Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, who identifies as an independent, revealed he has held conversations with X owner Elon Musk over the tech mogul’s plans to form a new centrist “America Party.” Yang is a New York entrepreneur who challenged former President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination in 2020. After losing his bid […]

The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to climate research and plans to overhaul federal disaster relief are under scrutiny after catastrophic flooding in Texas over the weekend left at least 104 dead. While there’s no proof that staffing at the federal level was at fault for the rising death toll from the flood that the White […]

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday extending a federal hiring freeze and pushing back the deadline for his “Liberation Day” tariffs. The most discussed of the three was a deadline extension for rolling out his global tariff plan. “I have determined, based on additional information and recommendations from various senior officials, including information on […]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) called for “aggressive oversight” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during an appearance on ABC’s The View Monday. He criticized the agency’s recent conduct under the Trump administration and defended immigrant communities targeted by federal enforcement. Pressed by cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin on whether he supported progressive calls to defund […]