96 <!– sup, sub { font-size: 100% !important; } sup { mso-text-raise:10% } sub { mso-text-raise:-10% } {beacon} Technology Technology <!– The Big Story The evolution of Musk’s White House role Elon Musk’s first 100 days in the White House were filled with twists and turns as the world’s richest person became one of the […]
Most Americans support some form of foreign aid: Survey
Most Americans are supportive of several forms of foreign aid, but there’s less backing for supplying military aid or giving funds for cultural activities in other countries, according a survey released on Thursday. The new Pew Research Center poll found that most U.S. adults support the government providing medicine and medical supplies, 83 percent, and […]
Seven killed in tour bus crash near Yellowstone National Park
A pickup truck and a tourist van collide on a highway near the famous park in eastern Idaho.
Trump signs order to block funding to public radio
Trump alleged that both organisations have produced “biased and partisan news coverage”.
Radio Free Asia announces mass layoffs amid funding fight with Trump administration
Radio Free Asia is laying off about 90 percent of its staff meaning it is effectively shutting down. It says it can no longer pay people after its funding was cut off by the Trump administration. (Image credit: Rod Lamkey/AP)
Trump is tanking with Ohio independents — a new poll shows why
In a country as polarized as the U.S., independents are a sort of electoral holy grail. Pundits, practitioners, and certainly candidates know that they can decide elections. It is therefore puzzling that so much of the recent 100-days’ coverage of the Trump administration focuses on President Trump’s topline numbers in national public opinion polls. It […]
About half of Americans say the economy is Trump’s responsibility: Survey
Nearly half of Americans said the current condition of the U.S. economy is President Trump’s responsibility rather than his predecessor former President Biden, according to a new survey that was published on Friday. The Gallup poll found that 46 percent of adults said that Trump is responsible for the current state of the nation’s economy, […]
GOP fires back at DNC’s ‘political stunt’ targeting ‘vulnerable’ Republicans over Medicaid fight
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching a month of action to “Fight to Save Medicaid,” targeting four “vulnerable” House Republicans, who Democrats claim are “poised to gut Medicaid and other critical programs.” Republicans quickly fired back in statements to Fox News Digital on Friday. “The dishonest Democrats should rename their campaign ‘the fight to […]
Trump’s gas claims don’t add up: Experts
96 <!– Presented by Clean Fuels Alliance America {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment <!– The Big Story Trump’s pump claims fall flat President Trump says gas prices have fallen below $2 a gallon as he marked his 100th day in office, but experts and evidence say his numbers aren’t adding up. © AP […]
Biden HHS secretary slams Trump NIH cuts: ‘It’s a demolition plan’
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra decried the Trump administration’s “skinny budget” request unveiled on Friday, lambasting it as not a budget proposal but a “demolition plan.” In the proposal, President Trump called for cutting $33.3 billion or 26.2 percent of HHS’s discretionary funding. These requested cuts included a $3.6 billion reduction […]
Trump voters share what they think of the policies of his presidency’s first 100 days
We hear from Trump voters in Wisconsin, Missouri, and Colorado about what they think of the policies in the first 100 days of the Trump Presidency.
Why Hegseth wants to eliminate the Women, Peace and Security program
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants to eliminate the Women, Peace and Security Act. He doesn’t have the power to do so, but what is the act’s goal, and what does this mean for women in combat roles?
Chinese official reportedly seeking talks with Trump on fentanyl ingredients amid trade war
A top Chinese government official is asking what the Trump administration wants the communist nation to do about chemicals used to make fentanyl amid an ongoing trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Wang Xiaohong, China’s minister of public security, has been making inquiries about what Trump wants China to do about the fentanyl […]
Connecticut Senate Democrats list outrageous things they’d rather endure instead of 100 more days of Trump
Connecticut Senate Democrats posted an outlandish TikTok video on Thursday, featuring lawmakers listing out unpleasant things they would rather subject themselves to, rather than face another 100 days of the Trump administration. The video, which had garnered just over 100 likes on the platform as of Friday afternoon, appears to have been partially filmed in […]
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security data
The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to let the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access millions of Americans’ personal data stored by the Social Security Administration (SSA) while it appeals an order that iced the advisory group out. The emergency application asks the justices to lift a Maryland federal judge’s injunction blocking DOGE from […]
Trump budget exposes GOP divisions
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 <!– {beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP SENT the first budget request of his second term to Republican appropriators in Congress on Friday, exposing new GOP divisions on […]
Top 5 most outrageous ways the government has wasted your taxes, as uncovered by Elon Musk’s DOGE
As President Donald Trump celebrated his 100th day in office this week, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said it has cut at least $160 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. When Trump signed an executive order establishing the agency on his Inauguration Day, DOGE set an ambitious goal of […]
More than 900 measles cases confirmed in US, with illnesses now reported in 29 states: CDC
(NEXSTAR) – The latest measles update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports a total of 935 confirmed measles cases across dozens of states. That number is now officially more than triple the confirmed cases reported in all of 2024 (285 total), per the CDC. The CDC’s latest update, published Friday, also […]
House Democrats request inspector general to probe Trump’s order targeting Smithsonian
More than 70 House Democrats are requesting the Smithsonian inspector general to kickstart an investigation into President Trump’s executive order targeting Smithsonian museums, arguing the president’s action is encroaching on the institution’s independence. Seventy-one House Democrats, led by Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) are criticizing Trump’s March 27 executive order, which says […]
Mangione lawyers ask judge to dismiss state murder charges
The attorneys for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, filed a Thursday motion seeking to dismiss state charges against him. Lead lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, argued that dueling federal charges would amount to double jeopardy for her client. If the charges aren’t dropped, Friedman Agnifilo has asked a judge to […]
