LAS VEGAS — Vice President JD Vance has faced skepticism from some in the Jewish Republican community. He waded directly into the fray Monday — and was met with...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Thursday slammed former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan for being disliked among Washington’s political elite. “I know people who have worked with them closely, and maybe talk to people closely, those people will tell you that they're about as popular as male pattern baldness,” Kennedy...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Wednesday arrested two alleged members of the MS-13 gang in Omaha, Neb. Rene Saul Escobar Ochoa, 30, is described by ICE in a news release as "a criminal alien, known MS-13 gang member and foreign terrorist also wanted in El Salvador." “Escobar Ochoa is accused of giving orders to fellow gang...
Israel has concluded that some of Iran's enriched uranium survived the U.S.’s recent strikes on the country, The New York Times reported. A senior Israeli official told the Times that the country found American and Israeli attacks did not destroy a portion of an Iranian underground stockpile of enriched uranium, with Iranian nuclear engineers still...
White House budget chief Russell Vought on Thursday accused Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell of mismanaging the central bank’s budget during renovations, adding to President Trump’s criticism of Powell. Vought, in a letter to Powell, said Trump is “extremely troubled” that he has “plowed ahead with an ostentatious overhaul” of the Fed’s headquarters in Washington,...
The United Nations (UN) is pushing back against the United States after President Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese on Wednesday. The spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres, Stephane Dujarric, said during a Thursday briefing that the Trump administration's move to slap sanctions on Albanese, who...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) is demanding information from several major tech firms with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, which he alleges are distorting facts and producing biased results about President Trump. Bailey sent letters to Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Meta on Wednesday, asking whether they design their algorithms to disfavor certain political affiliations or...
Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton (R) filed for divorce from state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Thursday, according to court documents. The development comes as Paxton is challenging incumbent Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R ) for his seat in a closely watched primary. Paxton said in a post on X that he and his...
It is beyond ironic that Cruz has sponsored legislation to exclude disfavored children from the Constitution, given that he is not a 14th Amendment citizen himself.
The American public is evenly divided over the implications of artificial intelligence (AI). Still, the majority thinks the new technology will reduce the need for people to do creative or important tasks, according to a new survey that was released on Thursday. The new Gallup poll found that 49 percent of the U.S. adults said...
A Michigan judge rejected a challenge to the state’s longtime ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents. The lawsuit argued that the ban had no standing after Michiganders voted in 2022 to pass a constitutional amendment ensuring the right to an abortion. Judge Brock A. Swartzle ruled that the group that filed the...
The Education Department announced on Thursday a civil rights investigation against George Mason University over allegations of discrimination regarding its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. The federal agency said multiple professors at the university alleged leadership is giving preferential treatment to underrepresented minority groups for hiring and promotion considerations among faculty. “Despite the...
Steve Bannon argued a special counsel should be appointed to review files related to Jeffrey Epstein amid outrage from the right over a government memo saying the disgraced financier had no "client list" and was not murdered in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. “They have to go to the court and demand...
Congress and President Trump engaged in a series of political maneuverings and debates over the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" and the bombing of Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities, with Congress rejecting Sen. Tim Kaine's motion to discharge the bill from the Foreign Relations Committee.
