Gary Walters spent nearly four decades making the White House a home. The White House is an iconic symbol of the most powerful country in the world. It is also a place where people live. Gary Walters, the White House’s longest-serving chief usher, was a fly on the wall in the Executive Residence from 1970 … Read more
The Washington Post reported the budget office may have been hacked by a foreign actor. The Congressional Budget Office identified a cyber “security incident,” a spokesperson for the office said Thursday, posing vulnerabilities for a key arm of Congress. The CBO — a nonpartisan agency tasked with providing economic and budgetary information to Congress — … Read more
Here’s everything you need to know about the looming disruptions. The Federal Aviation Administration released an emergency order late Thursday that directs airlines to phase in a 10 percent reduction in domestic flights at dozens of major airports nationwide, starting Friday morning. The FAA previously announced the plan Wednesday, citing evidence of fatigue among air … Read more
Cheney, who served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush, will be remembered for controversial role after 9/11 Dick Cheney, the divisive US vice-president under George W Bush who helped lead the country into a disastrous invasion of Iraq, died on Monday, his family has said. He was 84. Cheney at various times held … Read more
Obama said ‘the future looks a little bit brighter’ while the House speaker lied about New York mayor-elect’s policies Left-leaning Americans awoke to a rare recent moment of political celebration with Democratic victories in several elections across the country, led by the election of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor of New York, while Republicans … Read more
An “executive branch machinery that defaulted to caution, process, and reactive strategies” undercut the ex-president’s massive energy and infrastructure programs, a report by his former staffers details. President Joe Biden’s agencies allowed bureaucracy, indecision and fear of repeating past mistakes to undermine their efforts to bankroll a historic green energy revolution, former administration officials wrote … Read more
There’s disagreement in the Democratic ranks about whether the time has come to talk to Republicans to end the shutdown, or if it’s too soon to wave the white flag. The shutdown is barreling into a record-breaking sixth week and Senate Democrats are divided on their strategy for getting out of the morass. On one … Read more
Gripping documentary follows Jens Stoltenberg through his final year as Nato chief – balancing diplomacy, egos and all-out war with unnerving calm Jens Stoltenberg is the Norwegian politician and international diplomat whose destiny it was to be secretary general of Nato in the second most fraught period of its postwar history (if we accept that … Read more
The Magic City is booming but unaffordable for many, and it has long struggled to shake off its scandal-laden reputation. MIAMI — The city set to host Donald Trump’s future presidential library is also home to the hottest election in Florida — a 13-way mayoral brawl that could test whether Democrats have any pulse left … Read more
Democratic lawmakers had been suing the Trump administration over their previous attempts to visit ICE facilities. Federal immigration authorities say they no longer have to provide on-demand access to detention facilities for members of Congress. The reason? The government shutdown. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, who have been fighting a lawsuit brought by Democratic lawmakers … Read more