What’s in Trump’s sweeping new tariff plan?
President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new tariffs on Wednesday, which the White House dubbed “Liberation Day.” “This is one of the most important days in my opinion in American history,” Trump said during a press conference at the Rose Garden,…
Democrat Kamlager-Dove takes aim at DOGE ahead of potential State Department cuts
As Democrats continue to express frustrations over Elon Musk’s outsized role in reshaping the federal bureaucracy, a new effort on Capitol Hill takes aim at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) while proposing guardrails to reassert congressional oversight authority over…
Judge temporarily restores funding for legal aid for migrant children
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting funding to the program that provides legal representation to tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children. In her ruling Tuesday night, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez Olguin said the…
Elon Musk’s disclosure of planned Social Security fraud arrest troubles top law enforcement officials: Sources
Tech billionaire and senior Trump adviser Elon Musk appeared to boast of advance knowledge of a planned arrest related to alleged Social Security fraud during an appearance on a live stream Monday night promoted to his more than 200 million…
Hollywood stars remember Val Kilmer: ‘You truly were an icon’
The Hollywood community is remembering fellow actor, producer, director and friend Val Kilmer, who died Tuesday at the age of 65, according to a report from The Associated Press. Actor Josh Brolin said he would miss his “firecracker” friend in…
Val Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Batman Forever’ star, dies at 65
Val Kilmer, the star of ’80s and ’90s blockbusters including “Top Gun,” “Batman Forever” and “Tombstone,” has died, according to The Associated Press. He was 65. The actor’s daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, confirmed his death, saying he died Tuesday in Los…
Widespread job cuts begin at health agencies
The layoffs are the latest indication of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s drastic effort to completely remake the nation’s public health infrastructure. The Trump administration carried out mass layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday,…
ICE admits to an ‘administrative error’ after Maryland man sent to El Salvador prison
A Maryland man with protected legal status was sent to the notorious prison in El Salvador following an “administrative error,” a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official admitted in a sworn declaration on Monday. Kilmer Armado Abrego-Garcia who has…
Booker stages Senate filibuster to protest ‘crisis’ he says Trump and Musk created
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker was still speaking on the Senate floor on Tuesday, staging an overnight filibuster in what he called a protest against the national “crisis” he said President Donald Trump and Elon Musk had created. On…
Attorney General Pam Bondi directs prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
Attorney General Pam Bondi is directing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione if he is convicted of the December murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, she announced in a statement Tuesday. One of the federal charges…