The head of a rural electric cooperative in Colorado wants data centers to come to his community. He says it will help counteract increases to electricity bills at a time when rising costs are affecting utilities across the country. The San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative is small. Its largest customer is the Wolf Creek […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to retire immediately. The decision removes the Army’s top officer years before the expected end of his term and places a close Hegseth ally in line to take over. The Pentagon confirmed the decision Thursday hours after CBS News first broke the […]
The Justice Department has concluded that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional. It’s a finding that will allow President Donald Trump to ignore a law that has governed presidential records for nearly five decades. The opinion from the department’s Office of Legal Counsel states that Congress lacks the authority to require the president to preserve […]
The U.S. strikes three key bridges inside Iran, and President Donald Trump warns power plants could be next. Plus, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forces out the Army’s top general. A close ally steps in as the Pentagon tightens control of leadership. And Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi. But lawmakers are still pushing to compel […]
President Donald Trump celebrated the anniversary of his 2025 “Liberation Day” tariffs on Thursday by issuing a new executive order imposing more tariffs. This one targets pharmaceutical drugs. Under the new order, brand-name drugs from companies that don’t cut deals with the Trump administration in the coming months could face tariffs of up to 100%. Companies that sign […]
President Donald Trump is following through with his Wednesday threat to hit Iran “extremely hard.” The U.S. military has now conducted strikes on major bridges there. Trump says three of Iran’s largest bridges have now been destroyed. He posted a video on Truth Social showing a strike on the B1 bridge, which connects Tehran to the city of Karaj. Local media reported […]
When you go through airport security these days, you may not have to take off your shoes anymore — but one Democratic senator says that could be a mistake. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., is calling on the TSA to reverse its “shoes-on” policy, arguing it could put travelers at risk. In a letter Friday to […]
The U.S. labor market added a much better than expected 178,000 jobs in March, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.3%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The number of unemployed people, at 7.2 million, changed little in March, another sign that the U.S. economy remains resilient even as the war in […]
One U.S. pilot has been rescued, and the search for the other is underway after a U.S. fighter jet reportedly was shot down over Iran. Iranian state broadcasters said Friday the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps air defenses targeted the jet, and U.S. military sources have confirmed that the plane was downed, according to multiple news […]
In this Media Miss Minute, President Donald Trump says it’s not “possible” for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care. Plus, a judge ruled the Trump administration cannot end the legal immigration status of certain migrants. Media Miss by the right: Trump says US can’t fund child care, Medicaid, Medicare Trump says […]
