President Biden on Monday issued a message to Americans concerned over potential violence in the United States amid the Israel-Hamas war, saying he asked his team to prioritize handling any emerging threats. “To those Americans worried about violence at home, as a result of the evil acts of terror perpetrated by Hamas in Israel, we...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Monday the Senate must take the lead in passing aid for Israel as the GOP-led House works to unify amid a vacancy in the Speaker’s chair. Schumer said Monday on the floor he will work with the Biden administration to craft an emergency supplemental package to provide Israel...
The Supreme Court on Monday intervened a second time so the Biden administration can enforce its regulation on so-called ghost guns after the administration accused lower courts of countermanding the justices’ authority. In August, the justices revived the regulation nationwide pending the administration’s full appeal. Newly at issue was whether lower courts ignored that ruling...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday warned against critics of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) airstrikes on Gaza drawing a “dangerous false equivalency” between Israel and Hamas, which he called an “evil organization.” Schumer, who returned from a bipartisan congressional trip to Israel, said he traveled there over the weekend to push...
The Biden administration said that the construction of a road that would be expected to facilitate mining operations in Alaska would impact more tribal communities than previously thought. The administration on Friday afternoon issued a supplemental draft environmental review of the project, known as the Ambler Road, that had previously been approved during the Trump...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken sheltered in a bunker in Tel Aviv for five minutes on Monday after air sirens interrupted his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli war cabinet. “While Secretary Blinken was meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war cabinet in Tel Aviv, air raid sirens went...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a select number of U.S. troops to prepare to deploy in support of Israel, multiple outlets have reported. About 2,000 such troops were chosen this weekend to be ready to assist with advising and medical support, The Wall Street Journal first reported. The forces will be pulled from across the U.S....
Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni on Thursday called on the Israeli government to investigate the death of video journalist Issam Abdallah. Abdallah, a photographer for the outlet, was killed last week during fighting in Lebanon, the outlet said. He was part of the Reuters crew that was providing a live signal and images from the ground....
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird (R) endorsed former President Trump during a campaign rally in Adel, Iowa, on Monday, making her the second statewide elected official in the Hawkeye State to wade into the 2024 GOP primary. "We need a new president in the White House. I am so glad to get to be here...
In the wake of the horrors perpetrated by Hamas on innocent Israeli citizens, leaders from President Biden to heads of cultural, political and advocacy organizations have felt compelled to speak out lest their silence be interpreted as a kind of complicity. College and university presidents have not escaped the compulsion to speak.
The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warned that a financial crisis caused by artificial intelligence (AI) is “nearly unavoidable” in the next decade without further regulation of the rapidly advancing technology. “It’s frankly a hard challenge,” SEC Chairman Gary Gensler told the Financial Times. “It’s a hard financial stability issue to address because...
Opposition to House GOP Speaker nominee Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is crumbling as Republicans return to Washington for a House vote to try to officially elect him. Four key lawmakers who had signaled opposition to Jordan last week fell like a set of dominos on Monday, giving the Ohio Republican a significant boost ahead of an...
Leaders at all levels of government can take steps to make projects like the Appleton at Spring Flats become more common.
Republican presidential primary candidates Ron DeSantis and Asa Hutchinson will both be interviewed Friday afternoon on NewsNation in front of a live audience at the 2024 Presidential Forum at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. The cable news channel announced Monday it will present interviews with the pair of 2024 GOP hopefuls that will air...
The murder rate in the United States fell 6.1 percent in 2022, according to new data from the FBI. The FBI’s annual crime report, released Monday, found that violent crime in the U.S. last year decreased while property crime is on the rise. Overall, violent crime dropped 1.7 percent, including a 6.1 percent decrease in murder...
The BBC issued an apology for the way it characterized demonstrations supporting Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel. "Earlier we reported on some of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the weekend," Maryam Moshiri, the chief presenter at BBC News, wrote in a statement posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. "We...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared 21 species extinct Monday, including 10 birds and two freshwater fish. The species, which the agency removed from the list of those protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) due to extinction, are part of a list of 23 that were proposed for delisting two years ago. At...
The 2007 freshman class was comprised of only 13 newly elected Republicans, including myself and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). It was a tough election climate given escalating wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ethics lapses in the House, and the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. But like me, Jordan worked diligently to ensure that congressional scandal, corruption and...
Most Americans in a new poll said they want the U.S. to help civilians in Gaza get out of harm's way as Israel prepares for a major counteroffensive into the territory in retaliation for militant group Hamas's surprise attack last week. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found 78 percent of participants said they agreed that "American...
The University of Pennsylvania has lost a major donor and a board member of allegations of antisemitism exacerbated by the school's response to the Israel-Hamas war. Former U.S. Ambassador and longtime UPenn donor Jon Huntsman announced after a university board of trustees meeting Friday that his family is cutting off funding. “The University’s silence in...
Your DNA cannot be returned for a new set. So if bad actors steal or sell your genetic information, there is nothing you can do about it.
The Biden campaign Monday joined Truth Social, the platform founded by former President Trump, pushing its message on a platform largely dominated by the former president and his followers. "Well. Let’s see how this goes. Converts welcome!" the campaign wrote in its first post on the platform under the handle @BidenHQ. The campaign followed up...
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) announced Monday it was launching a new six-figure ad investment in next month's Virginia state legislature races, keying in on the Republicans' inability to elect a new House Speaker. “Their refusal to do the basic requirements of government, including choosing a Speaker, shows us that this is all a...
The Trump campaign on Monday lambasted a judge's ruling barring the former president from attacking witnesses in his Washington criminal case over his efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election. A Trump campaign spokesperson connected the decision to President Biden, who had no role in the decision or in Trump's court cases,...
Once again, it’s Health Care Quality Week, when researchers and activists turn to government to fix the many serious quality problems in the U.S. health sector. Yet whenever government inserts itself into health care, low quality is the inevitable result. Government routinely mandates and subsidizes low-quality health care while blocking high-quality care. Whether it’s terrible...
