NATO Secretary-General Warns Trump of New Threats If Ukraine Gets Bad Deal

‘We cannot have a situation where we have Kim Jong Un and the Russian leader and Xi Jinping and Iran high-fiving,’ NATO’s Mark Rutte said. The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) warned President-elect Donald Trump that the United States would face new threats if Ukraine is forced to make concessions to Russia

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to Tennessee’s efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria, as the justices stepped into the politically charged debate over health care for transgender youth. Twenty-four states have passed laws similar to Tennessee’s, which prohibits puberty blockers or hormone therapy for those

Trump Nominates Michael Faulkender as Deputy Treasury Secretary

Faulkender, currently a professor at the University of Maryland, served in the first Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump is nominating an ally and member of his first administration as his deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. On Dec. 4, in a statement posted to his Truth Social account, Trump said he is

Trump taps billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as next NASA chief

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he intends to nominate Jared Isaacman, the online payments billionaire and the first private astronaut to ever perform a spacewalk, as the next NASA administrator. The nod could spark questions about potential conflicts of interest, given Isaacman’s extensive financial ties to Elon Musk, who is set to co-chair a government

Supreme Court hears major transgender rights case over Tennessee ban

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed for the first time whether states can restrict access to gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria, stepping into the politically charged debate over health care for transgender youth. Twenty-four states have enacted laws that prohibit puberty blockers or hormone therapy for those under the age of