A powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what meteorologists describe as an intense cyclone, setting off a chain reaction of snow, ice, rain and severe weather expected to affect much of the country. Snow and strengthening winds spread across the Upper Midwest on Sunday, where the National Weather […]
President Trump touted his tariffs and crime rates as his first year back in office comes to a close. Two of the president’s focuses this year have been tariffs to make the United States money and reduce crime. “Crime in the United States is at its lowest levels on record,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth […]
1. What is happening with the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover Building? FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday that the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington is closing, with the bureau relocating to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on Pennsylvania Avenue. Mr. Patel said the move will save billions of dollars compared to […]
Joe Rogan, a popular podcaster, is questioning President Trump’s recent decisions to post plaques in the White House criticizing his predecessors, replace former President Joseph R. Biden’s portrait with an autopen and blame Hollywood director Rob Reiner’s murder on his anti-Trump views. “It’s all crazy,” Mr. Rogan said on an episode of his podcast, The […]
The Heritage Foundation wasted no time filling some of the vacancies left by its departing scholars and staffers, taking an upbeat tone despite the recent defections to a rival conservative organization led by former Vice President Mike Pence. The foundation said it has promoted Jay Richards to vice president of Social and Domestic Policy; brought […]
The White House will present its ballroom plans to the National Capital Planning Commission at a meeting next month. The “East Wing Modernization Project” was added to the tentative agenda for the commission’s Jan. 8 meeting. It said an information presentation will be given. “An information presentation is often the first step of NCPC’s review […]
The next Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Judge or Michael Phelps could be waiting in the wings at the local Pee-Wee football field, Little League diamond or YMCA pool. They probably aren’t, but what if? That possibility is enticing enough for thousands of parents to bet on their children’s athletic future, siloing them into a single sport […]
The U.S. struck at Islamic State targets in Nigeria on Christmas Day, President Trump posted on social media Thursday evening. Mr. Trump said the attacks were in retaliation for the Islamist group’s years of attacks on Christian civilians in the African nation. “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a […]
ISTANBUL — Experts have started the analysis of the black boxes recovered from a jet crash in Turkey that killed eight people, including western Libya’s military chief, the Turkish defense ministry said Thursday. The probe was being done in coordination with Libyan officials. The private jet with Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad, four other military […]
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Telluride, one of the best-known ski resorts in the Western U.S., plans to close in the coming days due to a labor dispute between its owner and the ski patrol union. The Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association voted Tuesday to strike Saturday after contract negotiations since June failed to yield an […]
