President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was prepared for a legal fight with Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor the president announced he would be firing Monday night. Trump set his sights on Cook late last week after reports indicated that she might have carried out fraud by claiming multiple properties as her primary […]
A Republican coauthor of the bipartisan law President Donald Trump used to authorize the federal government to acquire a 10% stake in tech giant Intel said Tuesday that the move violated the legislation’s original intent. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) criticized Trump’s use of the Biden-era Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act, crafted […]
President Donald Trump is defending his decision to permit up to 600,000 Chinese students into the United States as part of the trade deal his administration is trying to strike with China. “We’re getting along very well with China, and I’m getting along very well with President Xi,” Trump told reporters Tuesday at the White House. “I like that their students come […]
Department of Government Efficiency officials may have created an insecure cloud copy of American Social Security data, a whistleblower report released Monday showed. However, the Social Security Administration says it is not aware of any leak of the database. “We are not aware of any compromise to this environment and remain dedicated to protecting sensitive […]
The prosecution against Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade law enforcement will proceed, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Lynn Adelman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin adopted a recommendation from U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph that Dugan’s motion to dismiss the charges should […]
Third District Court Judge Dianna Gibson’s ruling on Monday called for Utah to redraw its congressional maps, prompting praise from the Democratic Party. Gibson ruled on a lawsuit between Utah and the League of Women Voters of Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government, and Better Boundaries regarding the state legislature’s maps that were drawn and […]
President Donald Trump waded into the controversy surrounding Cracker Barrel’s rebranding on Tuesday, calling on the company to restore its original logo after widespread customer backlash and a sharp market value drop. “Cracker Barrel should go back to the old logo, admit a mistake based on customer response (the ultimate Poll), and manage the company […]
The leader of the French government is confronting his unpopularity head-on in a last-ditch effort to pressure parliament to approve his budget, which he believes is necessary to rescue the country from “over-indebtedness.” Prime Minister François Bayrou declared Monday that his government will seek a vote of confidence during a special session of the National […]
The University of Michigan on Monday announced it will no longer provide transgender-identifying minors with “puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones.” The university released a statement revealing that its medical center, Michigan Medicine, is suspending such treatments for patients under the age of 19 due to a Department of Justice subpoena issued to the school […]
Former Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Monday that President Donald Trump is promoting “safety and security” by moving toward authoritarianism. Trump deployed the National Guard in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11 and is looking to possibly make a similar effort in Chicago. Kinzinger, one of nine Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach Trump in […]
