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President Trump invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to stay working at the White House for as long as he wants, after Musk said he would step back from his work at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to return to his company. “We just want to thank you very much. And, you know, you’re invited […]

The State Department said Wednesday they would sanction six entities and six individuals based in Iran and China for supporting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ballistic missile development. “Today’s action, which targets this network that has facilitated the procurement of sodium perchlorate and dioctyl sebacate from China to Iran, is taken in support of […]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday teased a project from House Democrats, outlining a “blueprint for a better America” as President Trump marks 100 days in office — but being sure to note it will not be about the president. “Over these next 100 days, House Democrats are going to lay out a […]

Ukraine says it’s ready to sign President Trump’s minerals agreement as soon as Wednesday, almost two months after a contentious White House meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky derailed talks on the deal. The two sides plan to sign the agreement on Wednesday in Washington, multiple outlets reported.  Ukrainian first deputy prime minister, […]

Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during what was supposed to be a naturalization interview, was ordered released from his detention on Wednesday.   U.S. District Judge William Sessions III ruled the green-card holder, who had been held in the Northwest State Correctional Facility in […]

Democrats are early favorites to win governors races in New Jersey and Virginia this year, according to a leading elections handicapper. Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a nonpartisan project of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, on Wednesday rated both states, which went for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election last […]

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) rolled out an internal polling memo on Wednesday showing the party in a strong position ahead of next year’s midterms.  According to the memo, which was first shared with members at the House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday, Democrats lead the generic ballot by just one point. The findings suggest […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) dodged a question about a potential bid for the White House on Tuesday when asked about a presidential-like video she recently released that included images from her tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). “Listen, it’s a video. And frankly, I think what people should be most concerned about is the fact […]

Thousands of protestors are expected to gather nationwide on Thursday to push back against the Trump administration’s policies, just days after President Trump marked 100 days back in the White House. Those planning to participate in the rallies have argued that Trump’s actions have harmed America’s working class, citing mass layoffs within the federal workforce […]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday he thinks it’s fair for Americans to be questioning whether President Trump is “actually fit” to be commander-in-chief. “Trump spent the last year-and-a-half questioning the cognitive ability of President Joe Biden, notwithstanding many of the legislative accomplishments that Donald Trump could only wish he got over […]

U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) shrank during the first quarter of 2025 as a surge of imports ahead of President Trump’s tariffs took a bite out of economic growth calculations. U.S. GDP fell at an annualized rate of 0.3 percent during the first three months of the year, according to data released Wednesday by the […]

President Trump dismissed a question Tuesday about whether he has complete confidence in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as the Pentagon chief faces mounting scrutiny of his leadership. “I don’t have 100 percent confidence in anything, okay? Anything. Do I have a hundred percent? It’s a stupid question,” Trump said in an interview with ABC News’s […]

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) is mad as hell, and he’s not gonna take it anymore.   That was the message New Hampshire Democrats received loud and clear on Sunday, when Pritzker rocked the room — and went viral across the Internet — with his fiery condemnation of his party’s middle-of-the-road pushovers. “For far too […]

President Trump has picked dozens of fights since returning to the White House, but few have been so unrelenting as his war with the courts.    Amid nearly 250 lawsuits challenging his agenda in his first 100 days, Trump has made his focus the judges overseeing them.  In courtrooms, his Justice Department has argued that the […]

A couple of weeks ago you couldn’t turn on the television or read a news story without the words “trade war” jumping out of it. The economy was in “free fall” and the stock market was going to kill us all. Whatever happened to all that? Reality, as it always does, inserted itself. Things returned […]

President Trump on Tuesday said he could facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador last month, but suggested in a recent interview that he will not. In an Oval Office interview late Tuesday with ABC News’s Terry Moran, Trump was asked about Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who […]

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“I will always protect Oklahoma’s parents and their right to choose what is best for their child, especially when it comes to their education.” This proud statement adorned Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Facebook page during National School Choice Week this year. Indeed, Drummond has put action behind these words, notably by supporting the right […]

Stephen Miller, President Trump’s deputy chief of staff and one of the architects of his immigration policies, is no idiot. He’s the product of one of the country’s best public school systems and a graduate of Duke University. And since at least the ripe age of 16, he has been stewing about America’s immigration policies.  […]

Republican lawmakers are feeling uncomfortable about President Trump’s escalating fight with the federal judiciary, which intensified in recent weeks because of the administration’s handling of a Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador and the FBI’s high-profile arrest of a Milwaukee County judge. They say that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was deported […]