Eva Steege may have seemed like an unlikely combattant in the pushback against mass firings by the Trump administration. The 83-year-old retired Lutheran pastor was in hospice, unable to walk, when she was asked to join a group seeking to block the administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “It took us about five
The U.S. and China have agreed to a temporary but significant easing of the tariffs imposed over the last couple months, the countries said in a joint statement shared by the White House, heralding significant success in trade negotiations that ramped up over the weekend. In the joint statement released early Monday morning, the two
Harvard under fire (again): The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has launched a new civil rights investigation into Harvard University—this time over its hiring practices, our Aaron Sibarium scoops. The commission is probing whether the school “engaged in a pattern or practice of disparate treatment” in faculty hiring that discriminated against white, Asian, male, or straight
In its latest legal challenge, the Department of Homeland Security has subpoenaed California’s cash assistance program for immigrants. It is demanding a slew of records from Los Angeles County to determine if individuals in the United States illegally received payments stemming from the Social Security Administration, dating back to 2021. The legal action centers on
Washington — President Trump is set to depart Monday for Saudi Arabia, embarking on what will be the first international trip of his second administration. Mr. Trump also visited Saudi Arabia before any other nation during his first term in the White House, bucking the tradition for U.S. presidents to make their first foreign trip
Five ways the disgraced family can earn enough to fund their lavish lifestyle Getty Images Mark Halperin reports on what is likely the real reason behind Joe Biden’s return to the public spotlight in recent days, which some have suggested is an attempt to “fight back” against damning revelations about his cognitive decline. “Biden, Inc.,
Energy Secretary Chris Wright hinted that he would soon take action canceling billions of dollars’ worth of Biden-era green energy loans that he said do not promote American energy security and are too risky for taxpayers. In an exclusive interview with the Washington Free Beacon, Wright took aim at how the Department of Energy’s Loan