President Trump said Friday the July 4 deadline he set for Congress to pass his “big, beautiful bill” could have some wiggle room, backing off of pressure on Republicans. “It’s important. It’s not the end all,” Trump said about the deadline during a press conference at the White House. "But we’d like to get it... ... Read full Story
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is scheduled to meet with Senate Republicans at lunch Friday in an attempt to keep President Trump’s tax and spending bill on track amid strong pushback from GOP lawmakers over cuts to Medicaid and an expensive proposal to raise the $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions. Bessent will... ... Read full Story
President Trump said Friday the Senate parliamentarian has been problematic, as Republicans scramble to save his “big, beautiful bill” that was stalled after a ruling that rejected some major cost-cutting provisions. Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled Thursday against including in the megabill a GOP proposal to slash hundreds of billions of dollars in federal Medicaid spending to help... ... Read full Story
Navy tanker named after Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay politician, will be renamed for Oscar V. Peterson, who sacrificed his life saving others in World War II. ... Read full Story
Navy tanker named after Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay politician, will be renamed for Oscar V. Peterson, who sacrificed his life saving others in World War II. ... Read full Story
Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.), the newly elected top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, laid into White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller Thursday over his support for President Trump's robust immigration crackdown. “Stephen Miller is doing what he loves to do, which is be essentially the biggest piece of s‑‑‑... ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump celebrated after the Supreme Court blocked lower courts from issuing universal injunctions, which have acted as a roadblock for many of his executive orders. ... Read full Story
Trump's "big, beautiful bill" loses firearms deregulation provision that would have eliminated $200 tax and ATF registration for short-barrel rifles, shotguns and suppressors. ... Read full Story
Fox News Digital obtains DOJ memo revealing allegations of a political witch hunt against Gov. Janet Mills' 1990 cocaine investigation were 'unsubstantiated' by federal authorities. ... Read full Story
A Republican effort to require states to cover a share of food benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for the first time can now move forward after a recent decision from the Senate’s parliamentarian. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled a revised proposal from the Senate complied with the chamber’s Byrd Rule, days after... ... Read full Story
President Trump on Friday celebrated the Supreme Court ruling that allowed his executive order restricting birthright citizenship to go into effect in some areas of the country. He called the ruling a “giant win” and announced that he will be speaking about it in a press conference at 11:30 a.m. “GIANT WIN in the United... ... Read full Story
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now requiring two common COVID-19 vaccines to update their warning labels to include information on two rare heart side effects. Myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis, or inflammation of the thin sac surrounding the heart — are two conditions that a small number of... ... Read full Story
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stressed Friday that “perfect cannot be the enemy of the good” while attempting to pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” filled with his legislative priorities. "The perfect cannot be the enemy of the good, and it's legislative sausage making, which is new for me,” Scott said at the Faith & Freedom... ... Read full Story
President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top Republicans took a victory lap Friday over the Supreme Court ruling that allowed for Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship to go into effect in some areas of the country. “Today, the Supreme Court instructed district courts to STOP the endless barrage of nationwide injunctions against... ... Read full Story
Religious freedom case decided by Supreme Court as parents challenge Montgomery County Public Schools' policy on LGBTQ books in curriculum and the elimination of opt-out provisions ... Read full Story
Sen. Mike Rounds invites Trump to South Dakota's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, describing the Buffalo Chip campground event as "an experience every red-blooded American should witness." ... Read full Story
The Trump administration reached an agreement with China this week focused on rare earth exports to the U.S., building on previous talks between the two nations that eased tariffs on imports from Beijing. “We had trade talks in Geneva towards moving toward the agreement in London. Part of the agreement was tariffs coming down and... ... Read full Story
"One of the most important triggers for industrial revolution in England was the draining of the population from the rural areas into the cities. ... [T]his meant that there was a growing shortage of agricultural workers and a concomitant fall in food production both in terms of quality and quantity. The immediate consequence was that available food not only became more expensive but increasingly so with time. Under these circumstances, the workers became restive, demanding the provision of the food they needed to save themselves from starvation." — Adebayo Lamikanra, The Nation (Nigeria), 13 Apr. 2025
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Restive is descended from the Anglo-French verb rester, meaning "to stop, resist, or remain." Its initial meaning in the 15th century was "stubbornly resisting control or guidance; obstinate in refusal," and for some time the word was primarily applied to animals such as horses. Over the next few centuries, restive gained additional, closely related meanings (such as "inflexible," "sluggish," and "persistent") and the word often described people as well as animals. In the 19th century this semantic drift extended to encompass the meaning "marked by impatience or uneasiness." Although the original "balky" sense of restive hasn't died out completely, it is overshadowed by this more recent "fidgety or impatient" one. Some usage guides still recommend against using restive in this modern sense, despite well over a century and a half of skilled writers employing it. If you're among the restive (earlier meaning) ones who balk at new meanings of words, we apologize if this news makes you feel restive (newer one).