President Donald Trump’s openness to accepting a luxury jet from Qatar triggered sharp criticism from legal experts, who cited potential violations of the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause. Trump has defended the reported gift as “a gesture of good faith,” dismissing concerns that it violates U.S. ethics laws or the Constitution. Central to the controversy is […]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is backing a primary challenger to her fellow House Democratic colleague Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) in a rare dispute between members of the same congressional delegation and party. Tlaib is backing Democratic state Rep. Donavan McKinney to oust Thanedar in the primary for Michigan‘s 13th Congressional District, which represents the Detroit […]
Doha’s decades-long history of buying influence in the U.S. is resurfacing amidst reports that President Donald Trump will accept a gifted luxury Boeing jet by the Qatari government. Qatar has long been accused of flaunting its vast wealth, derived largely from oil extraction, to curry favor on Capitol Hill and in the Ivy League. Business […]
Over 20 protesters were arrested Tuesday for demonstrating inside and outside the Energy and Commerce Committee hearing room as House Republicans mark up a section of the budget megabill tackling reforms to Medicaid. U.S. Capitol Police officers confirmed to the Washington Examiner that 25 people were arrested. The pro-Medicaid protesters, who chanted “no cuts to […]
The United States has grown less popular around the globe since President Donald Trump returned to office. The 2025 Democracy Perception Index, commissioned by the Alliance of Democracies, found that a majority of people surveyed around the world had an overall negative perception of the U.S., a greater percentage than last year’s findings. China is […]
Gun lobbyists are expressing dismay with a compromise on silencers included in the fast-tracked budget bill and the GOP’s slow-walking of another demand to stop the taxing and registration of commonly owned AR-15 style pistols. On Monday, the House Ways and Means Committee released its plan, and while it stripped a $200 tax on the […]
Carrier CEO Dave Gitlin has announced thousands of new jobs and an additional $1 billion in investments over the next five years in the latest push to make products in the United States. This comes weeks after President Donald Trump issued tariffs against 86 countries. He issued a pause on most tariffs through July 9. The tariffs against China […]
Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba was warned by a magistrate not to make out-of-court statements about Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, following his arrest. Baraka was arrested for trespassing last week outside an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, which he and three members of Congress were attempting to […]
EXCLUSIVE — A new bill is seeking to improve infrastructure that would support space missions to bring humans to Mars, a top focus of President Donald Trump‘s senior adviser, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Tuesday introduced the Mission to Modernize Astronautic Resources for Space Act, which would improve and modernize the […]
The German government banned the controversial “Reich citizen” group and arrested its leaders. Also called the Reichsburger movement, the group rejects the legitimacy of the modern German state, maintaining that the prewar German Reich still legally exists. After years of conflicts with authorities, the German government banned the movement’s largest group, the “Kingdom of Germany.” […]
