Judge Rejects Trump Admin Request to Dismiss California Rail Funding Suit

A drone view of a California High-Speed Rail Bridge where it crosses over Highway 99 in Fresno, Calif., on June 8, 2025. Fred Greaves/Reuters A federal judge in California on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the rescission of more than $4 billion in federal funding for the state’s high-speed

Trump Hosts Roundtable With Business Leaders on American Tech Dominance

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with top business leaders in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, on Dec.10, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump hosted business leaders for a roundtable discussion at the White House on Dec. 10 about facilitating technology innovation. “Our administration is committed to

Senate to Vote on Dueling Health Care Bills Tackling Expiring Obamacare Subsidies

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.). WASHINGTON—The Senate is poised for a Dec. 11 vote on competing measures to resolve the standoff over extending the expiring subsidies for Obamacare. Both are likely to fall along party lines, and to fail to reach the 60-vote threshold required to advance

New York’s Next Top Cop? Meet Saritha Komatireddy, the Former Federal Prosecutor Who Took Down ISIS Terrorists—and Is Now Gunning for Letitia James

Saritha Komatireddy believes in longshots, she told the Washington Free Beacon. Komatireddy, a 41-year-old mother of four and former federal prosecutor, announced her candidacy for New York attorney general last week as a Republican in a state former vice president Kamala Harris won by double digits in the 2024 presidential election. Less than a quarter

Wes Moore Won a Key White House Post Claiming He Was ‘Touted as a Foremost Expert’ on Radical Islam and Was Studying for an Oxford PhD—But His Thesis Is ‘Missing’ and There’s No Evidence He Was Ever a Doctoral Student

Maryland governor Wes Moore, now considered a serious prospect for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, got his big break in 2006. Fresh off a one-year deployment to Afghanistan, President George W. Bush awarded Moore, then 27, a White House fellowship, a prestigious, year-long internship during which he served as a special assistant to then-secretary of

The Senate’s ‘Blue Slip’ Tradition Is Hampering Trump’s Appointments

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has been frustrated by a Senate tradition that has negatively affected his appointments for U.S. attorney positions. The “blue slip” is a tradition in the upper chamber where home state senators of U.S. attorney and district court nominees either approve or disapprove of that person. Both state senators must return their blue