House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is determined to pass a megabill to codify President Donald Trump’s agenda by Memorial Day, but four factions of GOP lawmakers are forcing leadership to find a compromise that can pass the razor-thin GOP majority. The White House held a meeting Thursday with Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House […]
From heated political rhetoric between heads of state to loud booing at NHL games, all signs say the relationship between the United States and Canada looks to sour in President Donald Trump’s second term. Whether it’s the threat of tariffs or the president’s use of “the 51st state” to refer to America’s neighbors to the […]
“War,” the U.S. General William Tecumseh Sherman famously remarked, “is all hell.” And in Gaza, Israel’s war against Hamas and other Iranian proxies has stretched on for more than 18 months. A key reason behind the conflict’s duration is the so-called Gaza metro. The tunnel network built by the U.S.-designated terrorist organization is vast and […]
When President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet for a meeting on the 100th day of his second term, his message was that he was just getting started. But for one of the high-profile figures in the room, it had the feeling of a swan song. Elon Musk, point man for the Department of Government Efficiency, […]
President Donald Trump announced late Thursday night that he would nominate Whitney Hermandorfer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. It is his first federal judicial nomination since returning to the White House in January. Hermandorfer, a former co-captain of Princeton University’s women’s varsity basketball team, currently serves as director of the […]
NASSAU, The Bahamas — Divers recently captured footage of two whales from a long-hunted species now protected by an international treaty, and, in the United States, the Endangered Species Act. The North Atlantic right whale pair sighting, among an estimated 370 of the 50-foot aquatic creatures remaining in the world, marked the first time any […]
Many Democrats in Congress have been critical of President Donald Trump’s unilateral tariffs. At the same time, they have been unsure what to do about them. That’s because their party remains deeply conflicted over free trade. Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) declared himself a “proud son of the Rust Belt” in a video message that the House […]
After the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that inflation rose during the first quarter of this year while gross domestic product shrank, President Donald Trump and his White House took two decidedly different tacks in responding. On Truth Social, Trump blamed “Biden’s Stock Market” and the “overhang” of his Democratic predecessor, former President Joe Biden, […]
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin reportedly suffered a small health scare this week during a general congregation meeting with his fellow papal electors. Outlets in Italy and abroad claim the cardinal fainted on Wednesday at the conclusion of the cardinals’ assembly, saying that the high-ranking prelate recovered from his bout of “high blood […]
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation late Thursday night to honor firefighters who died in the line of duty. The president officially declared May 3 through May 4 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend. “Day and night, firefighters are on the front lines, rushing into danger and risking their lives to protect fellow citizens,” read the […]
