news2shortsSen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., questioned Linda McMahon about President Trump’s plans to potentially downsize or eliminate the Department of Education. McMahon assured Cassidy any major changes to the department would require congressional action and that states and localities would still receive federal funds for programs.
Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) CEO Linda McMahon, tapped by President Donald Trump to head the Department of Education (DOE), is facing questions on Thursday morning about her views on the agency’s future amid Trump’s quest to shutter it “immediately.” During the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s confirmation hearing, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., … Read more
Republican businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson announced Wednesday that she is running for governor of Arizona, touting support from President Donald Trump.
Vaccine sceptic likely to face early vote after wavering Republicans said they would support appointment Donald Trump said he plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs on Thursday but gave no other details, Reuters reports. “Today is the big one: reciprocal tariffs,” Trump wrote on his social media platform. Continue reading…
Worcester’s city council voted in favor of a resolution to protect transgender and gender-diverse people. WBTS’ Alysha Palumbo reports.
The Senate is expected on Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary in President Donald Trump‘s cabinet. The final showdown over Kennedy’s controversial nomination was set in motion after the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday – in a 53-47 party-line vote – invoked cloture, which started the clock ticking … Read more
The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote Thursday on whether to advance Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director to the Senate floor after a fiery confirmation hearing last month. The vote is scheduled for 9 a.m. ET. If Patel passes through committee, his nomination will be up for a full Senate vote. Democrats had … Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday that his team has located $20 billion in tax dollars that the Biden administration purposely wasted. “An extremely disturbing video circulated two months ago, featuring a Biden EPA political appointee talking about how they were ‘tossing gold bars off the Titanic,’ rushing to get billions … Read more
President Donald Trump’s agenda has been met with a wave of lawsuits since he took office in January, and legal experts say many of them will likely end up in the Supreme Court’s hands. “President Trump is certainly being aggressive in terms of flexing executive power and not at all surprised that these are being … Read more
The USC point guard, self-described introvert and Clairo fan has lifted a dormant program back to relevancy and become one of LA’s brightest sports stars. And she’s still only 19 It’s a Tuesday night outside of downtown Los Angeles and I’m in a half-empty Galen Center on the University of Southern California campus. The whole … Read more
