Trump Wins Big as Virginia Dems Won't Go Nuclear to Save 4 House Seats  —  Top Virginia Democrats have decided against exercising a controversial procedural end run around last week's state Supreme Court ruling that struck down their redistricting, which wiped away a gain of four House seats …

Cost of Reflecting Pool Repairs Nearly Doubles, Trump Administration Says  —  A no-bid contract for repairs to the Lincoln Memorial pool now costs $13.1 million, far more than the $1.8 million Mr. Trump initially said it would.  —  President Trump said that his handpicked contractor …

Trump says he aims to suspend gas tax “for a period of time”  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — President Trump said in a phone interview with CBS News Monday morning that he aims to suspend the federal gas tax “for a period of time.”  —  “I think it's a great idea,” the president said.

Trump Clears Way for More Beef Imports, Aiming to Bring Down Record-High Prices  —  The administration is suspending tariff-rate quotas on all beef-exporting nations; beef prices have climbed steadily since Trump took office  —  The Trump administration is opening the way to import more steaks …

The problem(s) with the transportation secretary's tone-deaf reality series  —  Sean Duffy's return to reality programming isn't just a political mess, it also raises unavoidable ethical questions.  —  Just two weeks into Donald Trump's second term, Axios published a report noting …

Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate  —  NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:  —  Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.  —  Cameron Hamilton, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

Iran Defends Its Demands After Trump's Rejection  —  Iran defended its demands for a peace deal after President Trump called them “unacceptable.”  Oil prices rose and stocks were flat amid no signs of an end to the war.  —  Here's the latest.  —  With President Trump and Iran's leadership at a deadlock …

'Bill Cassidy Sold His Soul to the Devil, and He Didn't Get Anything for It'  —  On Saturday, we'll get some data on how yet another Trump Tragedy will end.  Recent polls put Bill Cassidy, the senator from Louisiana, in third place heading into the first round of the Republican primary here.

Traffic to Truth Social Soars 45% in April While Other News Websites Decline  —  Trump-Controlled Platform Vaults to #2 in Traffic for First Time Ever  —  Year-over-year (YOY) visits in April to the Trump-controlled Truth Social rose 45%, while almost every news website monitored by TheRighting experienced declines.

Inside the wild fight to oust a top GOP Trump critic  —  The fight between Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and President Trump-backed rival Ed Gallrein is now the most expensive U.S. House primary in history — and it's one of the nastiest, too. … - One pro-Gallrein super PAC ad features …

Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds  —  About 1 in 4 say the correspondents' dinner shooting was staged, the poll found, including roughly a third of Democrats, as conspiracy theories spread widely online.  —  Summary  —  About 1 in 4 Americans …

Stephen Miller in Retreat  —  Just hours before Stephen Miller arrived at the Mar-a-Lago ballroom on New Year's Eve—where he would welcome 2026 by dancing next to the soon-to-be-defenestrated homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, as the 1990s cultural relic Vanilla Ice performed—he won a great, though ultimately fleeting, victory.

The families going hungry because of Trump's food stamp cuts  —  Under President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle.  A crisis in Arizona offers a warning for America.

Trump official rages at legendary basketball star: ‘What a selfish move’  —  A Donald Trump admin official took the time Sunday night to chastise one of the greatest basketball legends in history.  —  It all started with a video posted by LA Mayor Karen Bass, who is currently in a fight …

Kennedy Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His New Silence on the Issue … Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said little publicly about vaccines in recent months, at the behest of a White House worried that his unpopular stance will hurt Republicans in November's midterm elections.

227. “We're All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This”  —  With both its ruling in Callais and its behavior before and since, the Supreme Court has not only accelerated the race to the redistricting bottom; it has placed itself *squarely* in the middle of it.  —  Welcome back to “One First …

The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians … It's a simple proposition: Whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.  —  Supporters of Israel made that point after the brutal sexual assaults against Israeli women during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Supreme Court temporarily extends women's access to a widely used abortion pill  —  The Supreme Court is leaving women's access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect.

Why Two Big Companies Just Cut Paid Family Leave  —  Deloitte and Zoom are among the employers reducing support for working parents, signaling a retreat from a “golden age of benefits.”  —  Not long ago, employers were competing over who could be most generous in providing family-friendly benefits …

Hegseth calls for Sen. Mark Kelly to be investigated by Pentagon for second time  —  Pete Hegseth Federal agencies US military National security  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday called for Sen. Mark Kelly to be investigated over comments he made about US weapon stockpiles …

Musk, Cook Expected to Join Trump For Xi Summit in China  —  The White House is inviting Tesla Inc.'s Elon Musk, Apple Inc.'s Tim Cook, Boeing Co.'s Kelly Ortberg and executives from other large companies to accompany President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week, according to an official.

GOP lawmaker unveils historic move to ‘expunge’ both ‘maliciously false’ impeachments against Trump  —  Rep Issa's resolution has support from House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan  —  FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has introduced a resolution aimed at reversing the two impeachments …

Americans don't think Trump has explained Iran war goals, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows  —  Two out of three Americans think President Donald Trump has not clearly explained why the country has gone to war with Iran, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday that also showed …