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U.S. President Donald Trump says he is working on a retirement savings plan modelled on Australia’s compulsory superannuation system. During an Oval Office signing ceremony on April 30, Trump’s top economic adviser Kevin Hassett pointed to Australia’s model. “So the…
President Donald Trump said on April 30 that gasoline prices would plummet once the war with Iran ends, even as U.S. drivers face the highest pump prices in four years amid ongoing disruptions to global oil supply. Speaking during a…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is working to enforce nationwide the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which limited the use of race in redistricting under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In a 6–3 decision on…
A federal judge on April 30 rejected key parts of the Trump administration’s policies preventing adjudication of immigration benefit applications, determining that an indefinite “adjudicative hold” and treating nationality as a “significant negative factor” are likely to be found unlawful.…
ARLINGTON, Va.—A few months ago, Max Moore and his allies were voices in the social media wilderness. Their campaign to “Make DC Square Again”—an effort to return Arlington County and the City of Alexandria to the District of Columbia—was getting…
A federal lawsuit filed Thursday in the Middle District of Louisiana seeks to block state officials from suspending U.S. House primary elections after the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map for relying too heavily on race. The lawsuit was…
Louisiana Democrats on Thursday criticized the suspension of U.S. House primaries in the state one day after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidated the state’s congressional map. “We are absolutely concerned about the whole process and the way it…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that seeks to address longstanding problems in the federal government’s contracting system, citing “unpredictable costs,” “bloated overhead,” and weak performance incentives that have driven up spending and reduced accountability. In a new…
Save, budget, invest, and plan, and you’ll have a direct stake in helping the American economy thrive for its next 250 years, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a group of middle school students on Thursday. Bessent’s brief remarks, delivered inside…
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on April 30 released a new video of Cole Allen, the alleged shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The video allegedly shows Cole Allen shooting a U.S. Secret Service officer during his attempt to assassinate…
The Department of Education has released a final rule that aims to lower the cost of college and make student loan repayment easier. The department will implement loan limits and other “common-sense” measures for financing higher education and protecting families…
In his latest action targeting Minnesota fraud, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said his agency would delay paying $91 million in Medicaid claims to the state. “This is about protecting patients and respecting…
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine faced numerous pointed questions about the Iran conflict in their first set of public hearings since the fighting began on Feb. 28. Hegseth and…
Ambassador Mike Waltz, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, hosts NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and the crew members of NASA’s Artemis II mission at the United Nations at 7 p.m. ET on April 30, following their historic journey around the…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on April 30 an expansion of an H-1B visa fraud probe to include almost 30 North Texas businesses. In a statement, Paxton said that Civil Investigative Demands had been issued to those businesses as…
The Justice Department has created a West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force targeting health care fraud in Arizona, Nevada, and the San Francisco area in Northern California. The multi-district enforcement effort will bring together the department’s Health Care Fraud…
“Who is your choice to BEAT Marcy?” That catchphrase for a recent GOP candidate forum in Toledo, Ohio, is also the question that voters along Lake Erie will decide on May 5 in one of the nation’s most-closely watched congressional…
President Donald Trump on April 30 signed legislation ending the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown after 11 weeks. The department had been partially shuttered for 76 days since Feb. 14, resulting in long Transportation Security Administration lines at airports…
Congress on Thursday passed a bill to temporarily extend a spying authority of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for 45 days as congressional debate on the controversial measure continues. The House passed the “clean” extension without…
FCC Chair Brendan Carr holds a news conference at 12:30 p.m. ET on April 30, following the April 2026 Open Commission meeting in Washington.