White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said on Friday that the Trump administration is in talks with major banks about voluntarily issuing “Trump cards” that have a 10% interest cap. The proposal follows President Donald Trump’s recent call for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%, a measure aimed at […]
Reality television personality Farrah Abraham’s entrance into Austin politics took an unexpected turn after she announced a mayoral run, learning during a live TV interview that the election isn’t for another two years. The former Teen Mom star revealed this week on social media that she planned to run for mayor of Austin in 2026, […]
President Donald Trump said it was “very nice” of Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado to present him with her Nobel Peace Prize. Machado was at the White House on Thursday for lunch with Trump as his administration considers how best to deal with Venezuela after he ordered the capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicholas […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris spoke out against the killing of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Chicago. Harris, who pundits believe is mulling another bid for the presidency in 2028, repeatedly told the crowd that Americans are “sick and tired” […]
President Donald Trump is reportedly pardoning former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vazquez Garced, who pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges last year. Trump is also pardoning two of her co-defendants, billionaire Venezuelan-Italian banker and Britannia Financial Group founder Julio Martin Herrera-Velutini and former FBI agent Mark Rossini. White House officials have suggested the case against […]
FLORIDA REPUBLICAN PUSHES TO MAKE GREENLAND 51ST STATE IN BILL SEEKING ‘SOVEREIGNTY’ OVER TERRITORY President Donald Trump will attend a dedication ceremony in West Palm Beach, Florida, to rename Southern Boulevard in his honor at around 3:15 p.m. ET on Friday. The ceremony comes as Trump targets Greenland and deals with protesters in Minneapolis.
A federal judge has reportedly rejected the Justice Department’s request to join a civil rights case brought by two high school boys in Northern Virginia who were suspended on Title IX sexual harassment charges after privately objecting to a transgender student’s presence in the boys’ locker room. During a hearing held on Friday morning, Judge […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said on Friday Congress has the “tools” to push back if President Donald Trump moves to acquire Greenland from NATO ally Denmark. The Alaskan senator distanced herself from the president’s foreign policy aims in the Arctic, while standing beside members of the Danish parliament and U.S. lawmakers who made the trip […]
First lady Melania Trump said artificial intelligence provides the tools to foster creativity but emphasized that humanity is needed to give projects “purpose” and “meaning.” Trump, an advocate for AI use in K-12 education, delivered the opening remarks at Zoom Ahead: AI for Tomorrow’s Leaders, a learning experience on AI use. “Although artificial intelligence can […]
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Friday that her primary focus remains the restoration of democracy and the release of political prisoners in her home country, rather than her own political future. The remarks came during a press conference at the Heritage Foundation, where Machado spoke to reporters following a visit with President Donald […]
