A sweeping set of proposals the Trump administration says tariffs will finance — including a part of the recently proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget — now hinges on a Supreme Court decision over presidential tariff powers. The ruling will determine whether the revenue stream behind those plans remains intact. The Supreme Court is considering whether […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats now see a clear path to winning back control of the U.S. Senate in the 2026 midterm elections. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Schumer said such a scenario would have seemed unlikely just a year ago. But now, he argues, President Donald Trump has become a […]
The White House reversed its decision to terminate up to $2 billion in federal grants supporting addiction recovery and mental health centers. The reversal comes about a day after the administration sent out termination letters that left many providers off guard. Officials at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration sent the letters to hundreds […]
The Trump administration’s push to rebrand the Pentagon as the “Department of War” could cost anywhere from $10 million to as much as $125 million, according to a new estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO warns that a full, legally binding name change approved by Congress could ultimately push the price even higher […]
More than a dozen current and former college basketball players have been charged in connection with a point-shaving scheme involving 17 NCAA Division I teams. A federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleged that the scheme involved 39 college basketball players, 15 of whom were charged. ESPN is reporting that those […]
Natalie Trice spent her last holiday season scrolling through Instagram and Facebook, checking notifications and watching other people’s highlight reels. But this time, something clicked. “I realized how much ‘IG’ and Facebook were taking over my life,” said Trice, founder of Natalie Trice Publicity. “The comparison, the endless ads, the use of pain points to […]
President Donald Trump is pressing his case that the United States must control Greenland for national security reasons, and he is refusing to take any options off the table. Denmark and Greenland are responding with a firm no, warning that U.S. ownership is unacceptable even as they agree to keep talking. The comments came as […]
Minneapolis is on edge again after a federal officer shot a man in the leg during an arrest. The Department of Homeland Security says the officer was attacked during a struggle. Plus, a nationwide Verizon outage cut off millions of customers from the world Wednesday, disrupting calls and data after what authorities say was a […]
Senate Republicans moved to protect President Donald Trump’s authority to use military force in Venezuela, blocking an effort that would have forced congressional approval for any further action. The vote locked in where the Senate stands as Trump pushes the boundaries of U.S. force overseas. The resolution failed Wednesday night after a White House pressure […]
Verizon’s service to all customers should now be restored after a massive outage kept hundreds of thousands of people from communicating for around 10 hours. The outage began around noon Eastern time on Wednesday and left Verizon users staring at phones that read “SOS” or “No Signal” until almost 10:30 p.m. ET. During the outage, instead of being the […]
