A federal judge temporarily blocked the Department of Labor from implementing certain elements of President Donald Trump’s executive orders to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts for federal contractors and grant recipients. The order came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Chicago Women in Trades, a nonprofit group founded in 1981 that helps prepare […]
Comedian and podcast host Bill Maher said his dinner at the White House will be similar to former President Richard Nixon‘s visit to China. “I don’t have some sort of complex where I think I can heal America. I can’t,” Maher told Chris Cuomo on The Chris Cuomo Project. “But, if two guys who’ve been at […]
The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to revive its use of a wartime deportation law after a lower court blocked efforts to expel more than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members without hearings. In an emergency petition, Justice Department lawyers urged the high court to lift orders issued by a federal judge in […]
President Donald Trump tapped Vice President JD Vance to lead the charge to rid the revered Smithsonian Institution of “anti-American” ideology. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing Vance, who is a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents, to oversee an effort to eliminate “improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology” from the Washington, D.C.-based Smithsonian […]
Gov. Tate Reeves (R-MS) signed legislation Thursday eliminating the state’s income tax. “Today is a day that will be remembered not just for the headlines, not just for the politics, but for the profound generational change it represents,” Reeves said at the bill signing. “I must say, it feels like it’s been a long time […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The cherry blossom trees have finally reached peak bloom. Temperatures have a large impact on how long the flowers will last. “We know that warmer temperatures move us more quickly through the bloom cycles, so ideally, we want cooler temperatures once we hit peak bloom,” Mike Litterst, a spokesperson for the National […]
President Donald Trump told his supporters on Thursday to vote for conservative candidate Brad Schimel in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. During a “tele-townhall,” Trump told voters to back Brad Schimel, a Waukesha County judge and former Wisconsin attorney general, who Republicans back. Schimel will face Susan Crawford, a Dane County judge backed by Democrats. Trump […]
President Donald Trump is continuing to win over black and Hispanic voters, many of whom are switching to the Republican Party partly because he is more popular than in his first term. Trump’s Gallup approval has increased over his first term, from 42% to 45%, but it has been much bigger among minorities. In a […]
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), the chairwoman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, has accused President Donald Trump of illegally refusing to spend $2.9 billion in funds approved by Congress. She and her Democratic counterpart, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), wrote a letter to the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, saying the Trump administration […]
President Donald Trump has moved to strip collective bargaining for a host of government agencies, stepping up his battle with the federal workforce. The move, announced late Thursday, will affect hundreds of thousands of workers and the unions that represent them at the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs Department, Health and Human Services Department, National […]
