(Headline USA) The Department of Government Efficiency's first order of business was itself: It's now down to one leader.
Vivek Ramaswamy is no longer part of the commission that President Donald Trump championed, officials confirmed hours after the Republican took office Monday, and that leaves billionaire Elon Musk to run...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley—reviving an idea he'd floated years ago that at that time saw strong pushback from state political leaders.
Trump, who took office for a second time Monday, said he planned to...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Capitol Rotunda Monday as his first act of his second term.
Trump was sworn in to the office about noon eastern as the 47th president and immediately shook hands with now former President Joe Biden.
Trump said Jan. 20,...
(Headline USA) The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to enter the United States with eligibility to work.
https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1881326112665424002
A notice on the website of Customs and Border Protection Monday just after Trump was sworn in let users know...
(Headline USA) President-elect Donald Trump will sign executive orders Monday rolling back controversial policies that promote transgenderism and terminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government, incoming White House officials said.
https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1881215253889024242
Both are in line with Trump's campaign promises and mark dramatic departures from the identity politics that flourished during the Biden...
(Headline USA) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Friday it will again consider whether voters should have to write the accurate date on return envelopes used to send their completed mail-in ballots to be counted.
The requirement in state law has generated more than a half-dozen court cases in the past...
(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) BlackRock, Inc. has settled a dispute with Tennessee over its ESG practices, which the state said misled consumers.
Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a consumer protection lawsuit against the investment firm in December 2023.
The state accused BlackRock of failing to tell investors how much environmental, social,...
(Headline USA) A Florida jury on Friday found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of that country.
The rare ruling against a media outlet in a defamation case reflected the egregious circumstances of the case. Libel...
(Headline USA) President-elect Donald Trump may take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather.
“The weather forecast for Washington, D.C., with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows,” Trump said in a statement posted on his Truth...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United...
(Headline USA) In what appeared to be yet another act of sabotage for the incoming administration with just three days left to go, President Joe Biden added on Friday to his already unprecedented list of pardoned criminals by granting clemency to 2,500 crack-cocaine offenders.
“Today’s clemency action provides relief for...
(Headline USA) Rudy Giuliani reached a deal Thursday that lets the cash-strapped ex-New York City mayor keep his homes and belongings, including prized World Series rings, in exchange for unspecified compensation and a promise to never again speak ill of two former Georgia elections workers who won a $148...