A California couple that hired a surrogate to carry their child — only to find the baby had a rare heart condition after 20 weeks in utero — allegedly...
The Democratic Party's deep fractures over the Israel-Hamas conflict spilled into the open at its interfaith gathering Friday as Jewish and Palestinian American members squared off over charged phrases like "from the river to the sea" and the word "genocide."
The Justice Department described the Iranian missile threat incident that led President Trump to secretly switch planes last month as an “assassination attempt” in a new court filing on Friday. U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer mentioned the incident in an emergency appeal to Supreme Court asking it to overturn a lower court’s block on the...
President Trump on Sunday shared a video calling for "hardcore communist bastards" to be deported, notably naming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D). Conservative pundit Michael Savage's 49-minute-long video, which he posted on July 4, claims that democratic socialist candidates running as Democrats have been turning the U.S. into a socialist country through, for...
Vice President JD Vance is set to sit down with House Republicans on Tuesday in an effort to get them to reopen the chamber floor and pass President Trump’s key legislative priorities. The development comes as lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on Monday after leaving for the July 4th recess amid a standstill. Conservative hardliners...
Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) is backing Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) to replace him ahead of the Michigan Senate primary next month. “Colleen & I are all in for Haley Stevens for U.S. Senate. Michigan – and the country – can’t afford to lose this seat. @HaleyforMI is the fighter we need and she has the...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) plans to introduce another war powers resolution to force Republicans to vote again to end the military conflict with Iran after hostilities between the United States and Iran intensified over the last week. “You’re … seeing the problems with embarking on a war of choice, a war that the president got...
Lawmakers return to Washington this week confronting the same legislative logjam that brought the House to a standstill before they left town, with no clear path to breaking the impasse. Conservative hardliners have pressed GOP leaders to take action on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act and a border security bill, vowing to...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) early Monday called on Senate Republicans to work with Democrats to address what he called President Trump’s “lopsided” spending priorities and pass bipartisan spending bills to avoid a government shutdown. Schumer criticized Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) for bringing the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the...
The U.S. and Iran are both claiming control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway in the conflict between the two countries, after weekend fighting. In a post on the social platform X Sunday night, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said that it had “completed a new wave of offensive strikes against Iran” on Sunday...
U.S. forces on Sunday launched additional strikes on Iranian targets, as the two sides continue their resumption of hostilities over the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said Sunday evening its forces hit “dozens of targets at multiple locations with precision munitions" in order to "degrade Iran's ability to continue attacking international shipping" through...
Prediction market users have wagered in excess of $197 million on midterm election results, according to NBC News. The outlet analyzed 1,408 open markets on Kalshi and Polymarket for its report, published on Friday. On both platforms, users can bet on a variety of topics, including sports, global events and political elections. As of Sunday...
The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Saturday sent shockwaves through the Senate, as the upper chamber lost a 23-year veteran who shaped debate on a litany of foreign and domestic policy items. Graham died on Saturday “from a brief and sudden illness,” his office said early Sunday. The chief medical examiner of...
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday said he won’t return to the Capitol for votes “quite yet” as lawmakers prepare to return from recess. “As much as it frustrates me, this process takes time. And on the advice of my doctors, I won’t be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet....
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) died on Saturday of an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, the office of the Washington, D.C., chief medical examiner said Sunday. “The death certificate will be PENDING until all the toxicological and microscopic testing are finalized and at that point the death certificate will be updated to reflect the...
