The nomination of Ed Martin, President Trump’s controversial pick to be the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, may be in jeopardy as the “Stop the Steal” advocate who backed Jan. 6 rioters struggles to find sufficient Republican support in the Senate. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a member of the Senate
This year’s winners include: A ‘reconsideration’ of Huckleberry Finn from a slave’s perspective, a ‘musical call to action’ on climate change, a Palestinian poet who wants to ‘stop talking about Hamas’ Getty Images Mainstream journalists have yet to embrace the cultural “vibe shift” triggered by Donald Trump’s election in 2024 (and probably never will before
The Senate confirmed former tech CEO Frank Bisignano in a party-line vote. The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of former tech CEO Frank Bisignano as the head commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) in a party-line vote on Tuesday. Bisignano, the former CEO of technology company Fiserv, will lead the federal agency that provides
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will allow the Trump administration to implement its policy barring transgender people from serving in the military while legal proceedings move forward. The high court agreed to pause a lower court order that had blocked the administration from implementing its ban nationwide. The Justice Department sought
‘This has been a problem in the decades coming, and we’re going to fix it,’ Duffy says. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on May 5 that he would soon announce plans to “radically transform” America’s air traffic control, as recent safety incidents have put a spotlight on its aging technology and implications for travelers. In
In a different case this past week, a judge in Texas also ruled that the administration improperly applied the Alien Enemies Act. A federal judge in New York has blocked the government from deporting suspected Venezuelan gang members, holding that the Trump administration improperly invoked an 18th-century law and failed to provide due process for
President Trump said Tuesday the U.S. military will “stop the bombing of the Houthis effective immediately,” announcing the Yemen-based militant group had promised to end its campaign of strikes against American commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea. Details on the arrangement remain sparse. He said the Houthis “capitulated” and “announced to us …