US cuts defense ties with Cuba over ‘non-cooperation’ after harboring terror fugitives
The State Department certified Cuba as a "not fully cooperating country" after it failed in 2024 to hand over several fugitives to the U.S.
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20 states sue Trump administration over conditions on federal funds
A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions. According to the complaints, both Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy
Social Security Payment Adjustments Projected to Be Lowest in Years, Group Predicts
The cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 will be announced by the Social Security Administration later this year. A prominent seniors group predicted that the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for next year’s Social Security payments will be 2.4 percent, a 0.1 percentage point increase from its prediction last month. In a statement Tuesday, the Senior Citizens League said
DOGE publishes more misleading or inaccurate claims on its “Wall of Receipts”
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has added a new batch of entries to what it calls its “Wall of Receipts,” touting purported savings in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet many of these claimed cuts appear to be misleading, and the potential for actual savings continues to be uncertain. According to the
Schumer Places Hold on Trump’s DOJ Nominees Over Qatar’s Jet Gift
Democrats have criticized Trump for the pending acquisition. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on May 13 announced a hold on President Donald Trump’s nominees to the Department of Justice until there are answers regarding Qatar gifting Trump a jet, which he plans to use as his presidential plane. In a speech on the Senate
FDA’s latest MAHA move would wipe out kids’ fluoride prescriptions as health risk evidence mounts
The Food and Drug Administration is working to remove ingestible fluoride tablets and prescription for children from the market over health concerns.
NOW THEY TELL US: Senior Aide Quit in Protest of Biden’s Reelection Bid, Citing Alarming Decline ‘Beginning in 2023’
Jake Tapper claims Democrats ‘wouldn’t be honest with us’ until ‘after the election’ Getty Images A senior aide quit their job at the White House because they didn’t think Joe Biden should run for reelection. We don’t know who it was, but they spoke to Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, authors of the forthcoming book