U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Wednesday stirred a diplomatic firestorm after he told reporters that the state of Jammu and Kashmir is an “important part of India.” Gor reignited diplomatic tensions over the area of Kashmir, which has been claimed by both India and Pakistan. The two nuclear-armed countries have fought three wars...
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s changes to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program that resulted in the abrupt loss of tens of millions of dollars in federal grants. The order from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, who was appointed by former President Obama, pauses the administration's effort...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced Tuesday it is cutting off trade with Iran after accusing it of firing two missiles toward the UAE. Afra Al Hameli, director of the UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Strategic Communications Department, stated that “in the light of regional escalations that undermine regional and international peace and security, all...
President Trump downplayed concerns around the bond market and called for lower interest rates during a meeting with cryptocurrency executives at the White House on Wednesday. “No, I don’t think so,” Trump told reporters, in response to a question about whether Americans should be concerned about volatility in the bond market. “Our country is doing...
Democrats are declaring victory in a Tuesday special election for a Pennsylvania state House seat, flipping a district that has supported Republican candidates for decades. Brandon Dukes, the Democratic candidate, defeated Republican Scott Timko with a lead just shy of 100 votes in the race to represent Pennsylvania’s 12th District, according to Decision Desk HQ....
The Kennedy Center has agreed to hold off on placing President Trump’s name onto the performing arts building amid an ongoing legal battle over the venue. The center’s Trump-aligned board voted last week to add the president’s name to its building again, months after a federal judge ordered it removed. The center said in a...
President Trump will sit for an interview with Michael Cohen, his former personal attorney turned critic, who admitted to facilitating payments to adult film actor Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Cohen, who had sparred with Trump in recent years after a public falling out, has since reconciled with the president,...
Clarence Thomas choked up recalling a promise he made after his grandparents' deaths and Thomas Sowell's influence on his thinking about self-reliance.
Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent is advocating for President Donald Trump to get the U.S. out of the Iran war and remove U.S. troops from the Middle East.