Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday a suspension of the federal tax on gasoline and jet fuel until Labor Day, a move that comes just one day after he secured the Liberal parliamentary majority. Carney said the temporary suspension, expected to take effect Monday and run through the peak summer travel months, would […]
The Trump administration urged a federal court this week to allow construction of the White House East Wing, including the new ballroom, to continue, with a senior Secret Service official warning of “numerous security risks” if the project is halted. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, had ordered […]
Gov. Wes Moore‘s (D-MD) hopes to redistrict Maryland have fallen by the wayside as the state Senate refused to advance an effort to redraw the state’s maps in favor of Democrats. The Maryland Democratic caucus was splintered over the redistricting move, as Democratic state Senate President Bill Ferguson staunchly opposed the effort Moore had promoted. Though the […]
Another woman on Tuesday accused Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) of rape, after a slew of sexual misconduct claims made against the congressman led him to suspend his California gubernatorial campaign and announce he will resign from office. Lana Drews said she met Swalwell socially in 2018, when she said she was a model in California […]
Turning Point USA contributor Savanah Hernandez said she is “terrified to do my job” in the wake of increased confrontations she has received in recent months. Hernandez, a reporter for TPUSA’s Frontlines, was allegedly shoved to the ground by a man when she was covering a protest in Minnesota on Saturday. A federal criminal investigation […]
Ukraine used an all-robot force to capture a Russian enemy position, marking the first time in the war such an operation has been successfully executed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday. Russian troops surrendered their position after Ukraine used only aerial drones and ground robots, Zelensky said during a speech to weapons manufacturers on […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he will not allow amendments to a surveillance bill, arguing that any changes could derail its renewal ahead of a looming deadline. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows intelligence agencies to collect communications of foreign targets abroad, is set to expire on April […]
The Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned a money-laundering and cash-smuggling network tied to the Mexican Cartel del Noreste, hours after U.S. Southern Command said it carried out another strike on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific. Announced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the sanctions target six people and entities that […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) should be expelled by the House after an ethics investigation found she committed wrongdoing on several counts after a monthslong probe into allegations of financial misconduct. Johnson, who has shied away from calling for members to resign before the House Committee on Ethics completes investigations into […]
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Europe, sided with Pope Leo XIV in his feud with the president. In her first direct rebuke of Trump since he retook office, Meloni denounced his comments criticizing the pope, made over the weekend. “I find President Trump’s remarks about the Holy […]
