The federal government shutdown has entered its second week, and already shortages of air traffic controllers have strained operations and disrupted flights at some U.S. airports.
Republican pundit Karl Rove knocked California Democrat and candidate for Governor Katie Porter for an interview during which she was combative with a journalist and refused to answer questions about her candidacy for the state's highest office. “It says something about it that look, she’s an unpleasant person, we’ve known that from the day that...
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin on Wednesday defended an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot a pastor with a pepper ball from a rooftop, after a video of the incident went viral this week. Videos of the Sept. 19 incident, which circulated widely Wednesday on social media, showed Pastor...
The Senate on Thursday morning will hold its seventh vote on the GOP- and Democratic-led stopgap funding bills that could reopen the government. Senate Republicans need to flip at least five more Democrats to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to turn the lights back on. Despite three defections thus far, the last six votes on...
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, whose philosophical, bleakly funny novels often unfold in single sentences, won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for his for his "compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”
Trevor Noah says one of the "first things you lose" in authoritarianism is comedy and that fellow comics are "s‑‑‑ting themselves" under President Trump. "When I was growing up until I was 6 years old, maybe even like closer to 10, free speech wasn't a thing," Noah, who was born in South Africa, said during...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is adding pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to call lawmakers back to Washington after he canceled this week's votes amid the government shutdown. “I think he should really bring the House back in session for many reasons,” Greene told CNN in an interview Wednesday, while criticizing Johnson for stalling...
Former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., claimed she delivered billions to her district while voting against defense and infrastructure bills that secured funding for St. Louis.
