Jared Kushner is back. The president’s son-in-law — and former chief adviser — had said he wasn’t planning to join the administration for a second time. He successfully returned to the private sector and was raking in millions in foreign investments from ties nurtured during his first stint at the White House. But then President … Read more
All that’s left of the East Wing of the White House is a pile of rubble. A White House official not authorized to speak on the record tells NPR the demolition phase of President Trump’s project to build a 90,000 square foot ballroom, is ahead of schedule. Although Trump initially said the project wouldn’t “interfere … Read more
Crews are demolishing the East Wing of the White House to make way for the construction of President Trump’s $300 million, 90,000 square-foot ballroom, despite outcry from historical preservation groups and a lack of federal approval. The Trump administration dismissed widespread criticism as “manufactured outrage” in a fact sheet released Tuesday, which outlines the various … Read more
The Senate has failed to advance a pair of competing measures to pay at least some federal employees during the government shutdown, a day before more than a million workers are set to miss a paycheck. One of the failed bills was a Republican-backed measure to allow employees who are deemed essential to receive a … Read more
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced he would end “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad sponsored by one of its provinces that used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs — prompting the province’s leader to later pull the ad. The post on Trump’s social media site Thursday … Read more
The International Chess Federation is investigating a Russian grandmaster for allegations of cheating he leveled at fellow elite players, including 29-year-old U.S. grandmaster and YouTube sensation Daniel Naroditsky, who died earlier this week. The world governing body for chess, known as FIDE, said Wednesday that it was looking into statements Vladimir Kramnik made “both before … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even before the No Kings rallies kicked off last weekend, some Republicans cast the protests in a sinister light. House Speaker Mike Johnson called them “Hate America” rallies. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that they would attract “the most unhinged in the Democratic party.” Instead, the rallies were most notable for a … Read more
By the end of this week, nearly 42 million people in the U.S. who get federal food assistance are in danger of seeing their benefits disappear because of the ongoing federal shutdown. About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. One of … Read more
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation’s environmental jewels. U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the decision Thursday that paves the way … Read more
Beneath the free-market rhetoric, Washington actually intervenes to control the building blocks of AI systems At first glance, today’s artificial intelligence policy landscape suggests a strategic retreat from regulation. As of late, AI leaders such as the US have doubled down on this messaging. JD Vance champions AI policy with a “deregulatory flavor”. Congress considered … Read more