President Donald Trump fired the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter, on Sunday. Perlmutter was appointed by the former librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, in 2020. In the days before this most recent firing, Trump also fired Hayden. The White House notified Perlmutter in an email, according to the Associated Press, writing, “Your […]
The House GOP has released its plan to cut Medicaid spending, with the most significant changes affecting eligibility requirements and how states can finance Medicaid. However, some of the biggest sticking points were left out of the bill, including changes to per-capita caps on federal Medicaid payments to states. “Undoubtedly, Democrats will use this as […]
President Donald Trump’s slimming down of the federal government is having ripple effects on how the United States’s weather agencies operate ahead of hurricane season. In Trump’s second term, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has faced budget cuts and staffing reductions, while the National Weather Service has dealt with personnel shortages. A budget blueprint […]
President Donald Trump‘s reported efforts to reestablish the ground rules of college athletics reflect his long interest in sports and the concern among fans that the NIL changes have gone too far. While nothing is official, Trump appears to be forming a presidential commission on college sports to establish a new set of guidelines to […]
Two of the committees that hold the fate of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” will huddle for hourslong hearings Tuesday to hammer out the details of the GOP budget proposal. The House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Ways and Means Committee are set to mark up the budget bill that passed earlier […]
EXCLUSIVE — House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) will honor National Police Week with a slew of legislative actions and events throughout the week to pay tribute to law enforcement. Emmer has three bills lined up for House votes, along with an event called “Pizza for Police” on Wednesday. He also placed blue lights in […]
President Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to rein in transgender policies in educational institutions by launching Title IX investigations and lawsuits across the country during his first few months in office. From Maine to Washington State, the Education and Justice departments’ recent actions against states and schools are setting the stage for an intensifying […]
A Democratic senator who represents a southern border state moved to push lawmakers to address immigration reform and border security with a plan that he hopes can please both Democrats and Republicans. Four months into his first term, Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a framework on Monday that addresses the “broken” state of America’s border […]
President Donald Trump pushed back on Democrats’ concerns over the luxury Qatari jet he may receive from the Middle Eastern country this week, while also revealing that the jet would be “free of charge.” Reports early Sunday revealed that Trump was expected to receive the super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet, formerly used by the […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A group of 49 white South Africans departed their homeland Sunday for the United States on a private charter plane having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration under a new program announced in February. The group, which included families and small children, was due to arrive at Dulles International […]
