Washington — The Supreme Court will convene Wednesday to weigh in on a decades-long dispute over what to do with thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste, specifically a plan to store it above one of the world’s most productive oil fields, the Permian Basin in Texas. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the company
Washington — Ukrainian officials have indicated to their U.S. counterparts they are willing to sign a key minerals agreement, days after the original plan to sign the deal at the White House imploded in an acrimonious Oval Office meeting between President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President JD Vance. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who
The top communications official under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly resigned last week, just two weeks after being sworn in to be the department’s assistant secretary for public affairs. The resignation of Thomas Corry, a Trump administration appointee, was first reported by Politico. Corry did not respond to multiple requests
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin from Michigan is giving the Democratic response to President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. “I’m looking forward to speaking directly to the American people next week. The public expects leaders to level with them on what’s actually happening in our country,” Slotkin said in a post on X
European forces have traditionally worked together, but that’s ‘completely different’ from a war fighting army, says a defense expert. News Analysis Before he clashed with President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 28, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the creation of a European armed force. “I really believe that [the] time has
Anti-poverty activist Joseph Sanberg poured tens of thousands of dollars into Biden’s 2020 campaign and progressive PACs (Larry French/Getty Images for The Jefferson Awards Foundation) A Democratic megadonor and cofounder of a “socially conscious” climate finance firm, Joseph Sanberg, was arrested Monday on federal charges of conspiring to defraud investment funds of at least $145
Washington — The Office of Personnel Management issued revised guidance to federal agencies Tuesday regarding the firing of probationary workers amid President Trump’s efforts to shrink the size of the government, informing department leaders that they do not have to take any “specific performance-based actions” regarding those employees. The revised memo from Charles Ezell, the