President Donald Trump‘s quest to shrink the size of government is colliding with the strong-arm tactics of his second term as the White House seeks to bring states into compliance with his policy agenda. Since his election in November, Trump has been laying the groundwork for scaling back the federal government, including job-slashing plans to […]
President Donald Trump‘s second administration is proud of its crackdown on leaks, as civil rights groups contend it is not good for the government. Leaks undermined Trump’s first administration, as aides competed for political influence or disagreed with the president’s policy agenda. But the most politically damaging leak of Trump’s second administration so far has been […]
Former President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 election on July 21, 2024, sending shockwaves through a race already upended by the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris stepped in, only to be beaten by Trump. As Democrats try to recover, Biden, suffering from cancer, aims to protect what remains of […]
A Japanese political party seemingly inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda made significant gains in the country’s parliamentary elections on Sunday. Japan’s relatively new Sanseito party won 14 seats in Sunday’s upper house election. It was a sizable addition for the party, which was founded in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
President Donald Trump‘s pressure on Texas Republicans to redraw congressional maps with more GOP-friendly districts has reignited a sprawling battle that will determine control of the House during the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats need a net gain of three seats to flip the House, but the GOP is already considering actions to help block Democrats […]
Community funding projects are roaring back for fiscal 2026 spending bills, after being stripped from a short-term stopgap spending deal earlier this year, as the House faces the difficult task of passing all 12 appropriations bills before the government shutdown looms in September. The projects, also known as earmarks, have been a long-standing sticking point […]
President Donald Trump’s fascination with reopening Alcatraz, a dilapidated former state prison off the coast of San Francisco, seems motivated more by symbolism than necessity and could risk becoming the administration’s biggest boondoggle. Trump has enthusiastically floated the idea of restoring Alcatraz to its former glory multiple times, each time met with intense pushback over its […]
Players at the WNBA All-Star Game in Indiana on Saturday sent a message to the league’s owners, wearing shirts in warmups that read “Pay Us What You Owe Us” amid recent negotiations for the women’s professional basketball league’s collective bargaining agreement. The league’s current CBA expires at the end of October, and players are reportedly […]
MAZRAA, Syria (AP) — Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian aid convoys started to enter the battered southern city. The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria‘s already fragile […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday night continued his attacks against one of his strongest critics, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), as Fannie Mae investigators look into allegations of mortgage fraud by the senator. In a post on Truth Social, Trump teased that Schiff is in “BIG TROUBLE” and accused him of falsifying loan documents, saying he […]
