‘We do not have a revenue problem in the United States of America. We have a spending problem,’ Bessent tells Senate (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department, sailed through his first round of confirmation hearings on Thursday and pledged to empower “Main Street” businesses. In his opening
‘We have no additional companies to give you,’ dispatcher tells engine leader Firefighters walk down a hill as they battle the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Shortly after 8 p.m. on Jan. 7, when wildfires first scorched into Los Angeles, firefighters called for help to save three burning houses. The dispatcher replied
The Washington Post’s White House bureau chief, congressional bureau chief, and lead fact-checker were among the signatories of a letter to owner Jeff Bezos complaining about the paper’s current leadership and pressing him to come to the newsroom for a sit-down with newsroom leaders, according to a copy of the document obtained by the Washington
A group of progressive staffers on Capitol Hill are pushing their bosses for a 32-hour work week, saying it will reduce “burnout” and “improve worker satisfaction.” The Congressional Progressive Staff Association wrote a letter on Thursday to House and Senate leaders asking that members of Congress adopt the shorter work week, without reducing staffers’ pay.
DeSantis chief of staff James Uthmeier to replace Moody as Sunshine State’s top cop Newly appointed Florida senator Ashley Moody with Gov. Ron DeSantis at a press conference (FirstCoastNews/YouTube) Florida governor Ron DeSantis tapped his attorney general, Ashley Moody, to succeed secretary of state nominee Marco Rubio in the Senate, the Republican announced on Thursday.
Darrin Bell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group for nearly 20 years, was arrested Wednesday in California for possession of child pornography. In a search of Bell’s home, authorities discovered over 100 videos and photos of child pornography, including computer-generated material, linked to an account owned by Bell, according to
Amy Wax, the tenured law professor who was sanctioned for her controversial remarks about racial issues, sued the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday for breach of contract and race discrimination, putting a dispute over tenure and academic freedom that has dragged on for almost three years into the hands of a federal court. The complaint