By The Hill | Alex Gangitano | 8/1/2025 2:39 PM

President Trump said Friday he directed his team to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a dismal jobs report he blamed squarely on the appointee of former President Biden. Trump said on Truth Social that the commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, had “faked the Jobs Numbers” before the 2024 election in order to... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | | 8/1/2025 2:35 PM

Stock markets plunged Friday after a weak jobs report and major downward revisions to May and June employment figures set off alarm bells about the direction of the U.S. economy. The U.S. added only 73,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate stayed flat at 4.2 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Miriam Waldvogel | 8/1/2025 2:00 PM

President Trump said Friday the U.S. is positioning two nuclear submarines in “appropriate regions” near Russia, a move he blamed on threatening rhetoric from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who remains a top Kremlin adviser. Trump cited in a Truth Social post what he called “highly provocative statements” from Medvedev and said the submarines were... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Filip Timotija | 8/1/2025 1:48 PM

Cambodia floated plans Friday to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for working to broker a ceasefire agreement that helped the country end its border war with Thailand.  “He should get the Nobel, not only for his work on Cambodia but also elsewhere,” Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol said in an interview... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Miriam Waldvogel | 8/1/2025 1:18 PM

President Trump in his first six weeks in office has made a number of moves to remake American arts and cultural institutions — particularly those in the nation’s capital — in the MAGA image. His administration has cut funding for arts programs, installed the president as the head of the Kennedy Center and attempted to... ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 1:10 PM

President Donald Trump said he "ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions" in the wake of comments made by Dmitry Medvedev. ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Brooke Migdon | 8/1/2025 12:51 PM

More than a dozen Democratic attorneys general announced a lawsuit challenging recent moves by President Trump’s administration to severely restrict access to gender-affirming health care for anyone under 19, including in states where treatment is legal and protected by law. The lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenges... ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 12:36 PM

Former President Joe Biden slurred on multiple occasions during the night, including while discussing serving as the vice president to the first Black president, former President Barack Obama. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 12:28 PM

Hudson Institute report warns China is shifting from nuclear deterrence to using weapons for regional dominance, targeting American influence across East Asia. ... Read full Story

By Politico | | 8/1/2025 12:23 PM

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By The Hill | Michael Bartiromo | 8/1/2025 12:20 PM

The latest mission on NASA's Commercial Crew Program successfully launched on Friday. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 12:16 PM

Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh discussed the prevalence of executive actions while speaking at a the Eighth Circuit judicial conference on Thursday. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 11:40 AM

U.S. Border Patrol reports July 2024 as lowest month for southwest border apprehensions with 4,399 total, down from December 2023 record high of 249,785. ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Filip Timotija | 8/1/2025 11:35 AM

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) argued Thursday night that former Vice President Kamala Harris’s upcoming book about her unsuccessful 2024 presidential run against President Trump will instruct potential candidates for office on “how not to run a campaign.”  “She was destroyed in every single swing state. Remember this, she lost women at a lower... ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 11:05 AM

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff visited Gaza where they saw how the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is distributing aid and bypassing Hamas. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 10:55 AM

President Donald Trump backed Sunshine State Sen. Joe Gruters for the role of Republican National Committee chair, and Jennifer Saul-Rich for the Treasurer post ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 10:35 AM

Planned Parenthood and blue states challenge congressional legislation defunding abortion providers as unconstitutional bill of attainder in federal court. ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Rebecca Beitsch | 8/1/2025 10:32 AM

A federal judge ruled against Trump administration plans to end protections from deportation for citizens of Nepal, Nicaragua and Honduras, barring their removal while the case continues. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson agreed the plaintiffs had shown there was sufficient racial animus behind the decision and that the Trump administration had failed to... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Lily Dallow | 8/1/2025 10:10 AM

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it might hit the moon. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 10:00 AM

Georgia congressman proposes bill named after NYC Mayor Eric Adams to make sanctuary city mayors face up to 7 years in prison for murders by illegal immigrants in their jurisdictions. ... Read full Story