What to know about the Israel-Lebanon conflict

Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, testified about the president’s budget on Capitol Hill this week. Here are some of the takeaways. Vought, 50, is one of the more controversial figures in the Trump administration and has faced sharp criticism from the Left for gutting agencies and pushing for more spending […]

The Senate on Thursday voted to repeal Biden-era protections for a contentious wilderness area in Minnesota, sending the question to President Trump’s desk. The Senate voted 50-49 to overturn a Biden-era move to block mining in an area around Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. President Trump is likely to sign the measure, which has already passed the...

Young men are more concerned with religion than women in the same age group, according to new polling data from Gallup released on Thursday.  The survey found that 42 percent of adult men between 18 and 29 years old indicated that religion is “very important” in their lives during telephone surveys conducted between 2024 and...

The Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday gave initial approval to President Donald Trump’s proposal for a new monument in Washington, D.C., designed to acknowledge the country’s 250th birthday.  The federal panel unanimously approved the design, clearing a major bureaucratic hurdle for Trump’s pet project, though its construction remains threatened by a lawsuit that raises […]