Vice President Vance said in an interview that aired Sunday that security guarantees for Ukraine will not include American “boots on the ground” as the Trump administration pushes for an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine. “For Americans who are watching, can you guarantee no U.S. boots on the ground as a part... ... Read full Story
Vice President Vance argued that Republicans are "trying to make the situation a little bit more fair on a national scale" in Texas after the state Senate signed off on a new congressional map over the weekend. During a Sunday interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," host Kristen Welker asked the vice president about the... ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump personally funded gold accents added to the Oval Office, with a White House spokesperson confirming the additions are of the highest quality. ... Read full Story
Comedian Bill Maher warned Democrats on Friday about President Trump’s recent comments, in which he said his administration is “looking at” reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. “New rule, I told you so. I've been telling Democrats for years, ‘The Republicans are going to steal pot from you as an issue,’” Maher said on... ... Read full Story
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) accused President Trump of “abusing his power” in the wake of a reported plan to send National Guard troops to Chicago, a move that would follow similar action in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. “The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal... ... Read full Story
Teachers unions NEA and AFT spent $43.5 million on left-wing political causes since 2022 despite declining membership, according to new Defending Ed report. ... Read full Story
Trump ally Joe Gruters takes over as RNC chair, signaling president's complete control over national party committee ahead of challenging midterm elections. ... Read full Story
Stephen Miller has been by President Trump’s side for most of the last 10 years of the president’s political career, taking center stage on some of the president's biggest battles – from border security to culture wars. The crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital is Miller’s latest project, working to make his own mark... ... Read full Story
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said there is no emergency following reports that the federal government may deploy the National Guard to Chicago. ... Read full Story
Sen. Ted Cruz has endorsed Rep. Chip Roy after the conservative congressman announced his candidacy to become the Lone Star State's next attorney general. ... Read full Story
President Trump selected Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia this week as the U.S.'s first chief design officer as part of the administration’s push to update the federal government’s design language to be both “usable and beautiful.” Gebbia, who joined the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) earlier this year and is on the board of Tesla, said... ... Read full Story
President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said on Saturday that a Florida judge's order to temporarily shut down some of Alligator Alcatraz is “not going to stop” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, indicating that migrants apprehended by federal agents could be sent to other detention facilities. “They're not going to stop us doing what... ... Read full Story
Zohran Mamdani's campaign video appears to target Mayor Eric Adams amid recent alleged bribery scandals, announcing a Sunday scavenger hunt across New York City. ... Read full Story
Trade negotiations between the U.S. and India are ongoing, although New Delhi has some “red lines” that it will defend, according to India's foreign minister. “I mean, negotiations are still going on in the sense that nobody said the negotiations are off. You know? I mean, and people, people do talk to each other,” Indian... ... Read full Story
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta weighed in on the FBI’s raid of President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, suggesting Friday night that there’s “some targeting here going on.” “We don‘t know all the facts here because we don‘t know what the Justice Department said to a magistrate judge in order to get... ... Read full Story
Secretary of State Marco Rubio pauses commercial truck driver work visas citing safety concerns after fatal Florida accident raises questions about driver qualifications. ... Read full Story
President Trump is seeing a growing disapproval rating among Americans seven months into his second White House term, according to a Friday survey. The Economist/YouGov poll found that 40 percent of Americans “strongly or somewhat” approve of Trump’s handling of the presidency. More than half of U.S. adults, 56 percent, said they “strongly or somewhat”... ... Read full Story
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) on Saturday upped her crusade against conditions in the Gaza Strip following a declaration of famine in the region by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. “U.S. taxpayers fund Israel $3.8 billion annually for military aid. That means every U.S. tax payer is contributing to Israel’s military actions,” Greene... ... Read full Story
Former national security adviser John Bolton's Maryland home and D.C. office were raided by the FBI on Friday. The raid was reportedly linked to a classified documents probe. ... Read full Story
Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official, signaled Saturday that he could be the next target of President Trump's FBI after ex-national security adviser John Bolton's Washington-area home was raided by agents early Friday. Taylor, who served as a deputy chief of staff at DHS under Trump's first term, was asked by... ... Read full Story
“Though tightly bound by our love of books, we bibliophiles are a sundry lot, managing our obsession in a grand variety of ways. We organize by title, by author, by genre, by topic. By color, by height, by width, by depth. … We stack books into attractive still lifes accompanied by a single tulip in a bud vase, or into risky, undulant towers poised to flatten a passing housecat.” — Monica Wood, LitHub.com, 7 May 2024
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If you’re looking for an adjective that encapsulates the rising and falling of the briny sea, wave hello to undulant. While not an especially common descriptor, it is useful not only for describing the ocean itself, but for everything from rolling hills to a snake’s sinuous movement to a fever that waxes and wanes. The root of undulant is, perhaps unsurprisingly, unda, a Latin word meaning “wave.” Other English words swimming the wake of unda include inundate, “to cover with a flood,” and undulate, “to form or move in waves.”