A new Republican budget proposal is giving Democrats a fresh line of attack heading into the midterms, centering on a $1 billion provision tied to President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom. The funding is included in a broader $72 billion reconciliation bill focused largely on immigration enforcement, but Democrats are seizing on the ballroom money […]
Ted Turner, the philanthropist and media mogul who founded CNN, creating the 24-hour news cycle and transforming the American news media, died early Wednesday. He was 87. CNN announced his death, citing a news release from Turner Enterprises. Turner, who lived near Tallahassee, Florida, announced in 2018 that he had Lewy body dementia, a progressive […]
The fate of the cruise ship MV Hondius, where several passengers and crew members have contracted hantavirus, remained unclear Wednesday morning. Spain and Canary Islands leaders at odds Spanish officials and the World Health Organization have been working on a plan for the ship, carrying about 150 passengers and crew, to dock in the Canary […]
When President Donald Trump threatened to wipe out a “whole civilization” on April 7, artist and developer Kyle McDonald looked to the skies. But McDonald wasn’t scanning for a barrage of ballistic missiles headed toward Iran. Instead, he was analyzing the skies from his computer, particularly for the movement of private jets. Tracking private jets […]
Childcare costs are a crushing financial burden for millions of American families, often rivaling or exceeding housing expenses. Families nationally spent an average of $13,128 on childcare in 2024, according to data from Child Care Aware of America, an advocacy group. In major metro areas, costs reached $25,000 or more. Survey data from Care.com, which […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is preparing to meet with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican this week, days after President Donald Trump unleashed new criticism of the pontiff over his stance on the war with Iran. The pope responded on Wednesday – without calling out Trump directly. During an interview on Monday on the […]
The U.S. government is understating the toll of Iranian attacks on military assets across the Middle East, obscuring the actual cost of the more than two-month-long conflict, according to published reports. Iran has devastated at least 228 military assets and buildings spread across Middle Eastern bases, according to a Washington Post review. The 15 affected […]
Americans won’t be seeing those big yellow Spirit Airlines planes flying overhead anymore now that the company has shut down. But what’s going to happen to those planes? Both customers and other airlines will feel the impact of the Spirit closure. However, experts said many of those impacts will not be felt immediately. What happens […]
Washington, D.C., was seen as a national model for crime reduction last year after the police department released statistics showing violent crime had been cut by nearly a third. But after months of scrutiny and whistleblowing, the department says 13 officers are on leave for reasons “generally” tied to crime reporting. The D.C. Metropolitan Police […]
The news industry has seen significant consolidations in ownership in recent years, and it seems things could tighten further. James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former CEO of 21st Century Fox, is in talks to buy Vox’s New York Magazine and podcast division, according to The Wall Street Journal. People familiar with […]
