The Justice Department on Friday released thousands of records related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender, in a long-anticipated disclosure that officials said would continue in the weeks ahead but that quickly drew criticism for its limited scope. The initial release — dominated by photographs and …
Read More »TikTok Signs Deal With U.S. Investors to Keep App Operating in America
TikTok has reached binding agreements with a group of major U.S. and foreign investors to form a new TikTok U.S. joint venture, a move intended to ensure the popular video platform can continue operating in the United States amid years of national security concerns. The deal, involving Oracle, Silver Lake …
Read More »Brown Shooting Suspect Found Dead; Linked to Killing of MIT Professor
A frantic, multistate search for the suspect in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University ended Thursday night at a New Hampshire storage facility, where authorities found the man dead and disclosed that he was also suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a …
Read More »Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ Is Rebranded Military Housing Money Approved by Congress
President Donald Trump’s promise to pay U.S. troops a “warrior dividend” bonus is not a new White House program but a rebranding of a military housing stipend already approved by Congress, according to senior administration and congressional officials. The $1,776 payments Trump unveiled during a nationwide address Wednesday night will …
Read More »Fact-Check: Trump’s Year-End Address Mixes Economic Gains with Exaggerated and False Claims
President Donald Trump used an 18-minute prime-time address Wednesday to deliver a rapid-fire review of the first year of his second term, offering sweeping claims about wages, inflation, immigration, energy prices and drug costs. Some of his assertions aligned partially with available data, but others were misleading or plainly incorrect, …
Read More »White House Installs Plaques Attacking Trump’s Predecessors, Promoting False Claims
The White House has installed a series of new plaques along its colonnade that sharply attack President Donald Trump’s predecessors — including Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama — using inflammatory language, personal insults and claims that critics say promote disinformation about their administrations. The plaques were mounted beneath presidential …
Read More »U.S. Admits Liability in Deadly Midair Collision Near Reagan National Airport
The U.S. government acknowledged in court filings Wednesday that its failures contributed to the January midair collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that killed 67 people. In a filing responding to wrongful-death lawsuits, government attorneys admitted that federal agencies breached their …
Read More »Trump Blames Democrats for Economic Strain in Prime-Time White House Address
President Donald Trump used a rare prime-time address from the White House on Wednesday to argue that Democrats are responsible for Americans’ economic struggles, delivering a 17-minute speech that was billed as an economic update but often sounded more like a campaign rally. Speaking rapidly from the Diplomatic Room, Trump …
Read More »Senate Passes Defense Bill Reining in Trump Authority, Demanding Strike Footage
The Senate on Wednesday delivered a sweeping bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump’s national security agenda, approving a massive defense policy bill that would force the Pentagon to turn over footage of controversial military strikes and sharply limit the administration’s ability to reduce U.S. troop levels overseas. The 77-20 vote …
Read More »Four House Republicans Break With Leadership, Force Vote on Obamacare Subsidy Extension
Defying their party’s leadership, four House Republicans on Wednesday joined Democrats in signing a rarely successful discharge petition, giving lawmakers the votes needed to force a floor vote on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year. The move hands Democrats …
Read More »House GOP Blocks Vote on ACA Subsidy Extension, Setting Up Premium Hikes
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he will not allow a vote to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the month, effectively guaranteeing higher health insurance premiums next year for millions of Americans who buy coverage through the law’s marketplaces. Johnson, R-La., announced …
Read More »Lawmaker Views on Caribbean Strikes Unchanged after Hegseth Briefing
U.S. senators left a closed-door meeting Tuesday with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio split over the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged drug-running vessels near Venezuela, particularly an early September follow-up strike that killed two survivors clinging to boat wreckage. Hegseth and Rubio delivered the …
Read More »Trump Chief of Staff Delivers Unusually Blunt Critiques in Vanity Fair Interviews
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles offered a series of strikingly candid — and at times unflattering — assessments of President Donald Trump, his second-term agenda and several of his closest allies in wide-ranging interviews published Tuesday by Vanity Fair, comments that sent shock waves through Trump’s inner circle …
Read More »U.S. Job Market Shows Signs of Strain as Hiring Slows, Unemployment Rises to 4.6%
The U.S. job market showed clear signs of strain this fall, shedding jobs in October and posting only modest gains in November as unemployment climbed to its highest level in more than three years, according to government data released Tuesday after weeks of delay caused by a federal shutdown. The …
Read More »Trump Administration Repeatedly Spreads Incorrect Information After Major Attacks, Fueling Confusion in Moments of Crisis
The Trump administration’s response to the mass shooting at Brown University was swift — and wrong. President Donald Trump announced Saturday night that the shooter was in custody, a claim he reversed less than 20 minutes later. The error was not an isolated misstep, but the latest example of a …
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