President Donald Trump ousted Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Billy Long two months after he was confirmed to the role. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as interim commissioner until Long’s replacement is found, a White House official confirmed to the Washington Examiner. A reason for Long’s removal so soon into his term wasn’t given. Analysts […]
Jimmy Fallon hosted Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld Thursday night on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in a rare crossover between the networks. Gutfeld promoted his Fox Nation game show, What Did I Miss? The new show sequestered contestants for 90 days in upstate New York and quizzed them on whether news headlines […]
The Trump administration on Friday ordered federal agencies to erase all records tied to employees’ COVID-19 vaccination status and compliance with pandemic-era mandates, a sweeping rollback of Biden-era health policies that once governed the federal workforce. Under new guidance issued by the Office of Personnel Management, agencies must delete any documentation of a federal employee’s vaccination […]
Democratic commentator James Carville publicly apologized to first lady Melania Trump on an episode of his podcast Politics War Room on Thursday and removed segments of the previous week’s episode that alleged a connection between the first lady and convicted sex offender Jefferey Epstein. “After the episode, we received a letter from Melania Trump’s lawyer. […]
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is reportedly eyeing a campaign to run for Texas attorney general, the latest Lone Star State leader to consider a career change ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Sources told the Hill that Roy, a vocal member of the Freedom Caucus and staunch fiscal hawk, has discussed possibly running for the […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) said he will keep calling special legislative sessions for as long as it takes to pass a new congressional map, meaning Democrats would have to keep up their disappearing act for years. The Democrats fled the state to deny the Texas legislature a quorum, disabling the Republican majority from bringing the […]
(The Center Square) – Riders from the northeast region’s biggest cities will soon board a new highspeed train to the nation’s capital, Amtrak said Thursday. The NextGen Acela will connect Boston, New York City and Washington along a 457-mile route that will offer nearly one-third more seats and expanded weekday and weekend service starting Aug. […]
(The Center Square) – No penalty for failure to pay a water bill by a town commissioner, or by an employee manipulating the system, have been discovered in a North Carolina town through a state audit started from a tip line. State Auditor Dave Boliek on Thursday said his team “took a deep dive” into […]
(The Center Square) – Rockwell Automation is promising a $2 billion manufacturing investment in two states over the next five years. The company made the announcement this week, with an eye toward expanding in Wisconsin and Ohio. “The plants that are in both states will be beneficiaries of this investment,” Rockwell CEO Blake Moret told the […]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday she is focusing her attention on Democrats wrestling back control of the House in 2026, but stopped short of saying whether she would be included in that group of lawmakers. Pelosi, who has been in office since 1987, did not say whether she plans to run for reelection in […]
