The Government Accountability Office found President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel $5 billion in funding for a “National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure” program already approved by Congress illegal. The independent watchdog agency found that the Trump administration violated the 1974 Impoundment Control Act and that the federal government “must continue to carry out the statutory requirements of the program.” “This […]
Elias Rodriguez, the suspect in the shooting deaths of two Israeli Embassy staffers, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and the murder of foreign officials, among other charges. Rodriguez is suspected of killing Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim on Wednesday evening outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington. In addition to the murder charges, […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted President Donald Trump a major win in his longstanding quest to fire the heads of independent agencies under the executive branch, allowing him to fire members of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the National Labor Relations Board. Six Republican-appointed justices agreed that the burdens that would stem from […]
Former Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips said in an op-ed that he only ran for president in 2024 against then-President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary because no other big power players would. The former Minnesota Democratic congressman was widely shunned for running against Biden and discredited for his accusations that Biden wasn’t capable of […]
Israel’s allies are desperately trying to change the country’s war trajectory as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to relent on his mission to exterminate Hamas. French and Saudi Arabian officials are collaborating on a proposal that would completely disarm Hamas but allow the group to remain as a political entity with a role in a […]
The White House is shrugging off ethics concerns over President Donald Trump dining with the biggest investors in his meme coin, an exclusive group that includes foreign nationals who typically have restricted access to the president and political process. Trump is the special guest for a black-tie optional dinner expected to be attended by 220 […]
White House officials maintain the recent purge of senior Federal Emergency Management Agency officials won’t impact the nation’s hurricane preparedness. FEMA announced Wednesday that 16 agency executives, including the agency’s acting second-in-command MaryAnn Tierney, would be leaving their posts, roughly one week before the official start of hurricane season on June 1. HURRICANE WATCH: TRUMP’S […]
A woman who aggressively confronted the former acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia earlier this month has been arrested and charged with assault after she was caught on video spitting on him during a sidewalk interview. District of Columbia resident Emily Gabriella Sommer, 32, was arrested Thursday in Washington and charged with assaulting […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt ripped a federal judge who has prevented a group of immigrants from being deported to a third country, this time South Sudan. “A liberal activist district court judge in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, is trying to force the president of the United States to bring these monsters back […]
Walmart will be cutting almost 1,500 corporate jobs, according to a memo sent to employees Wednesday. U.S. Chief Executive Officer John Furner and Chief Technology Officer Suresh Kumar notified corporate employees that the company would be reducing roles in the technology, advertising, and e-commerce teams. Walmart spokesperson Jami Lamontagne said the workers affected would keep […]
