President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that his administration will pursue the death penalty in every homicide case in Washington, D.C. During a cabinet meeting at the White House on August 26, Trump made the announcement with a play on words: “anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment. Capitol — capital punishment, if […]
Starting tomorrow, Aug. 29, one of the biggest changes to hit online shopping in decades takes effect across the United States. President Donald Trump’s administration officially terminated the decades-old “de minimis” exemption, eliminating duty-free treatment for low-value imports that has served as the backbone of international e-commerce for nearly a decade. […]
The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for fall 2025, but limited their use to adults 65 and older and younger individuals with underlying health conditions. The decision eliminates the broad vaccination framework that recommended shots for all Americans aged 6 months and older. Health and Human […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 25, 2025, directing federal agencies to withhold funding from jurisdictions that have eliminated or substantially reduced the use of cash bail for certain crimes. The executive order requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to compile within 30 days a list of states and local jurisdictions that have […]
This week, President Donald Trump made a series of unprecedented statements about dictatorship: alternating between denying he is one while simultaneously suggesting Americans might prefer authoritarian rule. Trump’s most striking comments came Monday during an Oval Office event where he signed executive orders related to federal takeover of the D.C. […]
Nearly 200 current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees have issued a warning to Congress: leadership decisions under the Trump administration are undermining the agency’s disaster response capabilities and could lead to catastrophic failures similar to Hurricane Katrina. The letter, titled the “Katrina Declaration and Petition to Congress,” was released Monday […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has issued a subpoena to the Jeffrey Epstein estate. Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) signed the subpoena on August 25, targeting the estate’s co-executors, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn. The subpoena demands 16 categories of documents spanning from 1990 through August 2019, including […]
The Congressional Budget Office projected that President Trump’s escalating tariff policies could reduce the federal deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade. While this substantial deficit reduction may appear as a fiscal victory, American consumers and businesses, not other countries, are footing the bill for this government revenue through […]
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued a temporary restraining order Monday afternoon prohibiting the Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda. Judge Xinis, during a brief hearing on Monday, announced her intention to extend an existing hold on Abrego Garcia’s deportation while she evaluates a new legal challenge […]
In a departure from standard prosecutorial practice, where cooperation discussions under limited immunity agreements are typically kept confidential, the Department of Justice has released transcripts and audio from a two-day interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former partner and convicted accomplice. Conducted under a “queen for a day” proffer agreement, […]
