Scott Bessent, President-elect #Trump's pick to serve as treasury secretary, told Sen. #BernieSanders that he believes there should not be an increase to the federal minimum #wage.
A White House meeting intended to kick off negotiations on a deal over #Ukraine 's rare earth minerals devolved into a remarkable confrontation, with President #Trump and VP Vance chastising Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and telling him he wasn’t grateful enough to the United States.
A passenger on a #Delta flight that overturned upon landing in #Toronto filmed his evacuation from the #plane as emergency workers attended to the #crash site.
President #Trump sparred with #Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills during a meeting of governors at the White House, with Mills telling the Trump, “We’ll see you in court,” over his push to deny federal funding to the state over transgender athletes.
A$AP Rocky was found not guilty on two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm after he was accused of shooting at his onetime friend and bandmate in 2021.
During President #Trump's first joint address to #Congress of his second term, Rep. #AlGreen of Texas led a disruption in the chambers — leading to him being escorted out by the sergeant-at-arms after warnings from House Speaker Mike Johnson. Rep. Green is known for regularly filing articles of impeachment against Trump.
A meeting between Presidents #Trump and #Zelenskyy turned tense, including Trump telling the leader of #Ukraine that he was “gambling with World War III.”
With the clocks about to spring forward, President #Trump appears to have softened on the idea of ending #daylightsavingtime, calling it a “50-50 issue.” Changing the practice would require an act of Congress.
President Donald #Trump reads a letter from President Zelenskyy during his joint address, just days after publicly clashing with the Ukrainian leader at the White House.
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe spoke out at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, California, over a plan to display a library plaque with a MAGA acronym and criticized the MAGA movement. He was arrested after engaging in what he called “peaceful civil disobedience” and approaching the front of the meeting.
President Donald #Trump appeared not to be concerned about staffing shortages in federal agencies — including the #FAA — should a high number of employees take his buyout offer and resign.