American Federation of Teachers chief Randi Weingarten is still promoting new book on fascism and educators following the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk at Utah university event.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R) launched her run for South Carolina governor early Monday, joining a crowded Republican primary field to succeed Gov. Henry McMaster (R-S.C.). Mace made her official announcement at her alma mater, The Citadel, a senior military college, on Monday. The congresswoman was the first woman to graduate from the college in 1999. ...
Former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley launched a bid on Monday for the Republican nod to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) next year, adding a high-profile name to one of the midterms' most consequential contests. Dooley is the son of former University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, an icon in Georgia...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) visited Jerusalem on Sunday after he previously postponed a trip to Israel earlier this year. Johnson was seen in footage visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem and joining a group of House Republicans to meet with Israeli officials. “It is such a moving time for us to be here, to...
President Trump confirmed Sunday that nuclear submarines “are in the region” two days after saying the U.S. was positioning two nuclear submarines close to Russia. “I've already put out a statement, and the answer is, they are in the region, yeah, where they have to be,” Trump told reporters while traveling back to Washington when...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said on Sunday that the state would protect Texas Democrats who fled to the Prairie State over GOP efforts to redraw the Lone Star State's congressional maps. “They're here in Illinois. We're going to do everything we can to protect every single one of them and make sure that —...
President Trump on Sunday weighed in on actor Sydney Sweeney and her recent controversial ad campaign with American Eagle. “You'd be surprised at how many people are Republicans,” the president said after a reporter stated that the "White Lotus" and "Euphoria" star is a registered Republican. “That’s what I wouldn’t have known, but I’m glad...
Texas House Democrats announced on Sunday that they were leaving the state in a bid to stop Republicans from advancing House maps that would give the GOP five more pickup opportunities ahead of 2026. The Texas Democrats said they were denying Republicans a quorum, or the minimum number of lawmakers needed present in order to...
Andrew Puzder, a former fast-food chain CEO, was confirmed by the Senate on Saturday as the U.S. ambassador to the European Union (EU). Puzder’s confirmation went through in a 53-44 vote, with New Hampshire Sens. Maggie Hassan (D) and Jeanne Shaheen (D) crossing the aisle to vote with most Republicans in support of Puzder. Sen....
President Trump on Sunday defended his decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) following a weak jobs report, a move that has sparked broad pushback. Trump in a post on his Truth Social platform asserted that fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer "had the biggest miscalculations in over 50 years," portraying...
Two foreign leaders have become more vexing to President Trump than he expected: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Each of them has complicated the political calculus for Trump on the world stage, owing not only to the suffering each of them has imposed on Ukrainians and Palestinians, respectively, but also...
President Trump railed against Charlamagne tha God on Sunday after the radio host predicted the Jeffrey Epstein saga would pave the way for traditional Republicans to take back the GOP from the MAGA base. Charlamagne made the remarks in an interview on Fox News’s “My View with Lara Trump,” which is hosted by the president’s...
The Senate on Saturday night confirmed President Trump's pick Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Pirro, a former Fox News host and prosecutor who served as district attorney for Westchester County in New York, was confirmed along party lines in a 50-45 vote. Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Mitch...
White House officials on Sunday defended President Trump's decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) following a weak jobs report, a move that has sparked broad criticism. "The president wants his own people there so that when we see the numbers, they're more transparent and more reliable," Kevin Hassett, chair of the...
