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President Trump is slated to deliver a commencement address Thursday evening at the University of Alabama. His speech comes as Trump has been in a battle with higher education institutions over their policies on diversity, equity and inclusion, on-campus protests, alleged inaction on antisemitism and other areas. The White House has threatened funding at top schools […]

A group of House conservatives is calling for significant “structural reforms” of Medicaid as part of the Republican reconciliation legislation, illustrating the seemingly intractable differences across GOP factions. In a “Dear Colleague” letter led by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and signed by 19 others, the lawmakers said the GOP conference must pursue “meaningful reforms” in […]

96 <!– Presented by Clean Fuels Alliance America {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment <!–   The Big Story  Trump targets blue state climate lawsuits, laws The Trump administration has sued four Democrat-led states to try to block their climate-related lawsuits or laws. © Jenny Kane, Associated Press On Wednesday, the administration sued Michigan […]

Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the Evening Report newsletter Subscribe 96 <!– 🤝 Plus: U.S., Ukraine reach minerals deal {beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SHUFFLING his national security team in the first major shake-up of his second […]

The ousting of national security adviser Mike Waltz triggered a major shakeup in President Trump’s White House team, which is divided between America First-isolationists and traditional Republican hawks.  Trump announced Thursday afternoon that Waltz, a hawkish former congressman, would become his nominee for U.N. ambassador, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio expanding his portfolio to include […]

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to end deportation protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans, the administration’s latest plea for the justices to intervene in President Trump’s sweeping immigration agenda.  The emergency application seeks to lift a San Francisco-based federal district judge’s ruling that halted the administration’s plans as a legal challenge proceeds, with that decision finding […]

Rapid melts across the U.S. West have caused snowpack to disappear up to four weeks early in some areas — wreaking potential havoc on the region’s water supply, federal meteorologists warned Thursday. These conditions have particularly affected parts of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, causing some basins to shift from above-average snowpack to “snow drought,” […]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will become the first person other than Henry Kissinger to lead the State Department and serve as national security adviser at the same time. Multiple people have held both roles during their career, but at different times, including Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice. President Trump announced Thursday that Rubio would […]

Trump Media and Technology Group, Truth Social’s parent company, announced Thursday that it has moved its incorporation to Florida, becoming the latest firm to leave the popular corporate home of Delaware.  The move was approved by Trump Media’s shareholders at its annual meeting Wednesday, according to a press release.  “We’re thrilled to reincorporate our Company […]

In 2024, a 14-year-old boy from Florida was lured into taking his own life through the app Character.AI, where a chatbot sent him sexual messages and responded to his suicidal thoughts with encouragement to kill himself. Stories like this are devastating — and in danger of multiplying. We cannot stand by as children fall prey to a […]

Vice President Vance said his meeting with Pope Francis one day before his death was a nod from a higher power. Vance met with the pontiff on Easter Sunday before attending mass with him at the Vatican before departing to India for a four-day trip. “About an hour after we landed, a staffer came over […]

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has launched a new cash incentive program aimed at recruiting and retaining air traffic controllers, he announced Thursday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will give $5,000 bonuses to all academy graduates and new hires that complete initial qualification training. Academy graduates assigned to 13 facilities that have faced additional hiring struggles […]

A pair of GOP lawmakers will introduce legislation that would put the onus of age verification on app stores in the latest congressional push to boost online safety for kids. The bill, titled the “App Store Accountability Act,” would require app stores like those offered by Apple or Google to verify the ages of all […]

In 1796, George Washington advised in his farewell as president to avoid foreign entanglements. Although he did not use that exact phrase, he did spend a good portion of his lengthy written message cautioning against becoming so committed to and aligned with other nations that we would be obligated to come to their assistance militarily, […]

Political commentator Bill O’Reilly said on Wednesday he’s “fine” with diversity and inclusion efforts but criticized the push for equity in the popularized diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.   “I’m fine with diversity, OK? I agree with [James] Carville on diversity. It’s a strength. And I’m fine with inclusion. I think everybody should have […]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday pushed back sharply against a report that he has discouraged members of his caucus from visiting El Salvador to highlight the Trump administration’s mistaken deportation of a Maryland resident to a notorious prison there.  Speaking to reporters in the Capitol, Jeffries said the report, published by The […]

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) agreed in a recent podcast interview that she thinks the nation is facing a “constitutional crisis” under President Trump, particularly as he has openly pushed back on court orders that would restrict his executive actions. “We are,” Whitmer said when asked in an interview that will be released on Friday’s […]

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is changing the way vaccines are tested. The department will now require all new vaccines to undergo safety testing in placebo-controlled trials, meaning some people will receive the vaccine while others will get an inert substance like saline to test the vaccine’s efficacy.   HHS called the […]

An active shooter at Florida State University on April 17 created chaos across the entire campus, resulting in two people killed and five injured. Despite the tragedy of this event, it stood out because the first four months of 2025 have seen the number of high-profile firearm events plummet.  The Gun Violence Archive defines as […]

Former President Biden and former first lady Jill Biden are sitting down for their first interview together since leaving the White House, appearing next week on “The View.” The couple is poised to join the ABC daytime talk show next Thursday to “discuss life after [Joe Biden’s] presidency, his legacy, Democrats’ election losses, and the […]