Musk’s White House evolution

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]