Month: March 2025
March 11, 2025
Education
Local 10’s eARTday Art Contest: Vote for your favorite piece now through Apr. 6
From feathered wildlife to fashion forward pieces, the eighth annual Local 10 eARTh Day Art Contest showcased the ingenuity and teamwork of our local art students. Last month, all...
March 11, 2025
Congress
John Kennedy is trying to get Trump to get serious about the debt limit
The Louisiana senator has been tapped to consult with the president on a strategy for avoiding a federal default.
March 11, 2025
Politics
Trump announces he’ll buy brand new Tesla to support Elon Musk’s ‘baby’ following boycotts, dropping stock
"In any event, I’m going to buy a brand new Tesla tomorrow morning as a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American," Trump said....
March 11, 2025
Politics
Trump says GOP Rep. Thomas Massie ‘SHOULD BE PRIMARIED’ for opposing measure to avert government shutdown
Massie, a hardline conservative, has pledged to vote against a Trump-backed measure that would increase defense spending while decreasing most non-defense spending below 2024 levels through the end of...
March 11, 2025
Politics
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thanks fast food chain Steak ‘n Shake for ‘RFKing’ french fries: ‘Customers are raving about it’
“It's a completely different experience,” the HHS secretary said of the fries, which the company now makes with beef tallow in place of vegetable oil. “It's a completely different...
March 11, 2025
Politics
House Rules Committee advances stopgap government funding bill in effort to avoid shutdown
The GOP plan to keep the government open through September cleared the House Rules Committee in a 9-3 vote, with every Democrat on the panel voting against it. The...
March 11, 2025
Congress
Vought pushes for stopgap funding bill in GOP meeting
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought met with some House Republicans Monday night, where he offered “full-throated support” for the seven-month funding patch, according to House Appropriations...
March 11, 2025
Congress
GOP holdouts push for Afghan visa changes in funding bill
House Republicans are set to adjust their stopgap spending bill in a bid to win over holdouts, stripping a planned increase in the number of available visas for Afghan...
March 11, 2025
Congress
Democrats offer short-term alternative to House GOP spending patch
Top Democratic appropriators released a short-term funding bill Monday night meant to serve as an alternative to the House Republican plan to fund the government through September as the...
March 11, 2025
Congress
House Republicans huddle with Bessent on tax policy menu
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee huddled on Monday with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to review a large menu of tax options for the GOP’s policy agenda....