly state his intentions and the highest-profile member of his party to consider a bid to oust Lombardo. “I do intend to seek higher office, […]
Congressional leaders are racing to finalize a government spending proposal as they near the end of negotiations just days before federal funding is set to lapse on Dec. 20. Negotiators in the House and Senate have been working for weeks to come to an agreement on a stopgap funding bill that would punt spending deadlines […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has transported out of Syria an American who disappeared seven months ago into former President Bashar Assad’s prison system and was among the thousands released this week by rebels, a U.S. official said Friday. Travis Timmerman was flown out of Syria on a U.S. military helicopter, according to a U.S. official who spoke on […]
The race to be the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee is fracturing the Democratic caucus ideologically and generationally as progressive and establishment members are split between Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). The New Democrat Coalition, a center-left group of House Democrats, endorsed Connolly on Friday. Shortly after that, the […]
Even though San Francisco voters handed Democratic Mayor London Breed a huge defeat in November, she insists she’s going out a champion. “No matter what the results said, I’m still a winner,” Breed said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times this week. “The fact that I have come out of the most problematic circumstances […]
The Department of Homeland Security hired 13 employees from a prestigious, private law firm to defend Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as he faced impeachment proceedings in the House and Senate earlier this year, according to information obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The DHS spent $1,625,815.26 in federal taxpayer money on more than a […]
