Democrats’ House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and adviser has led to a political firestorm across social media.
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) said Saturday she believes the ongoing legal battle over the Kennedy Center could stand in the way of President Trump tearing down the building, after his administration raised demolition as a possibility earlier this week. Beatty, an ex officio member of the center’s board who has successfully challenged Trump’s proposed changes...
Republicans are nearing the final stretch of the midterm election cycle with an increasingly unstable political landscape, as races for traditionally safe red seats grow competitive amid tensions over President Trump’s economic agenda. Democrats are looking to flip a handful of key battleground states to regain a Congressional majority come November. Senate races in Texas,...
Ethiopia is one of the most repressive environments for press freedom, with the government using censorship, harassment and arbitrary detention to stifle independent journalism, while YouTube is increasingly undermining the mission of amplifying the voices of exiled and independent journalists through opaque and seemingly biased moderation practices.
An appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can access sensitive federal data of millions of Americans, reversing a temporary injunction that was issued earlier this year. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision that unions looking to bar DOGE from accessing sensitive...
Spirit Airlines is facing financial difficulties and may not be able to continue operations within 12 months, according to its parent company's quarterly financial report.
Conservative pundit and social media personality Benny Johnson used an appearance in the White House Press Briefing Room's "new media" seat to rail against crime in Washington, D.C., and suggest a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer, who was recently assaulted in the District, be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. "As a D.C. resident...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday said his counterpart, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was “in denial” about the suffering in Gaza. His comments come after Australia's commitment on Monday to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state, following in the footsteps of Canada, France and the United Kingdom. Albanese said he spoke with Netanyahu...
The Department of Justice announced Monday it is settling lawsuits challenging race-based admissions at West Point and the Air Force Academy. Students for Fair Admissions, which won the Supreme Court ruling in 2023 banning race-based admission at universities, challenged the policies at military institutions, which were left off the high court’s decision two years ago....
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking on what he calls a “no regrets strategy,” saying he must “fight fire with fire” in countering the President Trump-led redistricting efforts in Texas. In exclusive comments made to The Hill, Newsom said he is feeling “very confident” about moving forward with his own redistricting plan, as the California...
The world must not ignore the suffering in Gaza, where thousands of civilians have been killed and starvation is at a record high, and Donald Trump must use his power to stop the Israeli military offensive and provide food and medicine to the area.
California Governor Gavin Newsom trolled President Trump on social media with a "SECOND-TO-LAST WARNING" post, ribbing him over his polling, squishy deadlines, and communication style, while also criticizing his attempts to rig congressional maps and his emergency declaration in Washington, D.C.
About one-in-three U.S. adults say their family’s finances have gotten worse in the past year, while another 40 percent said it roughly stayed the same, according to a new poll. The latest Yahoo Finance/Marist Poll survey, released Monday, found that 33 percent of U.S. adults said their family’s finances have deteriorated in the last year....
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that George Washington University is in violation of federal civil rights law and described it as “deliberately indifferent” to antisemitism on campus. The DOJ said George Washington took “no meaningful action” to combat antisemitism that led to harm to Jewish students and faculty. In a letter...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said he planned to call another special session after the GOP failed to achieve a quorum, or the minimum number of lawmakers needed in order to conduct business, to pass a new GOP House map. “With the Texas House and Senate today announcing they are prepared to sine die on...
