The Senate is headed for another showdown over free trade after Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced legislation to wipe out President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs. Paul is joining Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and five other Democrats to introduce a measure that ends the emergency declaration Trump used to levy a wave of tariffs as […]
The National Park Service reversed controversial edits to a webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad she helped lead in the 1800s. On Sunday, it was revealed that references, an image, and a quote attributed to Tubman had been removed from the federal agency’s website. Details about “enslaved” people and the Fugitive Slave Act […]
EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) wants his fiscal hawk counterparts in the House to put the brakes on adopting the Senate’s legislative blueprint for President Donald Trump’s tax, border, and defense agenda. Dozens of House Republicans are standing firm against a so-called budget resolution backed by Trump, a stalemate that Johnson urged them to […]
Omani officials are preparing to play courier for “indirect” talks between the United States and Iran regarding the Islamic Republic’s expanding nuclear program. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is preparing to meet with Iranian diplomats to address Tehran’s increasingly viable nuclear weapons program, but the discussions will not be face-to-face. Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas […]
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said he would only consider resentencing Lyle and Erik Menendez after they “come clean” about their self-defense claim for murdering their parents. The Menendez brothers are 30 years into their life sentences without the possibility of parole over their respective first-degree murder charges. Recently the brothers, now 57 and […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to answer questions about how President Donald Trump‘s yet-to-be-launched External Revenue Service will work, just hours before he’s set to enact a wave of tariffs on nearly 90 countries. In January, Trump signed an executive order directing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to establish the ERS to collect revenue from the president’s tariffs […]
Texas Democrats are eyeing what they believe is a more favorable 2026 Senate race matchup if state Attorney General Ken Paxton beats out incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the GOP primary. While Cornyn has a consistent track record of reelection since taking office in 2002, a recent Texas Public Opinion poll showed Paxton winning […]
President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign executive orders from the Oval Office at 3 p.m. SCOTT BESSENT ‘REJECTS ASSUMPTION’ OF AN IMPENDING RECESSION The executive orders will include targeted actions to boost the coal industry, a once vital manufacturing sector that has long experienced decline.
A mayoral race that was supposed to be an easy win for former Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee has turned into a close contest with a week left to go before Oakland, California, voters head to the polls. Lee, a well-known progressive politician who was against the recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao, has been forced to defend her positions […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) is weighing whether to sign into law a recently passed bill from the Maryland state legislature that would block federal immigration officers from accessing parts of schools, libraries, and state government buildings, his office told the Washington Examiner. The Maryland Senate passed Senate Bill 828 by a vote of 34-13 shortly […]
