Trump’s record ‘golden age’ State of the Union speech touts wins, jabs foes
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address carried the same familiar grandiosity that he’s spoken with for decades. “This is the golden age of America,” Trump said Tuesday night. “It is indeed a turnaround for the ages. And we will never go back to where we were just a very short time ago.” The […]
DNA sample now complicates Nancy Guthrie case as family raises $1M reward
DNA recovered from inside Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson home may not produce a usable profile for investigators. That limits one of the clearest paths to identifying whoever took her nearly four weeks ago. Sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News the sample is considered “low-level,” meaning there may not be enough material to generate a […]
Trump touts a ‘winning’ US as Democrats disrupt State of the Union
President Donald Trump says the country is back on track and the economy is roaring. Democrats disagree, saying affordability is worsening. Plus, the Justice Department is backing away from its effort to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a video urging troops to refuse unlawful orders. And investigators now say the key DNA evidence found in […]
Hegseth gives Anthropic deadline to give military full access to its AI
Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth has issued a deadline to Anthropic’s CEO to give the U.S. military unfettered access to its AI model, Claude. It comes after the Department of Defense (DoD) used Claude in the raid in Venezuela that led to the capture of then-President Nicolás Maduro. Anthropic has repeatedly asked the DoD to agree to guardrails […]
ICE fatally shot a Texas man in March 2025. The lone witness just died.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) are facing accusations of covering up a fatal shooting after a government watchdog group discovered the incident in a batch of released records. The revelation predated a family’s announcement that a civilian witness to the shooting died in a recent car […]
Trump’s controversial surgeon general nominee appears before Senate for confirmation hearing
President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, is testifying before the Senate on Wednesday, months after her confirmation hearing was delayed by the birth of her child. Means was originally set to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee in October, but the hearing was postponed when she […]
Could banks be ordered to collect citizenship information from customers?
The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts could soon extend to the nation’s banking system. The Wall Street Journal reports President Donald Trump is weighing an executive order or other action that would require banks to collect citizenship information from people opening accounts — and potentially from existing customers, as well. Currently, nothing prohibits U.S. banks […]
Legislators introduce bill to block taxpayer-funded settlements for Jan. 6 rioters
Since President Donald Trump pardoned the men and women who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, lawsuits have flown around D.C. from those pardoned, seeking awards or restitution for their cases. Legislators from both sides of the aisle have stepped in to discuss the issue, and the Trump administration has already approved at least one […]
What’s at stake as Supreme Court considers Louisiana voting rights case
Along the Mississippi River north of Baton Rouge, cutting across Interstate 49, lies the congressional district at the center of one of the nation’s most consequential battles over voting rights. The Supreme Court is poised to decide soon whether intentionally drawing a congressional district with a majority of Black residents, who would be expected to […]
