
Fox News - 1 hour 28 min ago
President Trump announced Ben Carson will receive Presidential Medal of Freedom at White House Black History Month event celebrating its centennial milestone.

NY Post - 1 hour 29 min ago
PALM BEACH, Fla. Wall Street executives and federal officials flocked to President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort Wednesday to lend their credibility to his family's growing cryptocurrency empire with one speaker declaring it the "power center of the universe” as the firm announced major new business deals. World Liberty Financial, in which the Trump family holds...

The Hill - 1 hour 36 min ago
President Trump will deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term on Feb. 24, but several House and Senate Democrats plan to skip the high-profile address in favor of counter-rallies and other forms of protest. Trump's speech comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is shut down amid a standoff...

The Hill - 2 hours 1 min ago
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump's surgeon general nominee to finally get hearing After months of delay, President Trump's pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general will appear before the Senate for a confirmation hearing, where her credentials and special interests are likely...

The Hill - 2 hours 13 min ago
A group of 13 states that did not support President Trump in the last election sued the administration on Wednesday over canceled federal climate funds. The lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's cancellation of billions of dollars in funding for climate-friendly projects, primarily in Democrat-leaning states. It alleges that the moves were a violation of Congress's right to...

NPR - 2 hours 20 min ago
President Trump's unpredictable rhetoric and actions when it comes to foreign policy amount to what some experts call a "madman strategy." Other analysts say Trump is actually a realist in this area.

The Hill - 3 hours 23 min ago
President Trump is holding onto a speech detailing extraterrestrial life and spaceships, according to his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, who said the president is waiting for the right time to deliver it. Lara Trump, speaking on the Pod Force One podcast, said the president has played coy when she and her husband Eric have asked about...

The Hill - 3 hours 39 min ago
CNN panelists on Tuesday sparred over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.) remarks at the Munich Security Conference, where she stumbled over statements regarding foreign policy and diplomacy. Ocasio-Cortez mistakenly referred to Venezuela as being positioned "below the equator" and hesitated to answer a question about whether U.S. troops should defend Taiwan if China invades. President Trump...

Boston Herald - 3 hours 55 min ago
U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) says he will be boycotting President Trump's State of the Union address next week and will instead join "The People's State of the Union," with several fellow Democrats in a separate event.

NY Post - 4 hours 17 min ago
Democrats are plotting to boycott President Trump's State of the Union address next week and host an alternative rally instead after being widely panned for their rowdy behavior during his marquee speech last year.

The Hill - 4 hours 20 min ago
President Trump again took a swing at the United Kingdom on Wednesday for giving away Diego Garcia, an island that is part of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius. "I have been telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer, of the United Kingdom, that Leases are no good when it comes to Countries, and...

The Hill - 4 hours 36 min ago
Three House ranking members are requesting a classified briefing on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) decision to temporarily close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, last week. In a joint letter to several of President Trump's cabinet officials on Wednesday, Democratic Reps. Rick Larsen (Wash.), Bennie Thompson (Miss.) and Adam Smith (Wash.) said they were...

The Hill - 5 hours 11 min ago
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Wednesday that Democrats are "steadfast" in their demands for specific reforms to President Trump's immigration enforcement policies. Those reforms are at the heart of the partisan impasse that's halted funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the last five days, setting the stage for what could...

Fox News - 5 hours 26 min ago
The U.N. Security Council will hold a meeting on Gaza's fragile ceasefire and expanding Israeli operations in the West Bank earlier to avoid clashing with President Trump's meeting.

The Hill - 5 hours 32 min ago
President Trump's job rating is underwater, inflation is a major concern for Americans, and his policies have only exacerbated economic issues, leading to a mass exodus of Republicans from his party.

The Hill - 5 hours 44 min ago
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) is accusing President Trump of lying about the Potomac sewage spill after the White House criticized his and other regional officials' handling of the disaster. In a Wednesday post on the social platform X, Moore wrote, "The President is lying to the public." He said the pipe that broke, known as the Potomac...

Newser - 6 hours 2 min ago
When President Trump delivers his State of the Union next Tuesday, at least a dozen Democratic members of Congress won't be there to hear it, as has occurred in years past . NBC News reports the lawmakers plan to boycott the address and instead appear at a "People's State of the...

The Hill - 6 hours 35 min ago
President Trump's top White House economic adviser suggested Thursday that a group of Federal Reserve researchers should be punished for a paper exploring the costs of Trump's tariffs. In a Thursday interview, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett condemned a new paper from Federal Reserve Bank of New York economists, who found that consumers paid...

The Hill - 7 hours 13 min ago
A government watchdog group is suing the FBI to force the release of a tape that reportedly shows border czar Tom Homan alledgedly accepting a $50,000 bribe. MSNOW reported in September that before President Trump won the election, Homan had been approached by an undercover FBI agent following a tip that he was taking kickbacks in...

The Hill - 7 hours 19 min ago
Several House and Senate Democrats will skip President Trump's State of the Union address next week to attend counter-programming events near the U.S. Capitol highlighting the impact of the administration's policies. Trump is scheduled to address Congress on Feb. 24, a speech that comes amid an uproar over his immigration policies, fueled in part by...

NPR - 7 hours 32 min ago
President Trump is asking the federal government for billions of dollars in damages, putting his own Justice Department on the spot and creating an unprecedented ethical morass.

The Hill - 7 hours 32 min ago
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will speak with reporters Wednesday afternoon as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown persists. The funding fight comes as Democrats push for reforms in how the DHS implements President Trump's deportation agenda, from agents wearing masks to the use of force. While the department oversees several immigration enforcement...

Newser - 7 hours 34 min ago
The president's planes are getting a makeover in President Trump's favored colors. Officials tell CBS News the US Air Force is phasing out the Kennedy-era robin's egg blue-and-white palette on its presidential and VIP aircraft in favor of a dark navy, deep red, gold, and white scheme preferred by Trump....

Newser - 8 hours 1 min ago
The Vatican won't take a seat at President Trump's new foreign-policy table. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's top diplomat, said Tuesday that the Vatican will not accept Trump's invite to join his "Board of Peace," which is set to hold its first meeting in Washington on Thursday and he...