Forget what you are seeing on the nightly news. Ignore the whining about Elon Musk and his cuts under the Department of Government Efficiency. Because amid all that noise, voters overwhelmingly agree it’s “time to drain the swamp in Washington, D.C.” New polling shared with Secrets Friday from Rasmussen Reports found that 66% back President […]
President Donald Trump is delivering remarks from the Oval Office. The president’s remarks on an unspecified topic are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. from the White House. TRUMP FLOATS NUCLEAR DEAL TALKS IN LETTER TO IRANIAN LEADER The remarks were added to Trump’s public schedule late Friday morning. In the afternoon, the president is […]
Education Secretary Linda McMahon underscored how important improving education in the United States is for the Trump administration, including ensuring all 50 states have the necessary tools to make this a reality. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, a move that many in the Republican […]
President Donald Trump is hoping to reopen negotiations with Iran about containing its nuclear program, even as the administration maintains a “maximum pressure” campaign against the country. Trump told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo in an interview to air Sunday that he sent a letter to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressing his desire for a […]
A federal judge ordered a member of the National Labor Relations Board to be reinstated after she was fired by President Donald Trump. Senior Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Thursday that Trump does not have the authority to fire the NLRB board members without cause. […]
President Donald Trump showed his trademark flexibility Thursday on a pair of issues Democrats have been hoping to use to halt his second-term political momentum. Trump took his first steps toward reining in Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency, telling a hastily convened Cabinet meeting that the Senate-confirmed agency heads will ultimately determine […]
President Donald Trump‘s tariffs on Canadian imports are having a major impact on the country’s politics, but likely not one the president or his aides intended. Canada’s Liberal Party, buoyed by Trump’s escalating trade war and jibes about making the country the 51st state, has rapidly closed the significant lead held by Conservatives and Leader […]
The national average for a gallon of regular gas dropped on Friday, falling to $3.106, according to AAA. It marks the latest decrease at the pumps after consumers experienced several weeks of increases in February. Additionally, the latest pricing means fuel costs are comparatively lower than last week, last month, and last year. A week […]
In an early 1940s scene from The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power, the first book of Robert Caro’s four-volume (so far) biography about the late president, the then-House member vents frustration early at the chamber’s strict seniority system. The stodgy tradition, after all, allowed committee chairmen, usually southern Democratic (and segregationist) House […]
As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency dominate headlines, Democrats are becoming increasingly concerned the billionaire entrepreneur is providing political cover for President Donald Trump. Musk and DOGE are undertaking unprecedented reforms to the federal government in an unorthodox, haphazard manner, drastically changing departments and agencies from the U.S. Agency for International Development […]
