Schumer warns Trump's Venezuela actions push U.S. toward war without congressional approval, citing constitutional concerns over military force and oversight.
Most Americans don’t see the value in a four-year degree in higher education, according to a new poll. An NBC News survey found 63 percent of people saying a bachelor’s degree is “not worth the cost because people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off,” while...
Since Governor Greg Abbott launched his campaign for re-election, he's been highlighting policies that could have wide-ranging effects on Texans. He's highlighted a new plan to provide property tax relief, and his words are a key part of the court battle over the state's congressional maps.
The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee said late Saturday they are seeking “full accounting” of an early September U.S. military attack against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean after a report alleged that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered U.S. troops to “kill everybody” aboard the vessel. “This committee is committed to providing...
A Russian drone strike killed at least three people in Ukraine’s capital early Saturday morning while wounding at least 29 others, according to The Associated Press. Two individuals were killed in Kyiv, while the other death occurred in the broader region, the Kyiv City Military Administration announced. The Kremlin strikes consisted of both missiles and...
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admitted on Wednesday to authoring a series of antigay Reddit posts and called his past comments “indefensible.” “I have no reason to deny [that the posts are mine],” Platner said in a Zoom interview with The Advocate, the LGBT news magazine that first reported on the controversial posts on...
Three NBA players and coaches were among more than 30 individuals indicted by federal prosecutors in charges unsealed Thursday as part of a large-scale illegal betting investigation linking the sports figures with organized crime families. Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and former Cleveland Cavaliers player Damon Jones were arrested Thursday...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is temporarily calling back all furloughed staff starting next week, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday. Open enrollment for traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans began Oct. 15, while the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace starts Nov. 1. According to the Department of Health and Human Services shutdown plan, 47 percent of CMS...
The Senate is voting Thursday on legislation sponsored by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that would pay “excepted” employees, or federal workers who have to stay at work in spite of the funding lapse. The legislation is being considered as the government shutdown goes into its fourth week. Democrats on Wednesday blocked a House-passed bill to...
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (D) says former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 2024, “lost the plot” when she called President Trump a “fascist.” Fetterman made his comments during an interview with Fox News’s “Hannity”. Asked by the show’s host, Sean Hannity, why Democrats are comparing Trump to authoritarian leaders...
The Senate on Thursday is scheduled to vote on whether to pay some federal employees, including service members, as the government shutdown stretches into its fourth week. The plight of military families has been central to the GOP’s shutdown strategy, and Republican leaders hope to put Democrats on the spot with the bill sponsored by...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is downplaying outrage against Graham Platner, who he is backing in the Democratic Senate primary in Maine, over Platner's controversial posts on Reddit and a tattoo that resembles a Nazi “totenkopf.” Sanders said there are “more important issues” than Graham’s decision to get a tattoo while serving in the Marines. “He went...
The Senate on Thursday afternoon is set to vote on the Shutdown Fairness Act — a bill introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that would provide pay for service members and excepted workers as the government shutdown stretches into a fourth week. Democrats have also weighed their own version of a bill that would include...
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) launched his first significant attack against his latest primary challenger Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) on Thursday, referring to his fellow Lone Star State lawmaker as “fake MAGA.” The incumbent senator made the attacks in a new microsite and digital ad, backed by a five-figure investment. “Wesley Hunt says he’s MAGA but the...
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) committed to repaying his fraud victims on Wednesday, days after President Trump commuted his sentence and the former lawmaker walked free from prison. In an interview on NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” the New York Republican said his legal team is “looking into” ways to pay restitution, even though his clemency order frees...
The Oslo-based Nobel Peace Prize committee may have turned down President Trump’s latest bid for glory. Yet by honoring Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado — at a time when Trump is openly backing efforts to topple the government in Caracas — it has laid bare the extent to which the peace prize has become...
