By Patricia Zengerle and Julia Harte WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Sunday unveiled an annual defense policy bill that would authorize a record $901 billion in national security spending next year, billions more than President Donald Trump’s request, and provide $400 million in military assistance to Ukraine. The massive 3,000-page bill includes … Read more
Donald Trump is angry that Representative Henry Cuellar is running again as a Democrat rather than switching parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case. Trump blasted Cuellar for “Such a LACK OF LOYALTY,” suggesting the Republican president could expect clemency to bolster the GOP’s … Read more
After President Donald Trump derided (and misspelled the name of) CNN Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins, the reporter fired back with a response. In a scathing post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Caitlin Collin of Fake News CNN, always Stupid and Disgusting.” He took umbrage at the reporter’s on-air reference to the construction of … Read more
Donald Trump presented this year’s Kennedy Center Honorees with their medals in an Oval Office ceremony on Saturday, but he also made some predictions about how the ceremony will do in the ratings and how it will do when it hosts the event. I mean, Trump said he would do better than Jimmy Kimmel, the … Read more
By Daniel Wiessner Dec 5 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday said President Donald Trump had the power to fire Democratic members of two federal labor boards, a major victory in the Republican president’s bid to rein in agencies meant to be independent of the White House. The US Court of Appeals for … Read more
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s social media company X was fined 120 million euros ($140 million) by EU technology regulators on Friday for violating EU rules on online content, the first sanction under landmark legislation likely to draw the ire of the U.S. government. Rival TikTok set up a … Read more
Yesterday, Donald Trump said he was rolling back Biden-era vehicle fuel efficiency standards… but images from the Oval Office announcement have people distracted. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It was honestly hard for many to consider his reversal or his usual side to Democrats because one image, in particular, from the meeting has since gone viral. Chip … Read more
There can never be too many buildings with President Donald Trump’s name on them. This is what the 79-year-old President seemed to suggest on Thursday while he was participating in an activity at the Peace Institute. “You have a big event on Friday at the Kennedy Trump Center,” Trump declared. “Oh, sorry, at the Kennedy … Read more
Washington (AP) – House Speaker Mike Johnson is asking his fellow Republicans to stop airing their frustrations in public and bring their complaints to him directly. “They’re going to get upset about things. That’s part of the process,” Johnson told reporters Thursday. “It doesn’t bother me. But when there is a conflict or concern, I … Read more
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday revived a redrawn Texas electoral map designed to add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, bolstering President Donald Trump’s quest for his party to retain control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. The justices granted a request by … Read more