Month: January 2025
Many Americans doubt Trump will be able to lower prices in his first year, an AP-NORC poll shows
As Trump takes office the poll shows that many Americans don’t anticipate that he will be able to immediately bring costs down. That includes some of his own supporters.
Read MoreTrump NSA pick says president-elect exploring options to ‘preserve’ TikTok facing U.S. ban
Waltz made the comment after he was asked by Fox News anchor Bret Baier about a report from the Washington Post that said Trump was considering an executive order to suspend enforcement of the federal law that could ban the
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Doug Burgum testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for interior secretary
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is due before a Senate committee Thursday as lawmakers consider the Republican’s nomination to be chief steward of U.S. public lands and waters. The hearing began at 10:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 16.
Read MoreStandoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police tactics
Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally in the mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, since August last year.
Read MoreHow bad will the smoke be for Angelenos’ health?
Expect more sickness and disrupted schooling
Read MoreHow Joe Biden wound up serving Donald Trump
In some ways, his administration will look less like an interregnum than like MAGA-lite
Read MoreMy Son Hersh Died in Gaza. I Won’t Stop Speaking Out Until All Hostages Are Home
My only son, Hersh, was kidnapped from a music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, after having his dominant forearm and hand blown off. He was held captive, tortured, starved and then, after 328 days, shot in the hand (his only
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Kīlauea resumes eruption in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island
The eruption began last month in a crater at the summit of Kilauea volcano and has paused periodically.
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Pam Bondi appears in Senate confirmation hearing for attorney general — Day 2
Bondi’s second day of confirmation hearings will feature witnesses called by both Democrats and Republicans.
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Lee Zeldin testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for EPA administrator
Zeldin will appear Thursday before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for his confirmation hearing to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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