Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause the latter, there is no doubt that many people feel like they can’t escape the pull of Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and other platforms. The companies that designed your […]
President Donald Trump on Saturday approved District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for an emergency disaster declaration, addressing what is considered the largest sewage spill in U.S. history. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that Trump authorized the agency to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from the major 54-mile sewer line […]
Washington Examiner columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said President Donald Trump has turned the economy around after inheriting the “worst inflation crisis,” ahead of his State of the Union speech. “More importantly, [Trump] inherited the worst inflation crisis in half a century,” Doescher said on Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria Bartiromo on Friday. “It’s not mission […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Park Service has announced new cherry blossom trees are being planted along the National Mall. These 250 new trees are a gift from Japan to honor America’s 250th birthday, and to replace the ones taken down during restoration of the tidal basin. “The saplings – most of them are varieties […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said Democrats will do everything they can to stop legislation that would outlaw sanctuary cities. “It’s pretty likely from everything we’ve seen that Democrats are going to do everything they can to stop this bill that would basically outlaw sanctuary cities,” York said on Fox Business’s Kudlow Friday. […]
Nevada officials announced Friday that authorities are investigating a car-ramming incident as a “terrorism-related event.” New York resident Dawson Maloney, 23, is accused of ramming his vehicle into a power substation owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, near Boulder, Nevada. Maloney drove cross-country before crashing through the substation’s security gate, according […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Friday launched an initiative nudging broadcasters to air content highlighting American “pride” during the country’s semiquincentennial. Carr invited broadcasters to join the “Pledge America” campaign, encouraging them to air “pro-America content that celebrates the American journey and inspires its citizens by highlighting the historic accomplishments of this great […]
The Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner could have provided some much-needed cover for vulnerable Republicans heading into the midterm elections. Instead, Trump’s vow to press ahead and use other authorities to make countries pay injected fresh uncertainty into an […]
The March 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in six days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month, but March’s payment will go out on Feb. 27, since March 1 falls on a Sunday this year. When the first of a month […]
Kathryn Ruemmler has spent much of her career behind the scenes at the highest levels of power, serving as former President Barack Obama’s longest-tenured White House counsel before rising to become Goldman Sachs’s top lawyer. Now, newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents and her recent resignation from the bank have thrust her into an unfamiliar spotlight, […]
