The Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday said Russia must be ejected from Syria, warning that if Moscow maintains a presence in the country it will allow for Iran’s eventual reentry. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), speaking during a panel at the Hudson Institute, called for remaining…
A top coronavirus vaccine adviser to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) resigned from the agency, citing concerns that she would no longer be able to help the most vulnerable people following a change in the agency’s recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women. In an email to…
President Trump on Wednesday evening is set to host a “Summer Soiree” on the South Lawn of the White House. The event has been billed as a way for Trump to thank his wide range of political appointees for their service. It comes as GOP lawmakers continue their efforts to…
Education secretary said ‘if you’re giving facts on both sides’ of Tulsa race massacre and Ruby Bridges, it wouldn’t be DEI Linda McMahon, the education secretary, said Wednesday she is unsure if teaching students about two of the most notorious racist episodes in US history would fall foul of the…
A housing agency rule would also allow work requirements. Supporters say a time limit would help spread limited funds to more people, but critics warn it would leave some homeless. (Image credit: Mario Tama)
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The Navy is also considering renaming ships named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Harriet Tubman.
A Chinese embassy official said Wednesday he was unaware of the case involving two Chinese nationals charged with smuggling a “dangerous biological pathogen” into the U.S. for university research. “I don’t know the specific situation, but I would like to emphasize that the Chinese government has always required overseas Chinese…
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to provide all non-citizens deported from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador to be afforded the opportunity to seek habeas relief in court, and challenge their alleged gang status— the latest in a heated fight centered…
The White House finally sent over a rescissions package request — a move the administration has been dragging its feet on for months — asking Republicans in Congress to swallow a chunk of the sweeping cuts that Elon Musk has enacted with his DOGE destruction so far this year.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is planning to re-introduce a bill that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group after the Boulder attack launched by Mohamed Soliman. Soliman, an Egyptian citizen, has publicly supported the group on his social media accounts, according to reports from CNN. Cruz said Tuesday…
96 <!– Plus: Russia prepares to retaliate after Ukraine attacks {beacon} REPUBLICAN LEADERS are working to quash a revolt over debt in President Trump’s agenda bill amid fierce criticism from Elon Musk and new projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The nonpartisan CBO said Wednesday that Trump’s “big,…
A federal judge in Colorado has blocked the deportation of the family of the suspect in the Boulder, Colo., attack. The order came just as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced it was preparing to deport Mohamed Soliman’s wife and five children. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi…
Team behind Oscar-winning biopic of the groundbreaking gay politician hits back at decision to remove his name Sean Penn, the Oscar-winning actor of the 2008 Harvey Milk biopic Milk and Milk writer Dustin Lance Black have spoken out against US defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to remove the gay rights…
Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said President Trump’s domestic policy bill – which narrowly passed the House – will not pass the Senate in its current form.
Less than a week after leaving his position as head of the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk is calling on Americans to urge their senators and representatives to “kill” the “big, beautiful” budget bill backed by President Donald Trump. Musk has grown increasingly critical of Trump’s “big,…
EXCLUSIVE: A GOP lawmaker on the House’s Homeland Security Committee is spearheading a hearing on growing antisemitic violence in the U.S. in response to recent attacks in Boulder, Colorado, and Washington, D.C. These attacks are not outliers, according to the chairman of the committee’s counterterrorism and intelligence subcommittee, Rep. August Pfluger…
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., used his opening remarks during the Senate’s first judicial nominee hearing of the year on Wednesday to remind his colleagues that he was holding up at least one of President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice nominees. “I’ve got a hold on one nominee from Florida,” Durbin…
Education department accuses university of violating federal anti-discrimination laws and notifies accreditor The Department of Education announced on Wednesday afternoon that it has notified Columbia University’s accreditor of an alleged violation of federal anti-discrimination laws by the elite, private university in New York that is part of the Ivy League.…
The Trump administration’s Pride month plan targets a San Francisco gay rights icon who was assassinated in 1978 Leaders in San Francisco are blasting the Trump administration for stripping the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk from a US naval ship, and especially during Pride month, when people gather…