(The Center Square) – After delays and lobbying from business groups around the country, the U.S. Department of Commerce and Intel announced a deal Tuesday morning to release nearly $8 billion in direct CHIPS Act funding. The $7.86 billion directly impacts Intel’s commercial semiconductor manufacturing and advanced manufacturing projects in Ohio, Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon. […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar” is going on a warpath after liberal leaders began issuing warnings in recent days that they plan to defy the administration’s mass deportation orders. Tom Homan, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director in Trump’s first term, made perhaps his most striking remark Tuesday, when he threatened to […]
The 2024 election cycle has ended, with Republicans holding control of all three branches of government. The Washington Examiner interviewed over two dozen new members as they prepare to take office in January. Part 3 of Capitol’s new crop will focus on the 12 incoming freshmen who will help pass, or oppose, President-elect Donald Trump’s second-term agenda in the […]
President-elect Donald Trump has big plans for his first 100 days in office. But with his Cabinet recruitment siphoning off key votes in the House and outstanding races showing tight margins, Republicans must deal with a dangerously slim majority that could complicate his ambitious agenda. The House margin as of Tuesday is 219-213 in Republicans’ […]
EXCLUSIVE — Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, who some conservatives are seeking to brand as the “new George Soros” of the Left, cut a $1.1 million check last year to a Democratic dark money-linked umbrella group for state-focused news outlets. The donation to States Newsroom is just one example of the almost $150 million in grants […]
President-elect Donald Trump‘s second administration is set to have more women serving at senior levels than his first, although he still trails the diversity of President Joe Biden’s starting roster when he entered the White House. As of Tuesday, at least 10 women have been announced for top positions in the new administration, mostly in […]
Outgoing Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to supporters for the first time since her speech conceding the election on Nov. 6. Harris’s remarks, posted on her YouTube channel, featured an introduction from her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). Walz hailed Harris as a great leader and said he was proud to be able to […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced his pick to lead the National Institutes of Health and a flurry of other appointments. Trump selected Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to serve as director of the NIH, working with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct national medical research. Bhattacharya serves as director of Stanford University’s Center […]
The leadership of outgoing Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign said that internal polling never had her ahead of President-elect Donald Trump. After President Joe Biden began lagging heavily behind Trump in the polls in June and July, the entrance of Harris appeared to solve Democrats’ problems. From August until right before the election, […]
Chaos broke out in a Manhattan courtroom after former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani lashed out at the judge over defamation payments to two Georgia election workers. Manhattan Judge Lewis Liman ruled last month that Giuliani must hand over his Manhattan apartment and a slew of personal luxury items in order to pay the nearly $150 […]
