The White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 10, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images The White House’s budget office on Tuesday confirmed that it will continue layoffs as the government shutdown drags on with little end in sight. “OMB is making every preparation to batten down the hatches and ride out the Democrats’ intransigence,” the White
California's Proposition 50 ballot measure could determine House control as Barack Obama campaigns for redistricting changes ahead of the 2026 election.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 8, 2025. Kevin Mohatt/File Photo/ Reuters U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said President Donald Trump may still follow through with a threatened new 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods on Nov. 1—or even sooner—depending on Beijing’s next move in an escalating trade dispute
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference after packages of cocaine and marijuana had been offloaded from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone at Port Everglades in Port Everglades, Fla., on March 20, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Members of the U.S. Coast Guard will still receive paychecks during the government shutdown.
Washington — President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. struck another small boat that he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off the coast of Venezuela. The president said in a post on Truth Social that six people aboard the vessel were killed in the strike and no U.S. forces were harmed. It’s the
President Donald Trump announced a U.S. military strike killed six alleged drug smugglers off Venezuela coast in international waters.
House Speaker Mike Johnson partnered with the Israeli Knesset speaker to nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize as the Middle East peace deal takes effect.