Year: 2025
May 07, 2025
Congress
GOP lawmakers in ‘robust’ talks with White House over $9B cutbacks
House Republicans are privately negotiating with the White House over the makeup of President Donald Trump’s forthcoming request to nix $9.3 billion already allocated for the State Department, foreign...
May 07, 2025
Politics
Trump administration to rescind ‘overly complex’ Biden-era curbs on AI chips
"We will be replacing it with a much simpler rule that unleashes American innovation and ensures American AI dominance," a Commerce Department spokesperson said. "We will be replacing it...
May 07, 2025
Politics
FBI ‘can’t do the mission’ on White House’s proposed budget for the bureau, Kash Patel says
“We are focusing our energies on how not to have them cut, by coming in here and highlighting to you that we can't do the mission on those 2011...
May 07, 2025
Congress
Trump touts ‘great progress’ as Republicans quarrel over his megabill
President Donald Trump is declaring that Republicans are “making great progress” as the GOP conference wrangles with key policy holdups that could delay the package central to his agenda....
May 07, 2025
Politics
Trump backs Lawler’s re-election to House seat, spurring talk of Elise Stefanik for governor
President Trump issued an early endorsement of Republican Rep. Mike Lawler's re-election next year for a battleground House swing district in the Hudson Valley. President Trump issued an early...
May 07, 2025
Politics
Female fencer who took a knee rather than face trans athlete recalls ‘betrayal’ by sport’s boss: ‘I cried the whole night’
Stephanie Turner, 31, took a knee instead of fencing against Redmond Sullivan, a 20-year-old who was born biologically male, at USA Fencing’s Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland on March 30....
May 07, 2025
Politics
Trump warns Iran over nuclear sites: We can ‘blow ‘em up nicely or blow ‘em up viciously’
President Trump publicly promised Iran Wednesday that he would bring the country's nuclear project to an end -- one way or another. President Trump publicly promised Iran Wednesday that...
May 07, 2025
Health Care
Trump picks Casey Means for surgeon general
The announcement came after he withdrew the nomination of Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat. The announcement came after he withdrew the nomination of Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat. Health...
May 07, 2025
Politics
US, Ukraine can immediately begin capitalizing on mineral deal through natural gas sales: Kyiv’s energy minister
"The US-Ukraine deal gives the possibility to increase production of resources, which is in really demand in the European market — which is a huge market." "The US-Ukraine deal...
May 07, 2025
Politics
Trump yanks Dr. Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination for surgeon general — and announces new pick
WASHINGTON — President Trump yanked his nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to be the next US surgeon general, opting instead to elevate someone with “impeccable ‘MAHA’ credentials.” “I am...