The ever-expanding field for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and the ongoing fallout from former President Trump’s indictment will likely dominate the Sunday talk show circuit this weekend. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who will make an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” formally announced his campaign for president on Thursday, becoming the latest...
Former Vice President and 2024 candidate Mike Pence said he would “clean house” in federal law enforcement if he was elected president. “The American people have lost confidence in the Department of Justice. And if I’m president of the United States on day one, we’re going to clean house on the top floor of the...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wished her husband farewell at a ceremony on Saturday as he starts a yearlong deployment in Africa with the South Carolina Army National Guard. Maj. Michael Haley, the husband of the former ambassador to the United Nations, is being sent as a staff officer with the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade in...
A growing contingent of Dreamers is facing a future in the shadows as DACA ages out of effectiveness even as the program is embroiled in political wrangling and court battles. DACA, formally the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, marked its 11th anniversary Thursday with little fanfare. The program still grants work papers, deferral from...
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy argued that former President Obama’s remarks on the positions of many minority candidates in the Republican Party is part of a “toxic” ideology among liberals. Obama said in a podcast interview with former White House senior adviser David Axelrod released on Thursday that a tendency exists among Republicans who are...
President Biden on Saturday spoke at his first political rally since he announced his reelection bid, warning a room of union workers that Republicans want to take jobs away from them. The president flexed his muscle with unions after a slew of early endorsements came in the day prior. While he argued that he has workers’...
President Biden is holding the first campaign rally of his 2024 reelection bid in Philadelphia on Saturday. Biden, who is addressing union members at the event, will “lay out the core principles of his economic message,” according to his campaign. Watch the live video above.
President Biden visited the Interstate 95 construction site in Philadelphia Saturday, saying, "There's no more important project to the country right now, as far as I'm concerned." Biden was joined by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) and Sens. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) and Bob Casey (D-Penn.). The section of bridge along one of the country’s busiest...
Rarely have I been as disheartened as I am watching the global indifference to the plight of the women and girls of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) rising media profile in recent weeks has renewed speculation over his presidential aspirations. Newsom seized on a fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over the decision to fly several dozen migrants to the Golden State, threatening possible charges against Florida officials and labeling DeSantis a "small, pathetic man.” He...
A pair of Democratic Senators penned a letter to Amazon executives Friday, concerned that the platform’s new healthcare service is putting user’s private data at risk. “Amazon Clinic customers deserve to fully understand why Amazon is collecting their health care data and what the company is doing with it,” Sens. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Elizabeth...
A new national survey found that Americans’ confidence in science has fallen as the political divides brought on by the COVID pandemic continue. Thirty-nine percent of Americans said they have a “great deal” of confidence in science, down from 48 percent in 2018 and 2021, according to the General Social Survey by the University of...
Our nation has an appalling shortage of affordable housing.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has signed a bill into law to bar diversity, equity and inclusion offices from public colleges in the state. Abbott signed the legislation on Wednesday after both chambers of the state legislature approved it late last month. His signature makes Texas the second state after Florida to ban such offices...
It is hard to dislike Merrick Garland. But as an attorney general, there is even less to like about the last two years.
Most Black Americans believe racism in the United States will get worse during their lifetime, according to a new poll. A Washington Post-Ipsos poll released Friday showed that 51 percent of Black respondents said they expect racism will get worse, while 37 percent said they expect it will stay about the same. Only 11 percent...
This clear climate-health connection is missing from the list of societal improvements the government considers when weighing the costs and benefits of reducing greenhouse gases.
An adviser to former President Donald Trump’s 2016 and 2020 election campaigns went after his former boss on Twitter early Saturday, calling out his “vicious” attacks on other former staffers. Steve Cortes asked, “Who would work for Trump???” responding to Trump’s attacks against his former Chief of Staff John Kelly. Trump called Kelly “weak and...
A Michigan teenager has been arrested over an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue, according to a criminal complaint filed against the teen. The complaint charges 19-year-old Seann Pietila with transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure someone. FBI Special Agent Ryan Roskey said in the complaint that Pietila...
While it was absolutely essential that lawmakers raise the debt ceiling to avoid economic turmoil, the legislation to do so, unfortunately, makes cuts to programs designed to help underserved entrepreneurs start, sustain, and potentially scale their small businesses. Buried in the details of the debt ceiling deal is a $150 million cut in funds for...
House Republicans coming to former President Trump’s defense in the Mar-a-Lago documents care are turning their attention to the possibility of using congressional funding and oversight authority against the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday called to defund special counsel Jack Smith and his office — which is...
President Biden faces the uphill battle of convincing voters that the U.S. economy is not only strong but slowly improving as Republicans aggressively reject the idea. The White House has spent the last year digging itself out of a host of economic setbacks— from sky high interest rates that have kept people from buying homes...
Former President Trump and his allies have been throwing up defenses over the Mar-a-Lago documents since an indictment leveling 37 criminal charges against him was unsealed June 9. Trump is charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, several offenses related to concealment, and 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information. He pled not guilty...
Former President Trump slammed the House Republicans who voted with Democrats to block the resolution that would have censured Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). Trump said in a Truth Social post on Friday that any Republican who opposed the censure resolution should face a primary challenge for the GOP nomination for their next election. “Any Republican...
The Justice Department (DOJ) has responded to demands from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for information on the documents investigation into former President Trump. Assistant Attorney General Carlos Felipe Uriarte sent letters — obtained by The Hill — to Jordan on Friday in response to requests he made for information about the August...
