Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said the prosecutors who pursued cases against President Donald Trump should have to pay back all of his legal bills for “wasting his time.” “They tried to take out Trump, not at the ballot box, but in the justice system that clearly was trying to tip the scales for the […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling on the United States to give a “clear response” to an overnight barrage of Russian military strikes in Kyiv and Lviv, which included the launch of a nuclear-capable missile. Russia’s Ministry of Defense confirmed it launched the nuclear-capable Oreshnik ballistic missile on Thursday evening, marking the second time the […]
The United States has seized another sanctioned tanker in an effort to control the flow of oil in and out of Venezuela. The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the Olina tanker, the fifth vessel to be seized in recent days. The operation, part of Joint Task Force Southern Spear, was conducted early Friday in the Caribbean […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has declared a “Day of Unity” in Minnesota on Friday to remember Renee Good, the woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. Walz’s announcement came just after he authorized the National Guard to assist law enforcement if needed, as demonstrators took to the streets in the […]
The number of employees on the federal government’s payroll has dropped by 277,000 since President Donald Trump took office for his second term, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The agency said in its monthly jobs report that federal employment was 2.738 million in November, adjusted for seasonal variations, down from 3.015 million in […]
President Donald Trump has confirmed he will welcome Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to the White House next week after U.S. forces captured the South American country’s authoritarian leader and brought him to New York to face trial on federal charges. “I understand she’s coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to […]
The economy added 50,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.4%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. Forecasters had expected roughly 66,000 new jobs and for the unemployment rate to fall from 4.6% to 4.5%. The interpretation “Obviously, a little bit of a mixed bag,” Dan North, a senior economist with Allianz Trade Americas, told the Washington […]
Vice President JD Vance made a rare appearance at the podium during Thursday’s White House press briefing to mount a passionate defense of Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid growing anti-ICE protests after an officer was involved in a fatal shooting in Minneapolis. “I’m not happy that this woman lost her life,” Vance said of Renee […]
February 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 21 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month. However, February’s payment will go out on Jan. 30. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued […]
A fatal shooting by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis has triggered a legal and political clash over federal officer immunity and investigative authority, with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) demanding state involvement and the Trump administration insisting the matter remains exclusively federal. Walz said Thursday that Minnesota “must be part of this investigation” into […]
