The Trump administration has reached a preliminary settlement with the family of Ashli Babbitt, one of the rioters at the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The attorneys for Babbitt’s family said they have reached an agreement in principle Friday, according to various reports. The settlement was revealed during a hearing after a former attorney for […]
The Corps of Firefighters of the Vatican City State installed the ceremonial chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel ahead of the coming conclave. The fire corps erected the ventilation pipe on Friday in preparation for the first round of votes in the papal election, which will begin on Wednesday. “During the day, the […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams increased spending in the city’s newly proposed $115 billion budget, leaving little wiggle room for economic or federal funding uncertainty. The budget increases funds for education, a boon for Adams’s reelection campaign, as he drew considerable criticism in past years for cutting funding to various related programs. It comes […]
A lot has changed between President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio since 2016. As a first-time candidate, Trump lit the GOP field on fire with his heterodox presidential campaign, while Rubio at one point represented the last, best hope for the establishment Republican Party. Not only did Trump prevail, he savaged Rubio, […]
The Trump administration told a Washington, D.C., court on Thursday that the president was the sole person who could decide whether the conditions of the Alien Enemies Act had been met. The argument comes as the government has faced a string of legal setbacks over its decision to invoke the powerful deportation law. Attorneys for the […]
Kilmar Abrego Garcia will return to the national spotlight when the Senate votes on a resolution calling for a report on his detention in El Salvador. In the coming weeks, the Senate will take up a Democratic resolution that would require the Trump administration to detail the human rights record of El Salvador, including its […]
A musical comedy centered on Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is set to debut next month in San Francisco. Titled Luigi: the Musical, the show focuses on the “surreal scenario” of Mangione sharing a prison with “real-life” inmates Sean “Diddy” Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried, according to the musical’s […]
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said Friday that Republicans’ major tax and domestic policy bill could be on President Donald Trump’s desk as late as August because “good policy is good politics.” “Good policy is good politics, and, so, if we get something that delivers on President Trump’s promise to make our economy…fairer to the American […]
King Charles III will open the Canadian parliament this month, the first time in almost 50 years that a monarch will deliver the “Speech from the Throne.” Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government invited the King of Canada to mark the beginning of the new session, which is expected to begin on May 26. At a […]
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) will headline the South Carolina Democratic Party’s “Blue Palmetto” dinner later this month as he pushes 2028 presidential rumors aside. The 46-year-old has drawn speculation about a presidential bid since his rapid rise to becoming Maryland’s governor in 2023 after never holding political office, though he has brushed off suggestions. […]
