Morgan Ortagus has taken a new job in the Trump administration after several months serving as a deputy envoy to the Middle East. Starting this week, Ortagus began a senior political role at the United Nations, according to a source familiar with the matter. She previously oversaw Lebanon policy under Steve Witkoff, the lead Middle […]

A provision added to President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would require Washington, D.C., airports to renegotiate their leases, potentially increasing costs for airlines and passengers alike. The Senate Commerce Committee’s version of the budget reconciliation bill directs the federal government to renegotiate its operating leases with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) for Reagan […]

House Judiciary Democrats are making the case that President Donald Trump’s more than 1,600 pardons could prove to be a major cost.  A memo Democrats released on Tuesday reports that the controversial, blanket pardons the president made at the beginning of his second term for Jan. 6 defendants, charged with taking part in the 2021 […]

The Department of Justice is suing Kentucky over a state regulation that allows illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. “Federal law prohibits aliens not lawfully present in the United States from getting in-state tuition benefits that are denied to out-of-state U.S. citizens,” the lawsuit stated. “There are no exceptions.”  The […]