The Les Misérables performance serves as a big fundraiser for the center, with ticket prices reaching as high as $2 million. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is attending a performance of Les Misérables on June 11 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a cultural institution he has sharply criticized in the past for
The Les Misérables performance also serves as a big fundraiser for the center, with ticket prices reaching as high as $2 million. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is set to attend a performance of Les Misérables on June 11 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a cultural institution he has sharply criticized in
Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin follows through on March pledge with formal announcement that Trump administration will roll back ‘greenhouse gas’ regulations. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced Wednesday that the Trump administration will seek to relax “Clean Power Plant” greenhouse gas and mercury emission regulations imposed under the Biden and Obama administrations. “Today is
Khalil has proven that his continued detention is causing irreparable harm to his career, family, and free speech rights, a judge rules. A federal judge ruled on June 11 that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot use foreign policy interests to justify detaining Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student who played a leading role in the
The department said the California governor was endangering lives with a ‘crass political stunt.’ The Department of Justice is urging a federal judge not to grant California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request to limit the president’s direction of National Guard troops amid riots in Los Angeles. “In a crass political stunt endangering American lives, the governor
The department said the California governor was endangering lives with a ‘crass political stunt.’ The Department of Justice is urging a federal judge not to grant California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request to limit the president’s direction of National Guard troops amid riots in Los Angeles. “In a crass political stunt endangering American lives, the governor
The Treasury chief says the fiscal imbalance reflects historic overspending, while touting the Trump administration’s tax and trade agenda. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told lawmakers Wednesday that the U.S. budget deficit for the current fiscal year will reach between 6.5 and 6.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), a historically high level he attributed to