(Headline USA) Two former Fox News hosts---newly appointed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth---faced the first tests of their mettle after an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.
Three soldiers...
(Headline USA) X is teaming up with Visa to soon offer a system for real-time payments on the social media platform—signaling some progress in a yearslong vision from billionaire owner Elon Musk to create an “everything app.”
Visa is the first partner for the platform's “X Money Account" service, which...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of crimes. He also announced at the ceremony that his administration planned to send the “worst criminal aliens” to...
(Headline USA) The non-governmental organizations that the Biden and Obama administrations---as well as foreign governments---frequently used to circumvent U.S. laws on transparency, financing restrictions and even constitutional prohibitions on government overreach are having a panic attack after Presidnet Donald Trump on Monday announced a freeze on all federal loans...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump may want lower interest rates, but the Federal Reserve will almost certainly keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at its two-day policy meeting that ends Wednesday.
It is likely to be a quiet start to an eventful year for the central bank. Trump said last...
(Headline USA) Sean Duffy was confirmed Tuesday as Transportation secretary, giving him a key role in helping President Donald Trump cut regulations and fix the nation's infrastructure.
The former Wisconsin congressman has promised safer Boeing planes, less regulation and help for U.S. companies developing self-driving cars---while not giving any breaks to...
(Headline USA) The Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump, moving rapidly to right the scales of justice against partisan operatives who abused their authority by waging lawfare on a top political enemy.
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The firings...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott surged additional Texas military resources to the Rio Grande Valley to assist President Donald Trump with his border security efforts.
Abbott did so as removal operations are already underway in Trump’s first week in office after he issued a series of...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Pete Hegseth, the newly-confirmed U.S. Secretary of Defense, says changes to the military are already in motion.
Hegseth told reporters outside the Pentagon Monday that Trump will soon authorize the reinstatement of military members who were discharged for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, with...
(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) One-third of Americans have admitted to skipping reading "terms of service agreements" when using apps and other online services, leading to broader concerns over data privacy and user awareness.
This trend is seen in a survey by NordVPN showing that American respondents scored 63% on...
(Headline USA) Wall Street’s superstars were tumbling Monday as a competitor from China threatened to upend the artificial-intelligence frenzy they've been feasting on.
But the question for investors was whether the panic would have any real staying power, particularly with the Trump administration already tightening up on tougher trading policies...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Republican lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would block Medicaid from paying for gender transition drugs and surgeries for minors.
U.S. Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., introduced the bill, first obtained by The Center Square.
Specifically, the Do No Harm in...