A watchdog group on Thursday called on the Interior Department to produce financial details about one of the Trump administration’s initiatives to celebrate the United States’s semiquincentennial.  The development appears to mark an effort designed to ensure that Freedom 250, a semiquincentennial initiative being spearheaded by President Donald Trump, does not gain access to any […]

President Donald Trump relented Friday on his threat to use the Insurrection Act in response to unrest in Minneapolis. “I don’t think there’s any reason right now to use it, but if I needed it, I’d use it,” Trump said about the Insurrection Act while speaking to a gaggle of reporters as he left for […]

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said on Friday that the Trump administration is in talks with major banks about voluntarily issuing “Trump cards” that have a 10% interest cap. The proposal follows President Donald Trump’s recent call for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%, a measure aimed at […]

Reality television personality Farrah Abraham’s entrance into Austin politics took an unexpected turn after she announced a mayoral run, learning during a live TV interview that the election isn’t for another two years. The former Teen Mom star revealed this week on social media that she planned to run for mayor of Austin in 2026, […]