Tuesday

17-02-2026 Vol 19

Month: January 2026

Billionaire NASA chief will allow ‘exceptional’ employees to fly in his privately-owned fighter jet

Aside from offering up his jet, Isaacman is also donating his $221,900 annual salary to Space Camp – an educational summer camp in Huntsville, Ala. Aside from offering up...

Johnson: U.S. military action in Greenland ‘would not be appropriate’

Speaker Mike Johnson Tuesday evening swatted down the idea of any U.S. military action to take over Greenland, just after the White House said President Donald Trump wanted to...

GOP-led Jan. 6 committee sets first hearing for next week

The new Republican-led panel tasked with investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack will hold its first hearing next week, Rep. Barry Loudermilk said in an interview Tuesday —...

Venezuela selling up to 50 million barrels of oil to US, Trump reveals

Trump said the oil will be "brought directly" to the US docks via storage ships. Trump said the oil will be "brought directly" to the US docks via storage...

How Jan. 6 was remembered — and rewritten — on its 5th anniversary

At a march and a hearing, on a plaque and a website, the story of the Capitol riot was contested Tuesday.

Trump admin triples list of countries whose citizens must pay up to $15K for visa application

The Trump administration is nearly tripling the number of countries whose passport holders will be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United...

Ex-Georgia Democratic lawmaker accused of fraudulently obtaining nearly $14K in COVID unemployment benefits

Karen Bennett, who represented Georgia’s House District 94 for 12 years, resigned on Dec. 30 – just days before she was charged in connection to the alleged fraud scheme. ...

Michael Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan, dead at 80

"Michael Reagan lived a life shaped by conviction, purpose, and an abiding devotion to President Reagan’s ideals," the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Foundation said. "Michael Reagan lived...

Mortality and margins weigh on House Republicans as they kick off the election year

Members who gathered for a pre-midterm policy retreat were stunned by the death of longtime colleague Doug LaMalfa.

White House says Greenland could be taken ‘utilizing the U.S. Military’

“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic...