President Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom met on the tarmac of the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday when the president arrived and committed to working together on wildfire receovery.
An Ohio woman who has been attacked online as racist after a video of her interaction with her Black neighbor went public is speaking out to Fox News Digital.
President Biden in a new interview published Tuesday said there should be a ban on members of Congress trading stocks, taking a position on an issue that has entered the spotlight in recent years. “I don't know how you look your constituents in the eye and know because the job they gave you, it gave...
Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are threatening sanctions against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unless Ankara forces Syrian opposition fighters into a ceasefire with U.S-backed Kurdish partners in the northeast of the country, as the country roils from the fall of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The senators said...
About 1-in-5 voters have invested in, traded or used cryptocurrency, according to a Tuesday poll. The survey from Emerson College Polling found that 19 percent of respondents have traded, invested or used crypto like Bitcoin or Ethereum. About 81 percent have not. Among the respondents who have used crypto, 39 percent used it to make...
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) threw cold water on speculation that he would serve in President-elect Trump’s administration as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Tuesday. “I appreciate the speculation but I am staying in Congress and running for re-election. It’s an honor to serve the people of Florida’s 23rd district,” Moskowitz...
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which works to advance LGBTQ equality in the House, on Tuesday slammed “idiots” who claimed without evidence that the shooter at a Wisconsin private school a day earlier was transgender. Two people — one teenage student and a teacher — were killed and another six...
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) announced on Tuesday it is investing $100,000 in two Northern Virginia state legislature special elections next month. While Democrats are expected to win the races for the 32nd state Senate district and the 26th state House district, the elections could set the tone for what is expected to be...
The U.S. health care system has many problems, but government-run health care systems in the UK and Canada frequently delay or deny needed medical care due to underinvestment in health services.
House Republicans are fuming at Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) handling of an end-of-year measure to extend government funding until March, saying it is more like a sprawling omnibus — which they abhor — than a simple temporary funding measure. The continuing resolution (CR), which will keep government funding at current levels through March 14, is also...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is expressing her concerns about apparent conflicts of interest posed by Elon Musk serving as a top adviser in the new administration and asking for President-elect Trump to explain what ethics standards will apply to the billionaire businessman. She wants to know whether Musk has complied with the Trump transition team’s...
Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters that the delayed release of a stopgap spending bill could force the Senate to work into the weekend to ultimately pass it. Thune indicated that it is unclear if the two sides will be able to reach a time agreement to expedite passage of the continuing resolution...
House Democrats voted Tuesday to make Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) their top member on the House Agriculture Committee, choosing a junior member of the powerful panel over a more veteran lawmaker who was also vying for the seat. Craig, in her third term, defeated Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.), the second-ranking member of the committee, who...
The U.S. on Monday charged two Iranian officials in a scheme that contributed to a deadly January drone attack that killed three American troops in Jordan. The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, 42, who is a U.S.-Iranian national from Natick, Mass., and Mohammad Abedininajafabadi, also known as Mohammad Abedini, 38, of Tehran,...
Pieces of a bipartisan effort to prevent a government shutdown during the holiday season are beginning to come into focus, including a March end-date and $100 billion in disaster aid. GOP leadership briefed Republicans on Tuesday morning on some of the details of the forthcoming legislation. Text of the measure has yet to be released....
The largest federal workers’ union vowed to fight President-elect Trump’s administration if he pushes to block a contract signed by the Biden administration allowing federal workers to keep working remotely. Trump said at his first post-election press conference on Monday that he would challenge in court the “very terrible” contract signed with the American Federation...
