The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will initiate a review at the University of Washington following “recent incidents of antisemitic violence” on its campus. The review, which follows several similar actions taken at universities such as Harvard and Columbia, will be led by the Education and Health and Human Services departments, as well as […]
Black smoke rose out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening, two hours after it was expected to be seen, and a signal that the first vote of the conclave failed to reach the two-thirds majority necessary for a new pope. It was a bizarre scene as the ongoing live feed broadcast on massive screens […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is calling on the Trump administration to reverse its defense of Biden-era abortion pill policies, urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to rethink the Justice Department’s current position in a high-stakes lawsuit over the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of mifepristone, the nation’s most commonly used abortion drug. In a letter sent […]
The FBI announced the arrest of 205 people allegedly involved in child sexual exploitation. One hundred and fifteen children were rescued as part of the operation. At a Wednesday press conference, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced the results of Operation Restore Justice, a “historic, unprecedented, nationwide operation” to crack down […]
Bill Gates’s philanthropy holds tens of millions of dollars’ worth of stock in corporations the Department of Defense designated as “Chinese military companies,” according to a Washington Examiner analysis of tax records. The Gates Foundation Trust, the nonprofit organization responsible for managing the endowment of the Microsoft co-founder’s foundation, held nearly $60 million in equity […]
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has no intention of reducing the effective tariff rate on China, as Beijing requested, to advance trade negotiations. China is facing the steepest tariff rate from Trump’s administration. While other countries were granted a 90-day reprieve from so-called reciprocal tariffs last month, excluding a baseline 10% flat rate, […]
A new poll found that the majority of California residents believe Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) presidential ambitions are distracting from his gubernatorial duties. In a survey conducted by the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, 54% of registered state voters said Newsom is doing things that might benefit him as a presidential candidate. […]
Republican Jefferson Griffin has ended his legal battle over ballots in the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court election, paving the way for his loss to incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs to be certified. Griffin announced Wednesday he would not appeal a federal district court’s Monday decision, which called for ballots he challenged to be counted and […]
Volvo Cars has announced that it will slash 5% of its workforce at its South Carolina plant on Wednesday in response to shifting trade policies, such as the recent tariffs implemented by the United States. The Charleston, South Carolina, factory will see around 125 of its 2,500 employees let go. The decision is because Volvo […]
A new bipartisan caucus focused on preserving public lands was announced on Capitol Hill Wednesday with a goal of fencing off millions of acres from a GOP-backed sell-off or overdevelopment. The “Public Lands Caucus” was created with the worthy hope of letting the public continue to hunt, fish, and romp freely on government lands. But […]
