The Senate reversed course late Wednesday night from a day earlier on a resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s war powers in the Iran conflict, giving the president a legislative victory over congressional dissenters on how his administration is handling the military conflict with Iran. The measure was initially introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine […]
President Donald Trump kicked off the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on Wednesday night with a sweeping speech celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary while reprising many of the central themes of his presidency. Speaking 10 days before the Fourth of July, Trump used the commencement event to praise the country’s founding ideals, […]
The Interior Department has directed National Park Service employees and other agency staff not to publicly confirm deaths or severe injuries in national parks, according to a report. An internal memo issued in December instructs Interior Department employees, including park staff and communications personnel, that they “shall not confirm a death” or disclose details about […]
Two powerful earthquakes struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday, collapsing buildings, triggering panic across the country and capital of Caracas, and prompting the U.S. Geological Survey to warn that “high casualties and extensive damage are probable.” The USGS said a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Morón, about 130 miles west of Caracas, at a depth of about 8 […]
President Donald Trump is delivering a speech on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to commence the Great American State Fair celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S.’s founding. The remarks will be given during a rally on the National Mall to begin the district’s Independence Day celebrations, as well as the fair event, which will run from Thursday […]
A Washington, D.C., man arrested near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool said he plans to contest a federal obscenity charge after being arrested near the recently renovated landmark that President Donald Trump says has been damaged by vandals. Christian Miles, a freelance video editor and former Navy submariner, was arrested Monday by U.S. Park Police […]
The White House has requested Congress pass a supplemental spending bill for $87.6 billion, roughly $67 billion of which would go to the Pentagon to cover the cost of the Iran war. Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday detailing […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Xavier Becerra found themselves on the receiving end of social media ridicule Wednesday after posting photos from what critics described as a carefully staged meeting at a nearly empty Mexican restaurant in San Francisco. The pair met at Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant for their first in-person meeting since […]
Former President Barack Obama said President Donald Trump has an “obsession” with him in a newly released podcast interview, saying Trump acts differently with him in person than he does on social media. “I obviously have a room in his head, a suite in his head,” Obama said in an appearance on the All The […]
President Donald Trump refused to consider a compromise to enact parts of the SAVE America Act hours after he canceled signing a housing bill on Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon. In response to the Washington Examiner’s question about including provisions of the SAVE America Act in the special legislative process known as reconciliation, Trump was unequivocal. […]
