Portland‘s annual tree-lighting ceremony drew thousands to Pioneer Courthouse Square on Friday night, and a wave of criticism online, after city leaders avoided calling the 75-foot Douglas fir a “Christmas tree,” with one speaker using the platform to lead a “Free Palestine” chant. The event, now in its 41st year, was promoted across the city […]

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) filed a discharge petition Tuesday to force a vote on the longtime issue of banning congressional stock trading. Luna has continuously threatened to deploy a discharge petition for months if House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) failed to move on the issue. “Across the country, from every political background, the American […]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) wrote a letter on Monday to Fortune 1000 CEOs urging them to champion and contribute to “Trump accounts.” The “Money Accounts for Growth and Advancement” tax-advantaged investment accounts, commonly referred to as “Trump accounts,” provide children born between 2025 and 2028 with one-time, government-funded payments of […]

President Donald Trump wants to make Washington Dulles International Airport great again. The president said at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that he wants to “rebuild” the northern Virginia airport commonly used by residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. “We’re also going to rebuild Dulles Airport because it’s not a good airport,” […]