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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal from Florida parents who sought to sue a public school district over a policy that withholds changes to a student's name or pronouns from parents unless the child consents. A lower court had dismissed the suit, and the high court's decision leaves that dismissal intact as similar challe…
Wolfe Research says President Trump has moved toward a 'wait it out' posture with Iran, favoring a blockade over direct military action. The research house warns that if the blockade does not compel a quick Iranian capitulation, closures in the Strait of Hormuz could extend for weeks or months and reassert pressure on equity markets.
The U.S. Justice Department has directed the Bureau of Prisons to revise federal execution protocols to include firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation. The guidance, contained in a 52-page report, is presented as a response to difficulties obtaining drugs used for lethal injections and follows a push by the administration to resume capit…
An internal Pentagon email lays out punitive policy options for allies considered unhelpful to U.S. operations in the war with Iran, including suspending Spain from NATO and revisiting U.S. diplomatic stances on territories such as the Falkland Islands. The memo, prepared by senior policy adviser Elbridge Colby, frames access, basing and overflight…
President Donald Trump welcomed winners of his second annual meme-coin contest to Mar-a-Lago on April 25, offering a private audience and VIP reception to top purchasers of the $TRUMP token. The event came as the coin has lost more than 95% of its peak value and as Democratic leaders press for investigations into the Trump family's expanding crypto…
U.S. law enforcement is reviewing protections for the president and other officials after a California man allegedly opened fire near the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton. Federal agents intercepted the suspect before he reached the ballroom basement where President Trump was due to speak, but audible gunfire …
President Donald Trump addressed reporters shortly after an apparent assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, casting the incident as proof of his political influence and of the need for a new secure White House ballroom. The event, which sent roughly 2,600 attendees scattering as the Secret Service evacuated the…
President Donald Trump told Fox News he has been in routine contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and expressed optimism about resolving the nearly three-year-old war in Ukraine. He declined to specify details of a recent call with Putin but said conversations with both leaders have been 'good.' T…
A man opened fire at a security checkpoint outside the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, wounding a Secret Service agent’s protective vest but not the officer, and prompting the rapid evacuation of President Donald Trump and others from the ballroom. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said investigators …
A faction of House Democrats has pushed for a commission to assess presidential fitness under the 25th Amendment after President Trump’s recent rhetoric and actions, but many party strategists and incumbents caution that focusing on removal or impeachment risks undermining Democrats’ midterm pitch centered on affordability and the economy.
A Reuters/Ipsos national poll conducted April 15-20 finds 64% of U.S. adults oppose abolishing birthright citizenship while 32% favor it, as the Supreme Court prepares to issue rulings this term on immigration policy, transgender participation in women’s sports, and mail-in ballot counting. The survey highlights deep partisan cleavages on these iss…
A gunman armed with multiple weapons shot a Secret Service agent outside the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, which President Donald Trump headlined. The incident, occurring just floors away from a ballroom packed with roughly 2,600 guests and a concentration of cabinet members, lawmakers and celebrities,…
Law enforcement officials have identified the individual arrested following gunfire at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Dinner as Cole Tomas Allen, a Torrance, California resident. Publicly available social media and professional profiles portray him as a Caltech alumnus with engineering and computer science degrees, who…
A single gunman rushed a Secret Service checkpoint at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, prompting agents to escort President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet from the venue. The suspect was subdued and taken into custody after law enforcement exchanged gunfire and tackled him; officials say the …
Republican operatives are adjusting their midterm strategy to extract the voter-mobilizing benefits of Donald Trump’s appeal while avoiding framing congressional contests as a direct referendum on his presidency. The shift follows rising gasoline costs, low presidential approval ratings and the continued Iran war, which together have prompted campa…
President Donald Trump will attend the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner on Saturday, marking the first time he has appeared at the black-tie event while in office. His participation, after boycotts in his first term and in 2025, has produced intense debate inside Washington’s newsrooms and among press freedom groups. Critics po…
President Donald Trump will welcome winners of his second annual meme coin contest to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, this Saturday, offering top $TRUMP token holders access to a day-long conference and a VIP reception despite the token having collapsed from its peak. The event comes amid increased scrutiny of the Trump family's crypto activitie…
The Department of Justice is expected to terminate its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as soon as Friday, according to reports citing officials familiar with the matter. Senior DOJ officials have notified senators, including Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, that the inquiry into alleged cost overruns at the Fed's Washing…
The U.S. State Department announced on April 24 that Tommy Pigott has been appointed as its new spokesperson. Pigott, who joined the department and the Trump administration in January 2025, had been serving as principal deputy spokesperson. The post became vacant after Tammy Bruce was appointed U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations. The …
A newly launched conservative super PAC, Homeland Political Action Committee, has vowed to target House Republicans who back the bipartisan DIGNIDAD Act, setting up potential primary fights in safe Republican districts and creating strategic tensions within the party as it weighs immigration policy against broader electoral concerns, particularly a…
President Donald Trump plans to nominate David Cummins, a senior vice president at Serco North America who manages the company’s civilian government portfolio, to lead the Transportation Security Administration. The nomination comes as the White House pushes proposals to privatize portions of TSA operations, cut thousands of agency jobs and reduce …
An investigator enlisted by the president to re-examine the 2020 election and alleged foreign interference pressed ahead with allegations after a federal forensic review of Dominion voting machines seized in Puerto Rico found no trace of hacking. The probe, led by a prominent election-denying attorney, used federal resources and expanded into Georg…
The Legal Accountability Center has filed a complaint with the Virginia State Bar accusing U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas of breaching professional conduct rules by instructing staff to stop processing certain discrimination claims and by sending extensive information requests to 20 large law firms. The filing conte…
A Reuters/Ipsos survey shows that claims questioning the integrity of U.S. elections have taken strong root among Republican voters, with large shares endorsing unproven assertions about non-citizen voting and mail-in ballot fraud. The poll also finds wide bipartisan support for voter ID rules, localized backing for federal law enforcement at polls…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on April 22 signed legislation that prevents local governments from creating or maintaining diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices or programs and bars public funds from being used to advance DEI. The law requires grant recipients to certify they will not use state or local grants to support DEI, establishes pen…
