A woman twice showed up uninvited at Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff's $8 million Malibu home, prompting security to call the sheriff late Friday evening.
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said the Democratic Party’s next presidential nominee “has to talk like a normal person” to appeal to a large swath of voters across the country and have the best chance of winning in 2028. “I think whomever we nominate has to talk like a normal person," Schatz said during an interview...
Outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) is denouncing as “misguided” and “disgusting” President Biden's move to commute the sentences of two men convicted of murdering a student at Marshall University. “After speaking to Samantha Burns’ parents, I believe it is my duty to speak on their behalf and say President Biden’s decision to commute the death...
Business experience tends to be a necessary condition for success as a deputy secretary, though not all deputies had that experience and some had quite successful tenures.
U.S. policy on countering China is displaying worrisome elements of frictionlessness, which can lead to poor decisions and violations of constitutional rights, and the need for friction in policymaking is essential to strike the right balance.
The revelation that Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) has been living in assisted-living facility is fueling scrutiny of aging public officials and conversations over how long it is appropriate to hang on to power. Granger missed every House vote after July 24, and she stepped down as chair of the House Appropriations Committee in March and...
Energy and climate are expected to be divisive issues in 2025 as President-elect Trump, backed by GOP majorities in both the House and Senate, looks to expand U.S. energy development while congressional Democrats worried about the effect on global warming seek to stymie him. Here are five figures likely to make headlines on energy and environmental issues...
The growing popularity of Black country artists, spurred in part by Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” has sparked a conversation around the history of the genre and the past and present racial tensions surrounding it. Beyoncé, who has spoken out about the hostile response she received after performing at the Country Music Awards (CMAs) in 2016, made...
President-elect Trump has nominated GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake to lead Voice of America (VOA), a decision that is renewing worries of partisan meddling at the government-funded global news agency. Lake, who ran for governor and senator in Arizona and previously was a local news anchor, is one of a number of loyalists Trump has...
The revelation that Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) has been living in an assisted living facility is fueling scrutiny of aging public officials, highlighting the shifting norms surrounding lawmaker health, seniority, and for how long it is appropriate to hang on to power. “Sadly, you know, some of these members wait until it's too long to...
John Bolton, President-elect Trump's former national security adviser, said that Trump's pick for ambassador to the United Nations, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), will have “her work cut out for her” when it comes to U.N. reform. Bolton, now a vocal Trump critic, argued that one of the obstacles to successfully enacting reforms in the U.N....
