At least three states have said “no” to participating in the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, organized by President Donald Trump. Officials from the gubernatorial offices of Oregon, Washington, and North Carolina will not be participating in the fair, according to a CNN investigation. The state officials declined Trump administration invitations to […]

U.K. Defense Minister John Healey resigned on Thursday over a lack of funding to the United Kingdom’s national defense from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government. In his resignation letter, posted on X, Healey complained that his warnings had gone unheeded and left the country in a precarious position. “You have been ​unable, and the Treasury […]

A judge refused to block the Trump administration’s anti-weaponization fund, reasoning that there was no need to, but said he would take action if the effort was revived. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, shot down a watchdog’s request on the grounds that the Trump administration was no longer pursuing the […]

The national average price for regular gas continued the recent downward pricing trend on Thursday, falling to $4.129 per gallon. It marked a slight decrease from Wednesday’s average of $4.151 per gallon and a 12-cent drop compared to a week ago, when a gallon of regular gas was $4.241, according to AAA. Thursday’s average price […]