Gretchen Whitmer Forges Business Deal With Iran-Linked Emirati Sheikh Implicated in Hacking Schemes

Whitmer went on Gulf junket with anti-Israel activist Osama Siblani Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D.) / Wikimedia Commons On a recent trip to the Middle East accompanied by a prominent supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D.) inked an investment deal with a Gulf sheikh accused of waging “hack-and-leak” operations against business

What to Know About the Federal Worker Layoffs

Due to DOGE’s findings, layoffs have spread, recently reaching the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which laid off thousands of probationary workers. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has shaken up Washington, D.C., with its audits, triggering reforms and layoffs in a number of federal agencies. On Feb. 20, a judge ruled that the Trump administration

With RFK Jr. in charge, supplement makers see chance to cash in

Last fall, before being named the senior U.S. health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances — ending the federal agency’s “war on public health,” as he put it. In fact, the FDA can’t even require that supplements

Canadian anthem singer changes lyric over Trump remarks on Canada as 51st state

The anthem singer who performed the Canadian anthem prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game Thursday night changed a lyric in “O Canada” as a rebuke to President Trump’s repeated remarks about making the country the 51st state. Publicist Adam Gonshor confirmed to CBS News that Chantal Kreviazuk changed the lyric from “in all

Senate marathon “vote-a-rama” on GOP budget plan continues into wee hours

Washington — Senate Republicans are forging ahead with a narrower budget proposal focused on defense, border security and energy priorities, despite President Trump’s decision on Wednesday to endorse a competing plan put forward by House Republicans.  The Senate began what’s known as a “vote-a-rama” on the GOP budget blueprint Thursday evening, in which senators can

Grenell: US Gave Venezuela Nothing in Exchange for 6 Freed American Hostages

‘I looked at Mr. Maduro, and I said, “We’d like to have our hostages home, and I want to bring home six today,”’ Grenell said. OXON HILL, Md.—The Trump administration did not give Venezuela anything in exchange for the six American hostages that were freed last month, Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell said

California’s High Speed Rail to Face Audit, US Transportation Chief Says

Los Angeles protesters defended the project as key to the state’s infrastructure. The transportation secretary said continued federal funding is at stake. LOS ANGELES—Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced he would direct the Federal Rail Administration (FRA) to conduct a compliance review of funding allocated to California’s long-embattled high-speed rail—and determine whether the project is worthy