Bowser doesn’t think it’s legal for National Guard to ‘police Americans on American soil’
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said she is skeptical that the federal deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country is legal.
Senate fails to advance GOP funding bill for 9th time as shutdown enters Day 16
10:48 PM CDC scientist laid off during shutdown warns RIF layoffs will mean “more preventable deaths” A scientist laid off by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said “the everyday American should be very concerned” by reductions in force amid the government shutdown. “It’s going to mean more deaths, more preventable deaths,”
Trump Says He Plans to Attend Tariff Policy Appeal at Supreme Court
A container ship is assisted by a tugboat as it arrives at the Port of Oakland on Oct. 10, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Oct. 15 that he plans to attend next month’s Supreme Court oral arguments about his reciprocal tariffs, most of which have been struck down by the lower
Virginia parents crush fundraising goal for trans locker room fight after judge ordered massive bond
A judge ordered a pair of Virginia parents to come up with $125k in just days if they wanted to keep defending their sons in court against his school's transgender policies.
Cracked Windscreen Forces Plane Carrying Hegseth to Make Emergency Landing
U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth (L) speaks to the press at the NATO headquarters prior to a NATO Ministers of Defence Summit in Brussels on Oct. 15, 2025. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images The plane carrying Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was forced to make an emergency landing at a joint U.K.-U.S. airbase in the
Trump Says He Has Authorized Covert CIA Operations in Venezuela
President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed he has authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela. The decision would expand U.S. assets deployed to Venezuela, placing added pressure on the regime of Venezuelan
Trump hosts tech companies and business titans as he raises money for ballroom
President Trump hosted dozens of business titans on Wednesday as he seeks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to add a ballroom to the White House. The guest list for the East Room dinner included representatives from almost two dozen corporations, including tech firms like Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft and Palantir, tobacco companies