The hard-right Freedom Caucus is having a rough primary season.
Candidates with backing from the caucus and its allies flopped in primaries from Florida to Wyoming on Tuesday, adding...
Abdul El-Sayed says he wants to go beyond Bernie Sanders' public ownership model for a major American industry, calling for "some system of public control."
Universities in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee are extending condolences to Milligan University after a fatal crash involving Milligan's cycling team on Wednesday morning.
The U.S. national debt crossed $40 trillion on Tuesday, according to newly released data from the Treasury Department. It marks a key milestone for the U.S., which has seen its total outstanding debt double over less than a decade. This sum first crossed the $20 trillion mark in late 2017 and reached $39 trillion just...
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, is requesting a dismissal of state murder charges in this case. This is the third time that the former police officer has asked to have these charges dismissed. His previous two petitions have been denied. Chauvin’s attorneys filed a petition in...
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,...
President Trump warned Wednesday that North Korea has “57 very powerful nuclear weapons,” comments that come after he complimented the country a few days ago. “The fact that I get along with him, that’s a good thing, not a bad thing. He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons,” Trump said during an event at the...
Two attorneys said Wednesday their client told the House Ethics Committee that Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) sexually harassed and assaulted her. The statement comes after the House Ethics Committee said Monday it was “reviewing allegations” that Gomez “may have engaged in sexual misconduct in violation of the Code of Official Conduct or any other applicable...
Eric Trump, the son of the president, said Wednesday that the conversation surrounding the relationship between longtime White House aide Natalie Harp and his father was “absolute trash.” “Natalie is an incredible young woman — a cancer survivor, a genuinely good person, and arguably one of the hardest-working people in the White House. She’s deeply...
