Melania Trump to focus on love as a ‘universal language’ at International Women of Courage Awards

First lady Melania Trump will recognize courageous women from all corners of the world at the State Department Tuesday and is expected to celebrate ‘the extraordinary strength of women who embody love in action around the globe.’  The first lady is returning to the State Department for her fifth year participating in the Secretary of […]

House GOP leaders move to kill proxy-voting effort

Speaker Mike Johnson’s clash with a fellow Republican over allowing proxy voting for new parents in the House is set to play out on the floor Tuesday. The House Rules Committee approved a measure that would effectively kill Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s proxy-voting effort, which was set to come to the floor for a […]

AMC bets on premium screens as Hollywood slate boasts big blockbuster titles

Hollywood’s blockbuster slate is heating up, and AMC Entertainment is increasing the number of its premium screens to meet demand. The world’s largest cinema chain is adding 40 Dolby Cinema theaters to its U.S.-based AMC locations through the end of 2027. It marks a 25% increase in the number of the branded premium screens, bringing the company’s total number to more […]

Capitol agenda: GOP senators vs. Trump on tariffs

GOP senators could deliver a stinging rebuke of Donald Trump Tuesday, with several indicating they plan to join Democrats in opposing the president’s plan to hike tariffs on Canada. Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Thom Tillis signaled Monday they intend to back Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine’s resolution that would block Trump’s 25 percent across-the-board tariffs […]

House Republicans to go to war with ‘rogue judges’ blocking Trump’s agenda: Here’s their plan

House Republicans are going all out this week to signal their support for the Trump administration amid multiple legal standoffs over White House policy. A bill to limit U.S. district court judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions sailed through the House Rules Committee – the last gatekeeper for bills before a chamber-wide vote – in […]

Trump, eyeing 3rd term, keeps attacking elite institutions – and many are caving

President Trump stirs up controversy, by design, on just about everything. And when the media, including me, cover this flood-the-zone approach, Trumpian allies rip the resulting stories and segments as reflecting an unhealthy negative obsession with the president. Memo to the pro-Trump zealots who go online and declare I hate the president, that’s objectively ridiculous. […]

Trump: ‘We’ll never stop looking’ for American journalist kidnapped in Syria, Austin Tice

President Donald Trump said that the U.S. would continue to search for Austin Tice, an American journalist who disappeared in Syria in 2012.  Tice, who previously served as a captain in the Marine Corps and was a student at Georgetown University Law Center, started working as an independent journalist for McClatchy, The Washington Post and […]