SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie spent his first five months in office trying to crack down on crime, clear homeless encampments, and bring back tourists. Now, he’s turned his attention to attracting tech companies and luring back retailers who drifted away from the Golden City, thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
A federal judge granted Foreign Service workers a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump over his attempt to strip them of collective bargaining rights. On March 27, Trump signed an executive order determining that federal workers whose primary function was listed under “intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work” could not be protected by collective […]
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) suggested that recent outbursts by Democratic lawmakers during congressional hearings mark the latest example of the party’s lack of direction for the future and that it is instead getting into “the weeds” over unnecessary issues. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and Homeland Security Secretary […]
Bruce Springsteen criticized the Trump administration at his concert on Wednesday night. The singer, who performed at former Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign event last October, began his “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour in Manchester, England, with a rant against President Donald Trump. “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written […]
Two Republican chairmen on the House Department of Government Efficiency Caucus have denied claims from fellow member Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) that it is “defunct.” Moskowitz was the first Democrat to join the caucus, cochaired by Reps. Aaron Bean (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), and Blake Moore (R-UT). However, the Florida Democrat recently called it “a […]
The justices of the Supreme Court wasted no time Wednesday zeroing in on President Donald Trump‘s executive order to end birthright citizenship and his legal team’s push to limit the power of lower courts to block federal policies nationwide. Wednesday’s hearing is one of the most consequential legal fights of Trump’s second term thus far […]
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan pleaded not guilty to obstruction charges after she was accused of helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest last month. Dugan entered the plea at a hearing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Thursday morning, less than two days after she was indicted by a federal grand […]
The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld an interpretation of a 2023 law prohibiting most abortions starting at the six-week mark of pregnancy, or when a heartbeat is typically detected. Planned Parenthood challenged the six-week ban, arguing that the law’s language is unclear and allows for abortions up to the nine-week mark of pregnancy. However, the […]
Joined by some of his favorite celebrities, President Donald Trump gave a speech to troops in Qatar, where he teased a military pay raise and took credit for a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Podcast host and comedian Theo Von, who interviewed Trump on the campaign trail, was on hand, as was 82-year-old country singer […]
The delayed implementation of certain provisions of the House Republicans’ megabill, specifically regarding Medicaid, has angered some Republican fiscal hawks. The new bill seeks to implement the perks of the fiscal plan now while pushing back the downsides, delaying work requirements and verification rules to be implemented in 2029, when Trump will have concluded his […]
