Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) and his family were forced to shelter in a hotel in Israel over the weekend while visiting family amid a barrage of rocket attacked launched by Hamas. Goldman, his wife and three kids were in Israel for a family Bar Mitzvah when Hamas launched an unexpected barrage of attacks from land,...
School choice advocates have had a successful year for their movement and will be working to end on a high note as Texas begins a special session Monday dedicated to implementing a universal education savings account (ESA) policy. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) called the legislative extra innings after Texas failed to pass an ESA measure...
Lawmakers are vowing to get their constituents out of Israel in the wake of the attacks launched by the militant group Hamas. In a surprise move, Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on Israel on Saturday, which has now left at least 600 dead in Israel and another 300 dead in Gaza. Rep. Mike...
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said on Sunday he plans to support Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to be the next Speaker of the House. “I'm supporting Jim Jordan,” Donalds said in an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” “I believe, with where we are, it's time for a new -- a new look in House...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the $6 billion in Iranian funds expected to be unfrozen in the U.S. prisoner swap with Iran have remained unspent, pushing back against suggestions that the Biden administration's deal may have contributed to Hamas's recent attacks on Israel. "The facts are these -- no U.S. taxpayer dollars were...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that “every action” taken by militant group Hamas is worsening the situation for both Palestinians and Israelis. Blinken made the rounds on Sunday morning news shows to offer the latest insights into the ongoing conflict in Israel after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a multifaceted attack on Israel on Saturday. He warned...
Most Republicans in a new poll want the new Speaker of the House to be loyal to former President Trump. A new CBS News/YouGov survey found that 59 percent of all Republicans prefer the new GOP Speaker to be loyal to the former president. Among MAGA Republicans — Trump’s most-loyal subsection of the GOP — this number...
The White House said on Sunday that President Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and informed him that “additional assistance” was on its way to bolster the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with more to follow in coming days. “President Biden updated the Prime Minister on the intensive diplomatic engagement undertaken by the United...
As criticism begins to mount over whether Israeli intelligence was unprepared for the recent attacks by Palestinian militants, U.S. officials refused Sunday to label it as an intelligence failure. Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented, multipronged attack on Israel on Saturday, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare war on the group. Numerous critics and...
Progress in critical and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, and quantum information science and technology (QIST) are essential to the U.S. innovation ecosystem. Quantum computing, in particular, symbolizes a key challenge and opportunity. Constructing an operational quantum computer ranks as one of the biggest tasks for science and technology and represents the next...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and his staff departed Israel on Sunday, after Hamas’s attacks on Israel forced the senator to shelter in place in Jerusalem on Saturday. A spokesperson for Booker’s office confirmed in a statement that the New Jersey Democrat departed early from a trip to Israel, where he arrived Friday and had planned...
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog on Sunday said that the time to investigate Israel’s potential security failures in the wake of a "surprise attack" by Hamas in southern Israel and elsewhere Saturday would occur at a later time. “It was a surprise attack,” Herzog said in an interview on CBS News’s “Face...
A string of special election and ballot measure victories is giving Democrats hope heading into 2024 as the party grapples with concerns over President Biden’s low approval ratings. The party has clinched significant wins in races across the country over the past year, including with an abortion-related measure in Ohio and a New Hampshire state House race in...
Illinois and New York’s good cop-bad cop routine presents the Biden administration with a choice: Work with fellow Democrats at the state and local level to find creative solutions to welcome asylum seekers or continue to let states take things into their own hands.
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley is the latest Republican to criticize former President Trump’s comments on Gen. Mark Milley. “I just think it's irresponsible. I mean, you don't need to say things like that,” she told Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I think that any man or woman that has served our country...
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Sunday stressed the importance of electing a Speaker in order to replenish funding for Israel and to demonstrate unified support in the wake of Hamas’s attacks on the country. “We have to get a Speaker elected this week, so we can get things on the floor...
It might be true that only 1 percent of youth identify as transgender, but nearly 100 percent of Americans are being asked to conform to the ideology behind it.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) declined to reveal support for either of the two contenders for Speaker on Sunday’s episode of NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Gaetz, who led the effort to boot former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last week, did not reveal whether he would support Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) announced on Sunday that she intends to support Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) bid for Speaker, following her vote last Tuesday to remove former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his post. “I will tell you today, I am going to be supporting Jim Jordan for speaker for a number of reasons,” Mace...
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) assessed on Sunday that it would be “absolutely” worth it for him to lose his seat in Congress for spearheading the removal of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the top leadership post last week. “Absolutely,” Gaetz said when NBC’s Kristen Welker asked him on “Meet the Press” Sunday whether the...
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Sunday criticized the historic move last week to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and suggested he had not yet decided whom he would support as his replacement. "It wasn't my idea to oust the speaker. I thought it was dangerous,” McCaul said in an interview...
Arabs in general, and the Palestinians in particular, have been waging a century-long war of attrition against Zionism, against the Jewish right to have a nation in the land of Israel.
The consequences of failure may be disastrous for all of us.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who is vying to become the next Speaker, says he is feeling “very good” about securing enough conservative votes to attain the top leadership post. “We've got amazing feedback and incredible feedback from our colleagues across the country across the spectrum in the Republican conference, we got conservatives to what's termed...
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said Sunday that some Republicans’ floating to elect former President Trump as Speaker of the House won't come to fruition. Buck told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that some GOP members’ push to nominate the former president as Speaker is “not going to happen” in the wake of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.)...
