President Donald Trump on Saturday said that Venezuela‘s airspace was now “CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY,” a major escalation in tensions with Venezuela.In a Truth Social post on Saturday morning, the president issued a warning to anyone who could be using the airspace over and around Venezuela. “To all Airlines, Pilots,...
Read more
The Department of Government Efficiency‘s supporters are imploring the White House and Congress to make permanent its mission of reducing fraud, waste, and abuse, a call that has gained momentum amid reports of its early dismantlement.Reports that DOGE had prematurely been shuttered grabbed Washington, D.C.’s attention, considering the temporary federal agency had eight months...
Read more
The Trump administration on Friday launched a new page on the official White House website designed to target and correct what it describes as “fake news.” “The Trump White House is holding the Fake News accountable like never before,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement announcing the “media...
Read more
Local police in Washington, D.C., are expected to bolster protection for the National Guard by joining military patrols in the country’s capital, after a gunman fatally shot a U.S. soldier stationed in the area this week. The move would seek to provide further cover for around 2,000 National Guard members President...
Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday said documents signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen will no longer have any “force or effect,” due to allegations they were signed without his full authorization. Trump said around 92% of the executive orders and other documents Biden issued were signed using an...
Read more
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) dismissed President Donald Trump, who called the Minnesota Democrat “retarded” for questioning his mental fitness.“Release the MRI results,” Walz wrote on X shortly after midnight on Friday morning. Walz’s post was a reference to Trump’s recent annual physical exam. Walz was responding to a Thanksgiving post...
Read more
President Donald Trump said that the United States will “permanently pause” all immigration from “third-world countries” and pursue a policy of “reverse migration” in response to the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. Trump’s social media post on immigration followed his announcement of the death of Sarah Beckstrom,...
Read more
Venezuela is not the only global hot spot where President Donald Trump is considering launching U.S. military strikes.In early November, Trump said he ordered armed forces leaders to prepare for action in Nigeria to tackle Islamist militant groups, accusing the government of failing to protect Christians. This followed vocal pleas...
Read more
West Virginia National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom has died from her injuries after she and another soldier were shot Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced.She was 20. Her father, Gary Beckstrom, previously said she wasn’t expected to recover and had a mortal injury. “I must unfortunately tell you that just seconds...
Read more
Trump administration officials directly and forcefully attacked several media personalities who appeared to “blame the victim[s]” in Wednesday’s Washington, D.C., shooting of two National Guardsmen.Ken Dilanian of MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, said Wednesday that there is “so much controversy” happening in the country, noting that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Read more
President Donald Trump entered his second term in the White House with a firm grip on the Republican Party, muscling his agenda and Cabinet nominees through Congress.But Trump is now facing regular pushback from lawmakers and even more speculation that he will soon be a lame-duck president, a marked shift...
Read more
As the Trump administration wages a full-scale crackdown on illegal immigrants residing in the United States, one population has largely gone overlooked: visa overstayers.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its federal partners have focused on arresting and deporting illegal immigrants with criminal histories, those who have failed to depart the...
Read more
