President Donald Trump is ordering the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to head to the Caribbean as he ramps up his crusade against drugs — marking the first time a carrier has conducted an operational deployment in the region in more than 30 years. Trump has built up naval assets in the region as attacks against alleged drug boats ...
President Donald Trump issued scads of Truth Social posts on Sunday backing politicians for re-election, including GOP Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and a slew of House Republicans. ‘Sarah Huckabee Sanders has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election — SHE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!’ the president exclaimed in one post. Sanders, who served as Trump’s White House press ...
European left-wing politicians are crossing the Atlantic to study a campaign model they see as a blueprint for revival — the campaign of New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist whose grassroots machine has captured attention far beyond his Queens district. According to a Politico Europe report on Monday, far-left delegations from France, Germany and the U.K. visited New ...
The Senate returns to Washington, D.C., this week as the government shutdown nears a record-shattering milestone and as lawmakers remain entrenched in their positions. Come late Tuesday night, the government shutdown will officially become the longest on record, at 36 days, smashing through the previous record etched into the history books in early 2019. And while that record approaches, and ...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright revealed the U.S. will not be testing nuclear explosions, putting to rest questions over whether the Trump administration would reverse a decades-old taboo. Testing will instead involve ‘the other parts of a nuclear weapon,’ Wright told Fox News’ ‘The Sunday Briefing.’ ‘I think the tests we’re talking about right now are systems tests,’ he explained. ‘These ...
Thomas A. Firey Lost in other headlines from President Trump’s recent trade trip to Asia was the announcement that “the U.S. government will arrange financing and help secure permits and approvals for $80 billion worth of” domestic nuclear reactors built by Pennsylvania-based Westinghouse Electric. As part of the deal, the US government could receive a “20% share of future [Westinghouse] ...
Jim Browning is an entrepreneur, engineer, and community-minded leader based in Colorado. His career bridges engineering discipline and business strategy, all driven by a belief in helping others rise. Born and raised on a farm in Texas, Jim learned the value of problem-solving early. He went on to study engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. After ...
President Donald Trump indicated that he did not direct the Justice Department to target former FBI Director James Comey, former National Security Advisor John Bolton and New York State Attorney General Letitia James. During ’60 Minutes’ interview, CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell noted the three figures have been indicted and asked Trump whether those are cases of ‘political retribution.’ ‘You know ...
Jeffrey Miron Across North America, from New York City (courtesy of mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani) to ballot initiatives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Portland, Maine, rent control is making a comeback. For decades, this policy had been left in the dustbin of economic history. An overwhelming consensus of economists agreed with the Nobel laureate Assar Lindbeck, who described it as ...
The UK government has recently launched a significant update to energy regulations that will profoundly impact the private rental sector. These new rules are designed to promote energy efficiency across the housing market and align with the nation’s broader net zero strategy, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance energy security. Government Mandate Ushers in New Era for Energy ...