House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that President Trump hasn’t granted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republicans "permission" to negotiate about the government shutdown, which is in its 13th day. “Speaker Mike Johnson and I have not met because Donald Trump has not given them permission to meet,” Jeffries told MSNBC. “We...
Vice President Vance said Sunday that subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) fuel waste and fraud in the insurance industry, as Republicans refuse Democratic demands to extend the tax credits ahead of open enrollment next month. “The tax credits go to some people deservedly. And we think the tax credits actually go to a...
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Monday his intention to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in brokering the historic ceasefire and hostage agreement between Hamas and Israel. The nomination would mark the second time in a matter of months that Islamabad tapped the U.S. president for the prestigious...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Monday placing new guardrails on how artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots interact with children and handle issues of suicide and self-harm. S.B. 243, which cleared the state Legislature in mid-September, requires developers of "companion chatbots” to create protocols preventing their models from producing content about suicidal ideation, suicide...
President Trump potentially supplying Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine could “end badly” for everyone, Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev warned Monday. Medvedev, the Russian Security Council deputy chair, wrote on Telegram that it is impossible to distinguish between a Tomahawk missile with a nuclear warhead and a conventional one. Trump told reporters Sunday that he...
Co-anchor of CNBC's "Squawk Box” and New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin predicts that the stock market could see a major crash, mimicking the infamous 1929 Wall Street crash that was an instrumental trigger for the Great Depression. “I'm anxious that we are at prices that may not feel sustainable. And what I...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy claimed Monday that the upcoming “No Kings Day” protests are “part of” the antifascist movement known as antifa. “The ‘No Kings’ protest, Maria, really frustrating. I mean, this is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question, who's funding it? But, yeah, Democrats want to wait for a big rally...
Republican New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign slammed his Democrat opponent for pushing a narrative that he “killed tens of thousands of people."
Northern Virginia transgender bathroom controversy escalates as emails reveal sex offender Richard Kenneth Cox contacted Arlington school board about locker room policies.
Bill Clinton credits President Donald Trump and his administration for keeping Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations on track until an agreement was reached.
New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill is facing scrutiny after receiving money to her gubernatorial campaign from a businessman linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
President Donald Trump dismissed former Secretary of State Antony Blinken's assertion that his Gaza cease-fire plan originated from Biden administration work.
Donald Trump’s speech was a raucous, celebratory affair as lawmakers in Jerusalem showered him with adulation — and he delivered the most lavishly pro-Israel...
