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Surprise bird landing has Doocy screaming outside White House

Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy screamed Friday after a bird landed on his head outside the White House. Doocy was updating the crew of Fox News’s Fox & Friends on U.S.-Chinese relations amid the tariff battle when the bird flew into shot and landed on top of Doocy’s blonde hair. “A bird […]

Michael Bennet launches bid for Colorado governor to succeed term-limited Jared Polis

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) will run for governor of Colorado and attempt to keep the state under Democratic control after the term-limited Gov. Jared Polis steps down. The state’s senior senator announced his entrance into Colorado’s 2026 gubernatorial race in a video on Friday. Polis, who has led the state since 2019, is term-limited and […]

Senate confirms Lt. Gen. Dan Caine to lead Joint Chiefs in overnight vote

The Senate confirmed retired Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, President Donald Trump‘s pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, early Friday morning after Democrats delayed the process. Caine was confirmed to succeed former Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., with several Democrats joining all Republicans in voting for him. Trump fired Brown in […]

Illinois Democrats wait in the wings for Durbin 2026 announcement

A shadow primary for Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) Senate seat could soon spill into the open as Democrats wait with bated breath to see whether he runs in 2026. Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, is weeks, perhaps days, away from announcing if he will retire at age 82 or pursue a sixth term that […]

Trump makes gold great again

The global price of gold rose above $3,000 an ounce on March 14 and has stayed close to or even above that price ever since. That figure is relevant because of what it says about investors: they’re spooked. Gold can fluctuate in price but tends to hold its value better than most global commodities for […]

Xi Jinping has spent his career preparing for tariff faceoff. It may not be enough

Beijing is going full tilt at President Donald Trump as his global tariff war has narrowed into a bilateral game of chicken between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Trump has set tariffs on Chinese goods at approximately 125% in an effort to force the country to renegotiate a perceived trade imbalance — […]

Congressional republicans aim to nix Biden regulations — but it requires a new law

Late in March, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives turned their energies to appliances. They passed two resolutions to strike down energy conservation regulations affecting the manufacture of walk-in coolers, and commercial refrigerators and freezers. The Energy Department finalized these rules near the end of former President Joe Biden’s administration. The two resolutions now […]

Humorless scolds dominate liberal-favored Bluesky

The social media app Bluesky wasn’t born out of the storm clouds surrounding Elon Musk‘s Twitter-turned-X, but its growth in popularity is a direct response to a perceived shift to the right for users who prefer to “Tweet.” Bluesky is a microblogging platform that acts, looks, and operates like X. It began as a research […]

Hungary’s government is trying to make more babies — it’s not going so great

BUDAPEST, Hungary — A dozen children sprint across the green lawn around the forsythia bushes, which are in full saffron-colored bloom. Sárkány rét (“Dragon Meadow”) is a beautiful park overlooking the Danube, with a view of Budapest’s famous landmarks: the Buda Castle, the famous parliament building, and the Basilica of St. Stephen. Gabor, a father […]

Virginia governor’s race cause for optimism and concern in both parties

Though the Virginia gubernatorial election is more than six months off, it’s shaping up as a crucial indicator of political winds ahead of the 2026 midterm elections and a test of President Donald Trump’s and fellow Republicans’ political strength a year after he won a second, nonconsecutive term. Virginia and New Jersey are the only […]
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