Former President Barack Obama called Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s Democratic nominee for mayor, after the socialist won the June primary. Obama congratulated Mamdani and “offered him advice about governing and discussed the importance of giving people hope in a dark time,” according to the New York Times. Mamdani decisively won the June Democratic primary […]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday easing regulations surrounding commercial rocket launches that industry figures say have slowed innovation and testing. The order was just one of Trump’s several executive actions on Wednesday afternoon. It directs Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to “eliminate or expedite environmental reviews for launch and reentry licenses and permits ” […]

President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington, D.C., is under federal control “where it belongs” after he federalized the city’s police force. Trump has leveraged his power over the capital city to clean up crime and homeless encampments in recent days. “D.C. has been under siege from thugs and killers, but now, D.C. is back under federal […]

Law enforcement has arrested more than 100 people in Washington, D.C., since Aug. 7 as President Donald Trump federalized the city’s police force and emphasized fighting crime in the area, a White House official told the Washington Examiner. Trump federalized the Metropolitan Police Department on Monday as several other federal agencies, including the FBI, Bureau […]