White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt found herself cornered at Thursday’s briefing when pressed on whether President Donald Trump has any limits on what he can tear down or destroy — even historic landmarks — without oversight. As the questions mounted, she reached for every possible escape hatch, from citing legal opinions to coining a...
The federal government shutdown has created a stark division among those who serve the country. More than 1 million federal workers will go unpaid as Democrats and Republicans argue over funding, while members of Congress continue collecting their salaries as mandated by the Constitution. Many federal employees missed their first full paychecks on Friday, with...
Nowadays, it takes a lot to shock people, but a Connecticut woman’s entitled meltdown over a minor parking inconvenience recently made jaws drop. In a viral video posted to TikTok by a person named “victorbarrios360” in June, a frantic and agitated woman ripped into her neighbors with racist insults while she stood on their property,...
Most teenagers spend their Saturdays scrolling TikTok or sleeping past noon. But this past weekend, over 50 students voluntarily gathered at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) to do something radically different: debate Texas education policy like seasoned legislators. Welcome to “Stand Up, Speak Up, Shape Texas,” the youth policy summit that’s flipping civic...
A Ku Klux Klan women’s group that reportedly passed out recruitment cards during a Halloween parade in a Pennsylvania town denied putting the promotional material in a child’s candy bucket. News of the Women of Ku Klux Klan’s presence at a parade in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, sparked outrage in the community and drew massive attention on...
A 68-year-old Democratic senator captivated Washington with an extraordinary 22-hour Senate floor speech that ended Wednesday, as he made an impassioned case against what he describes as presidential authoritarianism threatening American democracy. Jeff Merkley of Oregon began filibustering at 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday evening and continued speaking through Wednesday afternoon, standing continuously beside placards declaring...
The Trump administration thought it had finally put out a recent fire when it confirmed the withdrawal of a controversial nominee accused of sending vile racist messages. But what was meant to look like accountability quickly turned into another embarrassment. President Donald Trump’s nominee for a top federal ethics post is out, but not gone...