The Trump administration on Sunday denounced China's restrictions on underground churches and the recent detention of dozens of leaders of the unregistered Beijing Zion Church, including prominent pastor Mingri "Ezra" Jin.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are locked in a war of words over who is to blame for the government shutdown as it entered its 12th day.
Billionaire tech executive Marc Benioff said he wants President Trump to restore a sense of public safety in San Francisco by sending in the National Guard.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that he is “very confident” in the passage of his and Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) bill on files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Congress left town early without voting on your bipartisan bill, which would basically call for the release of all of the files...
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Sunday he does not “connect” autism and vaccines in the wake of five top officials’ exit at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “The science has debunked links between autism and vaccines for more than 20 years,” NBC News’s Kristen Welker said on “Meet the Press.” “Oh no,...
A former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official is sounding the alarm about Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his policies after resigning from his post last week. Former Director of the CDC's Center for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, resigned last Wednesday following the White House's...
The 10th test of the SpaceX Starship has been launched and by all accounts was wildly successful in meeting its objectives. What do the results tell us about the likelihood that NASA and its commercial and international partners will beat China back to the Moon? A recent article by Eric Berger in Ars Technica sent shockwaves through space...
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said in a Friday post on Substack that President Trump is facing “self-inflicted disaster” amid his global trade war. “One crucial thing to understand is that Trump is facing a completely self-inflicted disaster here,” Krugman said in the post. “He probably could have gotten Republicans in Congress to vote for insane...
If victims must rely on robust white-collar enforcement for compensation, the Department of Justice should refocus its efforts on serious misconduct rather than walk back enforcement altogether.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday “reaffirmed that the two countries were development partners" amid President Trump’s steep tariffs on India, according to a press release. According to a press release from Modi’s office, Xi and Modi had a meeting on Sunday in the Chinese city of Tianjin. The...
Taylor Greene’s plea to do more to reduce acute malnutrition, starvation and death should resonate with Americans across the political spectrum and by implication the federal government.
Americans are broadly opposed to political gerrymandering, but polls show even Democrats are coming around to the idea as the redistricting battle between the parties has intensified over the summer. Polling shows voters across the spectrum view gerrymandering with distrust and support limits on politicians being able to draw the lines to help their side. But...
The House and Senate are headed for a tussle over the annual, must-pass defense spending bill as the upper chamber’s version stands at odds with the budget passed by the House and a proposal from the Trump administration. The Republican-led Senate Appropriations Committee last month approved nearly $853 billion for the Defense Department for fiscal...
President Trump is dominating the political stage for now. But attention will shift soon enough toward the 2028 race. Trump has at times entertained the idea of seeking a third term — a notion encouraged by some of the most combative voices in MAGA World such as Steve Bannon. The near-universal expert view is that...
Parents are losing trust in artificial intelligence (AI) in schools even as more districts look to adopt the technology. A recent PDK poll found parents are not comfortable with AI software getting personal information about their children such as grades, and that Americans overall frown upon AI usage for creating lesson plans. The...
