President Trump ordered a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and exiting Venezuela on Tuesday, continuing his escalations against the Latin American country and its leader, Nicolás Maduro. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Maduro’s “illegitimate” regime is using oil to “finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping,” designating the...
Rep. Andy Ogles has called on Interior Secretary Doug Burgam to consider adding President Trump to Mount Rushmore, citing his recent achievements, while Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has proposed legislation to carve Trump's likeness onto the monument.
The Trump administration is pausing at least a handful of balloon launches that collect weather data in at least three locations due to staffing shortages. On Friday, the administration said it would suspend some launches in Albany, N.Y, and Gray, Maine, because of “a lack of Weather Forecast Office (WFO) staffing.” This comes after it...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensifying its targeting of such vessels connected to the Venezuelan government. The pursuit of the tanker, which was confirmed by a U.S. official briefed on the...
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas leaders' dreams of unlimited development and a rush of artificial intelligence data centers are on a collision course with a new reality of extreme weather, as this month’s flash floods hammer a landscape plagued by long-term drought. Heading into the summer, the region faced perhaps its worst drought on record, until the...
Federal officials have declared they will not order soil sampling after completing debris removal on Los Angeles properties that succumbed to the region’s devastating fires earlier this year, rebuffing concerns raised by state officials about potential contamination. California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) administration last week appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in a bid...
As the nation’s major truckmakers seek to abandon California’s stricter-than-federal emissions rules, experts are weighing whether this U-turn could allow new players to disrupt the market. “All your competitors just announced their strategy,” Craig Segall, former deputy executive officer and assistant chief counsel of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), told The Hill. “How quickly...
Former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday that Democrats would “welcome” tech billionaire Elon Musk “helping us out” after an intense clash between Musk and President Trump last week. “I think the Democrats would welcome him helping us out, [not] politically, but — financially, etc.,” Granholm said at Politico’s 2025 Energy Summit. “But, maybe, maybe...
Made with an enriched bread dough and filled with a fragrant almond cream, these plush buns are essentially a mash-up of twice-baked almond croissants and fluffy cinnamon rolls.
New Jersey’s take on classic coffee cake features a thin layer of barely sweet yeasted cake as the base and an unapologetically massive layer of buttery crumbs on top.
This white spice paste is the cornerstone of many Indonesian meals and is the base of many other essential flavorings within the cuisine. Plus: Having a jar in my fridge means I can whip up my favorite meals at a moment’s notice.
