The governor of Puerto Rico requested that President-elect Donald Trump take a stand against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s threats to invade the U.S. island territory. Maduro made the threatening statements in question during the International Anti-Fascist Festival in Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas, where he invoked the revolutions sparked by former Venezuelan leader Simon Bolivar […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) delivered her State of the State address on Tuesday and focused on the cost of living and combating crime as she eyes a reelection bid next year that will likely face challenges from Democrats and Republicans. Hochul, who had an approval rating of 39% in a December Siena College poll, plans […]
Pete Hegseth spent several hours in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, where Republicans largely praised his nomination, and Democrats questioned his fitness for the position of secretary of defense. The former Fox News host promised to be a “change agent” for a department that he argued, like many Republicans have, has […]
President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominees for key Cabinet positions will have hearings for their Senate confirmation on Capitol Hill this week. Nominees will first face committees with subject areas of relevance for their posts. Then, the entire Senate will vote on their confirmation. Republicans have a three-seat majority in the Senate, and nominees only need to […]
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna assured that he has “all the confidence in the world” that looters taking advantage of the aftermath of the county’s wildfires will face justice, of which over a dozen have been arrested on robbery charges. Luna detailed that 39 arrests have been made in the last week, with several […]
President-elect Donald Trump is being urged to freeze legal and illegal immigration to help Americans get back to work. Citing census and Labor Department reports showing that most new jobs are going to foreign-born workers, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on Tuesday said America should fully stop illegal immigration and letting another 3 million legal immigrants […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are set to sit with President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees on Inauguration Day. An official involved in planning the event told NBC News that the trio would be seated on the platform, right by lawmakers and Trump’s nominees. The seats of honor […]
Some landlords are raising their rent in Los Angeles, a move the state has warned is illegal, as fires devastate large swaths of the city, effectively increasing the demand in the rental market. Fires in Los Angeles have destroyed thousands of homes, leaving families scrambling for long-term shelter in the face of uncertainty. Real estate […]
Starbucks will no longer allow nonpaying customers to stay in its cafes, according to a new policy. The coffee company once tried to rebrand itself as an open-door cafe that allowed anyone to use its tables as workstations and gathering places, which included public restrooms. This laid-back policy came after two black men weren’t allowed […]
President-elect Donald Trump‘s proposed secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, used his Senate confirmation hearing to address questions over his Christian tattoos, which critics say represent an “extremist” ideology. Hegseth clashed with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) at his Tuesday hearing when the lawmaker accused the defense secretary nominee of advocating a prohibition against personnel who hold […]
