María Corina Machado won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless fight to restore freedom in Venezuela and defeat the authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro.
Even for a president who has long made clear he's no fan of Somalia, the latest round of White House contempt was a shock Wednesday in the country's largest Somali community.
A favorite pastime of election watchers and political operatives is to extrapolate every little detail possible from the results of an off-year or off-cycle election. This week was no different. On Tuesday night, Republican congressional candidate Matt Van Epps successfully held Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District for the GOP, while underperforming the district’s recent GOP margins. […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of covering up lethal strikes carried out on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and placing the lives of U.S. service members at risk. "You know, when the president chooses a Fox News commentator to run the most important, most complicated, most...
A dozen former leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday slammed the Trump administration over its changes to vaccine policy, calling these changes a threat to public safety. “We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety and proposals that would undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure...
The Democrats began the year in a state of shock after President Trump won back the presidency last November. The party has spent much of the past year trying to regain its footing. There are signs of progress, however. Trump’s approval ratings, never stellar, have sagged to some of their lowest points recently. Voters give...
President Trump on Thursday suggested the United States will “very soon” take action against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers on land after weeks of repeated strikes in the Caribbean. “In recent weeks, you’ve been working to deter Venezuelan drug traffickers, of which there are many," Trump told military personnel in remarks on Thanksgiving. "Of course, there...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) opened up in a revealing Wednesday interview alongside his wife Kelly, sharing some of the challenges he has faced since taking the reins of the lower chamber amid Republicans' razor-thin majority. Johnson in an interview on The Katie Miller Podcast said his life was a daily “triage” packed with constant...
President Trump on Thursday night said U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, one of the National Guard soldiers shot in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, has died. The president described Beckstrom, 20, as a “highly respected, young, magnificent person" who was "savagely attacked." “She’s just passed away. She’s no longer with us. She’s looking down at us...
The Trump administration on Thursday said it would reexamine green cards linked to 19 countries after two National Guard members were shot outside of a metro station blocks from the White House. “At the direction of @POTUS, I have directed a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country...
The father of 20-year-old National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom, who was shot near the White House the day before Thanksgiving, said that she has a “mortal wound." Beckstrom, along with fellow National Guard member 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, were shot near the Farragut Square Metro Station in the area of 17th and I streets NW at...
A federal judge late Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to provide a description of the materials it intends to publicly release about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in his order requested “a detailed description of the privacy process, including any redactions, the Government seeks to employ to protect...
The Campbell’s Company announced Wednesday that a top executive had been fired over "vulgar, offensive and false" comments he made to a former employee a year ago about its food being for “poor people." Robert Garza filed a lawsuit in Michigan last week accusing Martin Bally of mocking low-income consumers and making other disparaging remarks....
Republicans on Capitol Hill are calling for more immigration restrictions after two National Guard members were shot on Wednesday by an Afghan national in Washington, D.C. — not far from the White House. The CIA said the suspect, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, worked for the agency in Afghanistan prior to the U.S. withdrawal from the nation...
The Chilean national accused of stealing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse earlier this year pleaded guilty last week to charges of wire fraud, aiding and abetting and first-degree theft, and he may now be subject to deportation. The suspect, identified as Mario Bustamante Leiva, allegedly committed several thefts across Washington, D.C.,...
Vice President Vance on Wednesday invoked President Trump's "America First" policy, joking that because Thanksgiving is a U.S. holiday, the meat of choice is also "uniquely" American: Turkey. "Think about turkey. Who really likes ... be honest with yourself, who really likes turkey?" Vance told troops on Wednesday during remarks from Fort Campbell, Ky. "You...
Nearly half of surveyed Americans say they are worried that the U.S. could enter a nuclear war within the next 10 years, according a new survey. The YouGov poll, released Wednesday, found that 46 percent of surveyed Americans believe a nuclear war involving the U.S. is on the horizon, while 37 percent say it is...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the Trump administration's proposed peace plan to bring an end to the war in Ukraine could be the "basis" for a future deal — signaling openness to negotiate. Putin added that while there are things that need to be discussed when the U.S. delegation meets in Moscow early...
