Elizabeth Warren launches campaign to investigate Department of Education closure: ‘I will fight it with everything I’ve got’

by admin | Apr 2, 2025 | Politics

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is launching a “Save Our Schools” campaign on Wednesday against President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s attempt to dismantle the...

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ arrives as he gambles big on risky tariff policy

by admin | Apr 2, 2025 | Politics

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday will unveil in the White House Rose Garden what are expected to be broad-based “reciprocal tariffs” on imports as part of his “America First”...

Over 1,900 researchers describe ‘assault’ on science by White House: ‘We see real danger’

by admin | Apr 2, 2025 | Politics

Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Nearly 2,000 scientists, engineers and researchers penned an open letter this week to President Donald Trump’s administration, calling for a stop to its “assault” on science.The letter was signed by...

Cory Booker broke a record with his 25-hour Senate floor speech. How did he prepare to do it?

by admin | Apr 2, 2025 | Politics

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — After creating history by smashing the record for the longest Senate speech in history, Sen. Cory Booker told reporters as he walked off the floor that he was achy and tired, but grateful for his time.”I...

Civil rights groups sue Trump over executive order requiring citizenship proof in registering to vote

by admin | Apr 2, 2025 | Politics

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Civil rights groups, including the NAACP, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s effort to overhaul the election system.The executive order, which Trump signed on March 25, requires...

Mass layoffs begin at HHS, some employees turned away after showing up to work

by admin | Apr 1, 2025 | Politics

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Employees at the Department of Health and Human Services began to receive notices of mass layoffs on Tuesday, days after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 people would lose their jobs, including...