The Day Trump's White House East Wing Began Demolition

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At a lunch with GOP senators at the White House, President Trump stood firm in his demands that Democrats vote to end the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump says his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is on hold because he doesn’t want it to be a “waste of time.”

President Donald Trump says the federal government owes him “a lot of money” for prior Justice Department investigations into his actions and insists that any decision on a payout would “have to go across my desk.”

North Carolina is poised to become the first swing state to draw new congressional districts amid a nationwide redistricting battle initiated by President Trump.

New Yorkers passing by the deviant’s Upper East Side mansion unanimously agreed: they’d never live there, no matter how much money they had to spend.

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Democrat Abigail Spanberger’s bid for Virginia governor is putting to the test whether voters agree with President Trump’s assertion that “we have the best economy we’ve ever had.”

President Trump’s patience should not be without limit.

Weeks after the country learned that he was an illegal immigrant — and that he lived a thousand miles away in Iowa — former Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts’ name remains on Maryland’s voter rolls, according to multiple sources.

The Brightline has been hailed as the future of high-speed rail in the United States, but it has one big, unignorable problem.

Years of denials from the London establishment and leftist Mayor Sadiq Khan about appear to be unravelling, with accusations of a “cover-up” being levied as investigations have uncovered potential examples of child rape grooming gangs operating in the British capital.

Witnesses who watched the operation unfold on the street could be heard yelling at agents as they took people away.

Anxiety is spreading in the executive suite as the Trump administration's scrutiny of DEI intensifies and investigations loom.

Democrats are demanding Republicans renew Affordable Care Act subsidies in exchange for approving the House Appropriations bill.

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As Canadian politicians proclaim their intention to protect national sovereignty, American shareholders are extracting revenues from Canada’s oil and gas industry — and stiffing workers.

It’s weird that a group of people who can identify latent Hitlerism in their breakfast cereal are perplexed by the controversy surrounding Graham Platner.

Democrats believe their best chance to defeat incumbent U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is with Graham Platner, a guy sporting a Nazi tattoo, so they are sticking with him.

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A man has been arrested after driving his car into a barricade outside of the White House, south of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Sliwa’s show, which bears his name, has been off air during the Guardian Angels founder’s longshot campaign to capture City Hall.

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Top military officials told a conservative publication they’ve lost any remaining respect for the Pentagon chief.

Oregon's Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor all night long to protest the Trump administration. His speech has lasted 16 hours (and counting).

The same people and publications who cheered tearing down statues are now waxing poetic about Trump building a ballroom on private dime.

Costume sellers and candy merchants are anticipating record-high revenue this Halloween, even as tariffs and rising chocolate costs bedevil inflation-weary consumers.

President Trump again weighed in on the New York City mayoral race Wednesday, giving a brutal diagnosis of Republican Curtis Sliwa’s election chances.

Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies featured millions of Americans claiming patriotic imagery against authoritarianism and toward progressive ends. That’s a good thing.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pressing for congressional term limits, decrying "career politicians ... who seem more concerned with clinging to power than serving the public" in a column co-written with former Maryland Democrat Rep. David Trone. [Full Story]

Vice President JD Vance is on a three-day trip to Israel with Second Lady Usha Vance to meet with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in a social media post the U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel. The Tuesday night…

North Carolina Republican lawmakers have approved new congressional district maps in both the state Senate and House, adding an additional GOP seat.

Trump’s record on nominations is not what it seems.

Although Republicans have a majority in both houses of Congress, Senate Democrats are blocking the funding bill by denying a 60-vote margin for passage.

9th Circuit Court Upholds Trump's Deployment of National Guard in Portland

Kent County Commonwealth Attorney Scott Renick asked to be recused from the case, citing a potential conflict of interest.

Massey was killed in her Springfield home in 2024 after calling authorities over concerns about a prowler.

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Lucy Martinez, a teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary School, was recorded putting a finger to her neck and pretending to pull the trigger during a No Kings protest in the city over the weekend.

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

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Spending went from almost $9 million under Biden in 2024 to $71 million in Trump’s first nine months.

The Trump administration has lifted a major restriction on Ukraine’s use of Western-supplied long-range missiles, according to The Wall Street Journal. U.S. officials told the paper that the decision allows Kyiv to carry out deeper strikes inside Russia and heighten military and political pressure on the Kremlin. [Full Story]

The U.S. Military carried out an airstrike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, according to U.S. officials. It destroyed the vessel and killed two “narco-terrorists" on board.

The president has mused about importing beef from Argentina, causing a rare rift with Republicans in Congress who represent cattle ranchers.

The announcement comes after the embattled Senate candidate responded to questions about the previous tattoo.

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The family of Dwayne "DJ" Tottleben, an inmate at the Coleman prison complex, is demanding answers after learning he was killed.

Democrats are ramping up their confrontation with ICE, with one member of Congress announcing plans to run a “tracker” to reveal officers’ actions and New York’s attorney general setting up a tip line for leads to investigate the agency’s operations.

The Senate is set to vote for the 12th time on advancing the Republican bill to end the government shutdown. Follow live updates here.

A knife-wielding gang of shoplifters is terrorizing supermarkets across New York City, making off with hundreds of thousands of dollars in goods – and store owners gripe that cops are ignoring the rampage, The Post has learned. The crew of five…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. ‘is prepared to take further action if necessary’ and called on Moscow to immediately agree to a cease-fire.

Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age.

The panic over lead in protein powder got the risk totally wrong.

President Donald Trump defended his decision to import beef from Argentina after facing backlash from beef producers and agricultural-state Republicans, arguing that they need to “get their prices down.”

When the White House first released the plans for the ballroom, President Donald Trump told reporters it would not be 'touching' any building

The Trump administration is planning to demolish the entirety of the White House's East Wing as early as this weekend, two senior administration officials said.

More than three weeks after more than 30,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees were furloughed or forced to work without pay because of the government shutdown, VA Secretary Doug Collins on Wednesday called for Democrats in Congress to pass a continuing resolution to restore needed spending.

Follow live updates as Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa face off in the final NYC mayoral debate.

Follow live updates as Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa face off in the final NYC mayoral debate.

Follow live updates as Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa face off in the final NYC mayoral debate before Election Day.

The judge’s decision comes weeks after Hegseth bragged to top generals about eliminating DEI from the military.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune met with a group of GOP senators on Wednesday to discuss possible ways forward on health care once the government reopens, according to Politico. This private meeting occurred as the shutdown entered its 22nd day, and the Senate failed again to advance a measure to restore funding, deepening the D.C. gridlock [Full Story]

Paul Ingrassia is the most recent nominee to withdraw following damaging leaked text messages.

In a deeply personal essay, the Daily Beast’s Michael Daly tells what Trump’s wrecking ball will cost us all.

As pictures of the White House demolition began circulating, critics expressed outrage as the nation’s preeminent historical structure stood gutted.

President Donald Trump’s administration has announced new sanctions against Russia’s oil industry aimed at moving President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.

The United States was once the undisputed leader in atomic energy. Now it’s trying to catch up.

The U.S. once led. Now, it’s trying to catch up to China, which has nearly as many reactors under construction as the rest of the world combined.

Democrats are ramping up their confrontation with ICE, with one member of Congress announcing plans to run a “tracker” to reveal officers’ actions and New York’s attorney general setting up a tip line for leads to investigate the agency’s operations.

The decision comes as Mamdani continues to face criticism over his past anti-NYPD comments.

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