President Donald Trump‘s handling of former President Joe Biden‘s recent prostate cancer diagnosis has vacillated between expressing sympathy over the seriousness of the illness and calling for transparency surrounding his predecessor’s tenure. “Look, it’s a very sad thing, what happened,” Trump said to reporters about Biden on Tuesday as he met with House Republicans to […]
The Supreme Court issued a pair of rulings over the past month that suggest the justices are keeping a close eye on procedure in immigration-related cases, even as key questions of immigration law remain unanswered. On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to pause the deportation of a group of Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act […]
Gas prices are on the rise on Wednesday. The national average price for regular gas slightly increased on Wednesday to $3.182 per gallon, according to AAA. This was a slight rise from Tuesday’s costs when the national average for a gallon of regular gas was $3.177. It was also an increase from last week’s pricing […]
Scrutiny over former President Joe Biden’s decline is already testing 2028 hopefuls, particularly those who were involved in his administration. The announcement that Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer on Sunday came amid a fresh reckoning in the party over the former president’s mental acuity and whether he should have withdrawn […]
President Donald Trump will welcome the leader of South Africa to the White House on Wednesday after he accused the foreign government of presiding over the “genocide” of white farmers. After a week of meetings with Middle Eastern leaders and a two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump will greet South African President […]
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner won the city’s Democratic primary on Tuesday against his opponent, former judge Pat Dugan. Krasner’s primary victory all but guarantees he will win election to a third term as Philadelphia’s head prosecutor. The city’s population is overwhelmingly registered Democrat, and its primaries are widely considered the de facto official election […]
The U.S. Space Force is expected to receive a 14% cut to its workforce due to the Trump administration’s initiative to reduce the Defense Department’s civilian workers. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the decision on Feb. 20, citing an intention to eliminate anywhere from 5% to 8% of civilian employees throughout the Defense Department. […]
House Democrats have run to defend Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) after the Justice Department charged her with assaulting federal law enforcement while protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. A federal prosecutor on Monday charged McIver with assaulting, resisting, and impeding law enforcement at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in New Jersey while also […]
Members of the SALT Caucus and Republican House leadership have agreed to a compromise on raising the cap on state and local tax deductions, a breakthrough for the GOP as it tries to pass its $4 trillion tax-cut and spending bill. The compromise, agreed to Tuesday night ahead of a key vote on the legislation in the House […]
The Department of Justice launched a criminal investigation into former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo over accusations he lied in a congressional hearing. The investigation surrounds concerns that Cuomo’s administration presented nursing home data that concealed the deaths of several thousand senior citizens in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic, per the New York […]
