A major challenge facing President Donald Trump’s trade agenda is that the costs come first and any benefits, which are hotly debated by economists, will come later. Voters, who are already tired of several years of inflation, may not want to endure the tariffs long enough for any shift in the balance of trade to […]
Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide. Her death was reported by NBC News and announced by her family. She was 41 years old and died in Neergabby, Australia, where she had lived for several years. “It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce […]
Washington Examiner columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher called on Congress to take away the power to implement nationwide injunctions from district judges. President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive moves have been resisted every step of the way by district judges, challenging his authority to enact his agenda. In a Friday appearance on Fox Business’s Evening Edit, Lowe […]
A high-ranking Russian general was killed by a car bomb Friday in a suburb outside Moscow. Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, the deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, was killed on Friday when a car laden with explosives detonated as he passed by outside his home. […]
Democrats have a solid backup plan if ActBlue, the party’s most prominent online fundraising engine, gets shut down by federal investigators. Oath, a burgeoning platform that racks in donations for Democrats, directed over $35 million dollars to candidates during the 2024 election cycle. Now, as ActBlue is in danger amid scrutiny from the White House […]
The Trump administration said in court filings that it detained Mahmoud Khalil without an arrest warrant, fearing he would be a “flight risk.” Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist, is facing deportation after the Trump administration revoked his permanent residency. It said his involvement in fiery anti-Israel protests on the university’s campus, where […]
President Donald Trump said he stressed to Israel that humanitarian supplies need to get into the embattled Gaza Strip amid its war against Hamas. “We’ve got to be good to Gaza,” Trump said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Those people are suffering. We’ve got to be good to Gaza.” “We’re going to take […]
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleaded not guilty Friday to all federal charges against him. Mangione allegedly killed Thompson in December 2024, setting off a highly publicized investigation that led to his arrest in Pennsylvania. Mangione became a polarizing figure after his arrest, as some labeled him […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump has revolutionized presidential communication as he prepares to skip the annual White House Correspondents Dinner again. “President Trump has revolutionized the way a president communicates,” Leavitt said in an interview with Axios one day before the black tie event, held each year at a Washington, […]
(The Center Square) — Maine’s education leaders say they won’t sign an agreement with the Trump administration to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools and colleges, and are telling local schools not to respond to the federal government’s demands. The state’s Department of Education sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Education […]
