The White House effort to defend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday leaned heavily into a semantic argument. What he posted on the now-infamous Signal […]
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Cancel Grants to Teachers
The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to let it cancel $65 million in teacher-training grants that it contends would promote diversity, equity […]
Supreme Court Upholds Biden Administration’s Limits on ‘Ghost Guns’
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld federal restrictions aimed at curtailing access to kits that can be easily assembled into homemade, nearly untraceable firearms. In […]
‘Uncertainty’ features 50+ times in Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) assessment of UK public finances | Money News
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has given its latest take on the economy, and it’s full of big changes to its economic projections but […]
Senate Democrats Seek Answers on Firing of Justice Dept. Official
Senate Democrats pressed Justice Department officials on Wednesday to explain the firing of the pardon attorney, Elizabeth G. Oyer, who was dismissed amid a disagreement […]
Spring statement 2025 key takeaways | Politics News
Rachel Reeves has delivered her much anticipated spring statement today. The chancellor’s statement is not a formal budget – as Labour pledged to only deliver […]
New Alba Party leader Kenny MacAskill vows to ‘deliver dream of independence’ | UK News
Kenny MacAskill has pledged to deliver Alex Salmond’s “dream of independence” for Scotland after being elected as the new leader of the Alba Party. Former […]
UK growth forecast for this year halved, chancellor says | Politics News
The Office for Budget Responsibility has halved the UK growth forecast for 2025 from 2% to 1%, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. However, the fiscal […]
Who Is the Artist Behind the Portrait Trump Hates?
A relatively unknown artist living in Colorado was recently thrust into the spotlight when President Trump criticized her work, a portrait of himself that had […]
Europe Talks Tough on Military Spending, but Unity Is Fracturing
European leaders have gotten the message from Washington about doing more for their own defense and for Ukraine, too. They are talking tough when it […]
