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 …

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 weighs military action against Iran with ceasefire “on life support”  —  President Trump is meeting with his national security team Monday to discuss the way forward in the Iran war, including possibly resuming military action, after negotiations with the country deadlocked on Sunday, three U.S. officials said.

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 is growing impatient as Cuban regime clings to power  —  U.S. officials believe the regime could fall by the end of the year, but that timeline isn't fast enough for the president, sources say.  The White House says Cuba has rejected humanitarian and economic assistance to stabilize.

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 …

Here's how Trump's meeting with Xi could spark a crisis over Taiwan … The diplomat, like others, was granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomatic issue.  —  U.S. policy on Taiwan has long been to acknowledge it as distinct from the People's Republic of China, which claims the island …

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 …

Elon Musk to join Trump in China for high-stakes Xi meeting - along with Apple, Meta and Boeing CEOs  —  Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and several top CEOs will travel to China with President Trump as he lobbies President Xi Jinping to invest in America.  —  Meta's Dina Powell McCormick …

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.

'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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

An FCC Commissioner Tells Disney the Agency Is on a Campaign to Censor It  —  In letter to Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro, Commissioner Anna Gomez criticizes agency for trying to curtail press freedom  —  ABC has been a victim of a “sustained, coordinated campaign of censorship and control” …

One American has tested positive for hantavirus, another has mild symptoms … In a statement Sunday evening, HHS said the State Department would airlift the passengers, transporting some of them to the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.