Pro-Palestinian protestors obstructed traffic Wednesday near the entrances of two of the country’s largest airports — Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) — on what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days all year. At JFK, the Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) made 26 arrests for...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is speaking out against a New York bill that would require some Chick-fil-A locations in the state to go against their policy and stay open on Sundays, calling it a violation of the Constitution. "As I speak, the state of New York is trying to pass a law requiring Chick-fil-A to...
The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday that it has opened an investigative subcommittee into Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) over potential campaign finance and other violations of House rules. In a release, the committee said that the subpanel will determine whether Cherfilus-McCormick “may have violated campaign finance laws and regulations in connection with her 2022 special election and/or...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) warned former President Trump is likely to use the power of government against his political opponents if elected again in an interview published Wednesday. In a RealClearPolitics interview, the GOP presidential candidate painted a picture of a second Trump term centered on revenge and accused the former president of targeting...
A man allegedly carrying a machete and a knife on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol was arrested Tuesday afternoon by U.S. Capitol Police (USCP). According to the statement released by police, an officer saw a man pacing back and forth who then sat down on a ledge on the east side of the...
We need to reorient our healthcare system’s incentives toward population health management and invest in principles that target fundamental drivers of poor health outcomes.
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson outlined his belief that his long-shot GOP presidential campaign could pull ahead in the event of one or more criminal convictions of former President Trump in an interview with Politico. Hutchinson told the publication that he believed Trump will be convicted on at least one of the four federal and state...
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R- Ky.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are suggesting that President Biden may have “engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress” if he knew that his son Hunter Biden planned to defy a congressional subpoena. In a letter to Assistant to the President...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) urged Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday to “cut interest rates now” or risk guaranteeing the reelection of former President Trump. “Powell should cut interest rates now given most of inflation was caused by supply shocks,” Khanna said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “If he doesn't, he may...
Given that Jews and Muslims disagree on that history, whose version should prevail?
California has the largest number of LGBTQ Americans, according to new research, while Washington, D.C., has the greatest percentage of LGBTQ residents and the South claims a larger share of LGBTQ adults than any other region. A report published by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles found an estimated 5.5 percent...
Former President Trump on Wednesday demanded the Maine secretary of state recuse herself from her upcoming decision on the former president’s ballot eligibility under the 14th Amendment, citing her past statements about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Unlike other states, where plaintiffs have sued over Trump’s eligibility in court, Maine’s system first allows the secretary...
A federal judge in Alabama denied the Biden administration’s request to pause a lawsuit challenging the state’s transgender care ban while other courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, consider similar challenges in other states. In his opinion, U.S. District Judge Liles Burke wrote a stay “may indeed be the most efficient way to proceed in...
An existing asthma treatment shows promise for reducing food allergies in children and is one step closer to approval, which could come by the end of March. Early data from a federally funded clinical trial showed children who received injections of the monoclonal antibody omalizumab could consume higher doses of peanut, egg, milk and...
A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily blocked enforcement of an International Trade Commission (ITC) order barring Apple from selling its latest Apple Watch models in the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted Apple an interim stay while it considers granting the iPhone maker a longer-term stay as it...
The main super PAC aligned with House Democrats will spend $5.2 million in initial television and digital advertisements in an effort to flip former Rep. George Santos's (R-N.Y.) seat back to Democratic in the upcoming special election, the super PAC announced Wednesday. House Majority PAC said it will shell out $5.2 million in initial television...
Earlier this month to little fanfare, Kamala Harris broke a 191-year-old record set by John C. Calhoun for the most tiebreaking votes ever cast by a vice president.
Special counsel Jack Smith is seeking to bar former President Trump from making “political attacks” about his federal 2020 election subversion criminal prosecution at trial, urging a judge to prohibit Trump from claiming to jurors he is being selectively prosecuted and introducing certain other evidence. “Through public statements, filings, and argument in hearings before the...
How about a little bit of good news as we close out the year?
Former President Trump expressed confidence that fellow Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will endorse Trump’s re-election bid following reports that Ramaswamy has cancelled TV advertising ahead of the first primary contests. “He will, I am sure, Endorse me. But Vivek is a good man, and is not done yet!” Trump wrote on his TruthSocial platform...
A woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Christmas Eve after a loaded handgun was detected in her bag. The 9mm gun, which was loaded with six bullets, was found among the woman's carry-on items when going through security at the Arlington, Va., airport just outside...
Former President Trump celebrated the Michigan Supreme Court rejecting an attempt to remove him from the state's primary ballot, while taking the opportunity to swipe at Colorado's high court for booting him off that state's ballot. "The Michigan Supreme Court has strongly and rightfully denied the Desperate Democrat attempt to take the leading Candidate in...
It is unclear why the U.S. has not made curtailing China’s destabilizing nuclear weapons buildup a higher priority.
The United Nations has appointed a veteran Dutch diplomat and politician as senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for the Gaza Strip in line with a Security Council resolution that passed the chamber last week. Sigrid Kaag, former deputy prime minister and former finance minister of the Netherlands, was appointed as the U.N.’s special humanitarian coordinator,...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) blasted Democratic strategist James Carville, saying he should "shut the f‑‑‑ up" on criticisms regarding President Biden and his odds in the 2024 presidential race. In a new interview with Politico, Fetterman responded to a question about Biden's reelection campaign by slamming Carville unprompted, saying he would use the interview as...
