The looming federal funding cuts to public television and radio would overwhelmingly gut outlets in states won by President Trump in 2024, according to a new congressional report. Approximately 60% of the hundreds of radio and television stations that could suffer funding cuts are in Trump-won states, according to a …
Read More »President Trump announced Tuesday that he will restore several more Army base names that originally honored Confederate military figures, undoing a renaming process ordered by Congress and completed under President Biden— though the bases will officially recognize other service members, not Confederates, going forward. “We won a lot of battles out of …
Read More »The White House is pulling the nomination for billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, President Trump’s pick to lead NASA, just days before a Senate confirmation vote was set to take place. “After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head NASA,” Mr. …
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Washington — The Republican-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee will assess the security practices at the White House and is seeking information from the head of the U.S. Secret Service after a small bag of cocaine was discovered near a lobby in the West Wing over the weekend. Rep. James Comer …
Read More »The U.S. intelligence community routinely acquires “a significant amount” of Americans’ personal data, according to a new report released this week by a top spy agency. The report outlined both privacy and counterintelligence concerns stemming from the ability of U.S. government agencies and foreign adversaries to draw from a growing …
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Former President Donald Trump’s anger toward a single person appears to have played a key role in evidence leading to his indictment this week. It all comes down to one person, Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to multiple sources. Trump loathed the positive …
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Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was one of the most damaging spies in American history, was found dead in his prison cell Monday morning, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Hanssen, 79, was arrested in 2001 and pleaded guilty to selling highly classified material to the Soviet Union …
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Washington — A lieutenant with the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department was arrested Thursday and accused of obstructing an investigation into the Proud Boys and leaking information to its leader, Enrique Tarrio. Shane Lamond, 47, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington on one count of obstruction …
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Attorneys representing a federal government employees’ union sued Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen over the constitutionality of the debt limit, which caps the amount the federal government can borrow to pay for congressionally approved spending. The move comes amid tense negotiations over raising the debt ceiling as the administration counts down to …
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The College Board says changes will be made to its new Advanced Placement African American studies course after critics said the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life. In a statement on Monday, the board said …
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