Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Monday announced he is running for reelection, despite being dogged by multiple investigations, facing questions about his resume and finances and being the target of calls from members of his own party to resign. “Since the Left is pushing radical agendas, the economy is struggling, and Washington is incapable of solving anything, we need...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday panned Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) proposal to extend the nation’s debt ceiling until May of 2024 as a “terrible idea,” making it clear to everyone in Washington that Democrats don’t want to debate the issue again before the next election. McCarthy formally unveiled his proposal to...
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) has called for the McCurtain County sheriff and multiple county officials to resign after leaked audio showed the county leaders discussing killing local reporters and lynching Black people. Sheriff Kevin Clardy, his investigator Alicia Manning, Commissioners Mark Jennings and Robert Beck, commissioners' secretary Heather Carter and jail administrator Larry Hendrix...
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) is using the words of “Succession’s” Logan Roy to blast her Republican colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee, accusing them of “gesturing about violent crime" by holding a field hearing in New York City. “None of this is new: Hearing after hearing, one Congress to the next, the numbers keep repeating...
Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain has rejoined global law firm O’Melveny as a partner after leaving the Biden administration, the firm announced Monday. Klain, who was sought after by law and lobbying firms for his close relationship with President Biden, previously was a partner at O’Melveny from 1999 to 2004. This time...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Monday that the state might consider building a prison or potentially another amusement park next to land owned by Disney amid his administration's ongoing feud with the entertainment giant. The governor’s clash with Disney started when the company came out against his education plan that limits the instruction of...
The fast-approaching summer offers a precious opportunity for parents of students suffering severe learning loss from the coronavirus pandemic. Schools and policymakers have been scrambling since the 2022 Nation’s Report Card last fall showed that students lost decades of progress in reading and math when they missed out on in-person classes. Now, students are set...
The out-of-control gun crisis is not being ignored by the generation that has grown up practicing shelter-in-place drills.
Judy Blume is responding to Sunday Times headline stating she is “100 percent” behind fellow author J.K. Rowling, seeking to emphasize that she stands "with the trans community" against discrimination. In an interview with the British newspaper, Blume said of Rowling, “I love her. I am behind her 100 percent as I watch from afar.” According to...
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) on Monday denounced last week's shooting of a Black Kansas City, Mo., teenager who had arrived at a wrong address. “As someone who is still recovering from a gunshot to the head, I am heartbroken and infuriated that Ralph Yarl now faces a lifetime of recovery. At 16 years old....
Secret Service officers on Monday morning responded to an incident near the Washington, D.C., residence of Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff after reports of a possible gunshot. Lt. Paul Mayhair of the Secret Service said in a statement that officers arrived in the area of the Naval Observatory after reports of a...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger says he had a real-life “Snakes on a Plane” moment after a slithering creature seemingly stowed away aboard his aircraft. The Illinois Republican detailed his close encounter with a scaly, uninvited guest in a Monday tweet. “Yesterday I flew from Texas to Illinois, four hours at 17,500,” wrote Kinzinger, a 45-year-old former...
President Biden would veto legislation to bar transgender women and girls from competing on female sports teams if it reaches his desk, the White House warned Monday, denouncing House Republicans' bill as “unnecessary” and discriminatory. “If the President were presented with H.R. 734, he would veto it,” the White House said Monday in a Statement of...
Republican billionaire Harlan Crow says his friend Clarence Thomas is the victim of a “political hit job” amid outrage over reports that the Supreme Court justice failed to disclose various luxury vacations Crow paid for, as well as a real estate deal. “I think it’s a political hit job,” Crow said in an interview with...
The United States' ambassador to Russia has visited detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the diplomat announced Monday, the first time a U.S. official has been able to access him since his arrest last month. “He is in good health and remains strong. We reiterate our call for his immediate release,” Ambassador Lynne Tracy...
U.S. forces believe they killed a senior Islamic State leader on Monday in an early morning helicopter raid in northern Syria, according to U.S. Central Command. The raid sought the senior ISIS Syria leader, an unnamed operational planner responsible for orchestrating attacks in the Middle East and Europe, in a raid that “resulted in the probable...
How he handles this moment will define his presidency, and determine whether or not he sees a second term in the White House.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said she would not support a move by Senate Democrats to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on the Senate Judiciary Committee, arguing such a move would help Democrats “pack the court with activist judges.” “I will not go along with Chuck Schumer’s plan to replace Senator Feinstein on the Judiciary...
A group of Republicans are calling on House and Senate leaders to bar lawmakers from using TikTok amid a raging the debate over whether to ban the social media platform at the federal level. “We urge you to amend the House and Senate rules to bar members of Congress from continued use of TikTok and...
Wilmington, Del. — This week's blockbuster trial in Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox News was delayed by 24 hours, reportedly due to ongoing settlement talks. Superior Court Judge Eric Davis said in a statement late Sunday evening, just hours before opening arguments in the case were slated to begin, that he would delay the start...
Former President Trump has picked up two more endorsements from Tennessee’s Republican senators as he campaigns to reclaim the White House in 2024. “It is my honor to give my whole-hearted endorsement to Donald J. Trump to be the next President of the United States,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) said on Twitter. The senator said...
The U.S. Navy sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday with a destroyer ship, leading China to denounce the move as a threat to its national security. The USS Milius transited a part of the Taiwan Strait "beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state," according to the U.S. 7th Fleet. "Milius’...
A top Republican mega-donor says he is holding off on financially backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) ahead of his widely expected presidential bid, citing his policies on a number of social issues in the state. “Because of his stance on abortion and book banning . . . myself, and a bunch of friends, are holding our powder dry,”...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Sunday called for AI regulations and guidelines to ensure the breakthrough technology is “aligned to human values.” AI will soon impact "every product of every company" and disrupt jobs, Pichai said during an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes.” He said that writers, accountants, architects, software engineers and other “knowledge workers”...
Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of a Black 16-year-old boy who was shot by a white homeowner for appearing at the wrong address last week. Crump announced on Sunday that the family of Ralph Paul Yarl, a high school junior in Kansas City, Mo., retained his offices after...
