Treasury Secretary Bessent confronts Sen. Wyden over son's ties to Jeffrey Epstein during Senate hearing

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent turned the tables on Sen. Ron Wyden during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday, raising the Oregon Democrat's son's documented connections to Jeffrey Epstein in what the Daily Caller described as a sharp exchange on Capitol Hill. Bessent was testifying about President Trump's 2027 budget requests when the confrontation unfolded. After […]

Bessent admits threatening to "kick his a**" in clash with Trump's DNI pick Bill Pulte

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed before the Senate Finance Committee that he once threatened to "kick his a**", referring to Bill Pulte, the man President Trump recently tapped as acting director of national intelligence. The admission came after months of rumors about a heated confrontation between two of the administration's most prominent figures. The exchange […]

Trump taps Bill Pulte as acting intelligence director after Gabbard steps aside for husband's cancer battle

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday morning that Bill Pulte, the 38-year-old director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, will serve as acting director of national intelligence following Tulsi Gabbard's planned departure from the role. Gabbard recently revealed she would step back from her post as her husband, […]

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. promises disclosure on medical condition after nearly four months away from Congress

New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has not cast a vote on the House floor since March 5, nearly four months of silence on one of the narrowest margins in modern congressional history. On Tuesday, he broke that silence with a promise: he will explain his absence and disclose his medical condition "within a […]

House advances geothermal energy bill in rare bipartisan vote to cut federal permitting delays

The House approved the Geothermal Energy Advancement Act on Tuesday afternoon, sending a bipartisan permitting-reform package to the Senate that would force the Interior Department to process geothermal project applications within 60 days and carve out exemptions from a 55-year-old environmental review law that critics say has strangled domestic energy development. The bill passed by […]

Usha Vance calls for respect toward Supreme Court justices amid rising tensions

Second Lady Usha Vance, a former Supreme Court clerk who knows the institution from the inside, told ABC News that justices deserve to be treated with basic respect, a message that lands at a moment when criticism of the court has grown sharper from nearly every direction, including from within the White House itself. "I […]

Interior Secretary Burgum says Trump's D.C. restorations prove urban squalor is a leadership failure

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says the Trump administration has removed 152 homeless camps from Washington, D.C., restored long-broken fountains, and transformed neglected public parks, all without controversy, and that the results prove urban decay in America's cities is a choice made by the people in charge, not an inevitability. Burgum laid out the case during […]

Secret Service probes viral video of nurse who appeared to threaten President Trump with a knife

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a woman identified as a nurse after a viral video appeared to show her threatening to drive to Washington, D.C., and use a knife on President Donald Trump, the latest in a string of healthcare workers posting graphic threats against the president on social media. The video, shared Sunday […]

A 66-year-old great-grandmother was stabbed to death on an Atlanta train — and riders say no one stepped in

Margaret Swan was sitting alone on a MARTA train in Atlanta on Saturday morning when a 25-year-old man walked up beside her, pulled a knife, and allegedly slit her throat. What followed, according to an arrest warrant and surveillance footage, was a sustained attack in which Swan was stabbed 18 to 20 times while she […]

Teen's Fitbit named "bomb" forces United Airlines flight back to Newark

A Spain-bound United Airlines jet carrying passengers out of Newark Liberty International Airport turned around mid-flight Saturday evening after a Bluetooth device labeled "bomb" appeared on travelers' screens, the product, officials determined, of a 16-year-old's Fitbit nickname. United flight 236, headed for Palma De Mallorca, Spain, departed Newark at about 6 p.m. Roughly four hours […]