A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Friday from deporting eight foreign nationals to South Sudan, just days after the Supreme Court sided with the administration in a related deportation case. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss issued an administrative stay on the morning of July 4, barring the Department of Homeland Security from “moving, transferring, or removing” the […]
Heavy rainfall caused the Guadalupe River in Texas to flood on Friday, prompting search teams to begin rescues and leading to reports of multiple fatalities. Overnight, residents in central Kerr County witnessed as much as 10 inches of heavy rain within just a few hours. The rain caused the Guadalupe River to begin flooding, threatening […]
Tesla founder Elon Musk reiterated his proposal for the United States to establish a new political party called the “America Party” following his public disagreement with President Donald Trump. Musk headed the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to help the Trump administration “de-bloat” the federal government through staff and funding cuts. In May, Musk […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Friday that he and President Donald Trump spoke over the phone hours after Russia launched the largest aerial assault on Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion in 2022. Zelensky said he and Trump discussed the Russian air raids and, “more broadly, the situation on the front lines,” according to his X account. “President Trump […]
Planned Parenthood said it intends to sue the Trump administration over the recently passed “big, beautiful bill” that would “defund” the nonprofit health clinic. Republicans’ massive tax and spending bill includes a provision that would prohibit Medicaid funds from being used to reimburse health clinics that provide elective abortions. The bill would defund any abortion […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to increase entry fees at national parks for foreign visitors. “To fund improvements and enhanced experiences across the park system, I’ve just signed an executive order to raise entrance fees for foreign tourists while keeping prices low for Americans,” Trump said at a Thursday evening rally in […]
President Donald Trump tore into congressional Democrats during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday night, accusing them of hating the United States after they uniformly opposed his newly passed tax and spending bill. “All of the things we did with the tax cuts and rebuilding our military, not one Democrat voted for us. And I think […]
President Donald Trump said early Friday his administration is resuming a broad set of tariffs on dozens of countries after a 90-day pause, as trade negotiations with many of those nations have failed to yield new deals. Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews just after midnight, Trump said letters informing countries of their specific tariff rates will begin going […]
President Donald Trump will celebrate the Fourth of July on Friday with a bevy of victories. Chief among them is the passage of a significant domestic policy bill ready for the president’s signature. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” met the July 4 deadline lawmakers set after the House passed the legislation Thursday afternoon in a 218-214 […]
Media stories erupted recently about Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) financial dealings. “Stock market watchdog claims Nancy Pelosi raked in $4.7M in a single day of trading,” reads one headline about the 38-year House member from San Francisco, who was speaker from 2007 to 2011 and 2019 to 2023. “Nancy Pelosi outperforms major hedge funds with […]
