Doug Burgum confirmed as interior secretary after Trump tapped him to boost US fossil fuel production
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Burgum confirmed as interior secretary after Trump tapped him to boost US fossil fuel production.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Burgum confirmed as interior secretary after Trump tapped him to boost US fossil fuel production.
Democratic Rep. Val Hoyle condemned Donald Trump's billionaire buddy with an explosive metaphor.
A Russian singer who called Vladimir Putin an “idiot” and allegedly donated to the Ukrainian military has died after falling from the window of his 10th-floor apartment, according to reports.
Just months ago, Trump was crowing about being named the magazine’s 2024 Person of the Year
"A lot of lawyers are worried about" it, warned New York University's Ryan Goodman.
The Trump White House press secretary's gaffe prompted two words to trend online.
The United States said Wednesday that its government vessels would sail for free through the Panama Canal following heavy pressure from President Donald Trump, but authorities at the waterway swiftly issued a denial.- Pressure from Trump - The United States and Panama are scheduled to hold new talks on Friday to discuss the canal.
A Republican senator has revealed that the Senate is being slammed with “1,600 calls a minute” rather than the typical 40 amid the chaos of Donald Trump’s first three weeks in office. The onslaught has been so great that the Senate phone system hasn’t been able to handle it, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an X post on Wednesday. “The U.S. Senate phone system has been receiving around 1,600 calls each minute, compared to the 40 calls per minute we usually receive, which has disrupted our call
Many critics issued the same response.
"We didn't vote for my husband to lose his government career and benefits."
Thursday’s bipartisan National Prayer Breakfast, where President Donald Trump affirmed he now “much more strongly” believes in God, went off the rails once lawmakers closed their Bibles and opened their social media accounts. Republicans are hammering Rep. Jared Huffman, a Democrat from California’s North Coast, over his accusation that Speaker Mike Johnson eroded the separation of church and state by moving the mostly Christian gathering to the Capitol. “Speaker Johnson’s National Prayer Breakf
Donald Trump employed a strongman’s strong-arm tactic on Thursday when he beckoned House Republicans to the White House, shut them in a room, and said: “Sit here until you figure it out.” After nearly five hours of shouting at each other over how to legislate the president’s campaign promises, they emerged. But not exactly on the same page.
Documents obtained by Business Insider disclose multiple incidents where US Navy destroyers used "non-kinetic" capabilities to defeat Houthi drones.
COMMENT: Despite her audacious tax raids, an absence of ‘growth, growth, growth’ and, now, the prospect of stagflation, the chancellor cannot be blamed for everything that’s going wrong with Britain’s finances, says Sean O’Grady
Rachel Reeves promised businesses time and time again before the election that she was on their side.
US officials kept around 100 deported Indian migrants in shackles for their 40-hour flight home, including during bathroom breaks, in the latest incident to spark anger overseas at President Donald Trump’s migration crackdown.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he won’t attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg later this month, saying South Africa’s support for DEI and climate change policies are “very bad things.” “I will NOT attend the G20 summit,” Rubio wrote in a post on X, saying, “South Africa is doing very bad things. Expropriating private property. Using G20 to promote ‘solidarity, equality, & sustainability.’ In other words: DEI and climate change.” It would be highly unusual for the secretary of state to skip
Families of victims have criticised Government decision - but feelings about the move in the wider community are more mixed
Andrew Bailey has warned that Britain’s bloated public sector is dragging down the economy after the Bank of England slashed its 2025 growth forecasts in half.
Sir Keir Starmer’s “national security” justification for handing over the Chagos islands was proposed by one of his closest friends, who represented Mauritius in a case against the UK.
US Democrats forced a delay Thursday in a key vote on Kash Patel's nomination to lead the FBI amid a mushrooming scandal over Republican "enemies lists" allegedly drawn up to help US President Donald Trump take revenge on his perceived adversaries.Patel's committee approval hearing will now likely take place next Thursday, with two Republican "no" votes enough to stop his nomination from making it to the Senate floor with a favorable report.