The Supreme Court blocked Missouri's new congressional map, forcing the state to use 2022 boundaries that favor Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday that President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, former Fox News host and veteran Pete Hegseth, is planning to release the woman who accused him of sexual assault from a confidential settlement agreement. During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Graham said Hegseth told him he planned to release his accuser from the...
Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended the celebration of cold-blooded murder, with no one in the press blinking an eye, as many journalists, commentators, and editors hold extreme left-wing views that justify left-wing political violence.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is barreling into a tricky — yet critical — decision over whom to appoint as the next chair of the House Rules Committee, a post that will set the tone for legislating and play a key role in keeping Republicans united in next year’s ultrathin majority. At least four Republicans — Reps. Virginia...
In today’s issue: Washington is in the grip of some mysteries this morning. Are drone sightings in the skies over the Northeast the result of public mania and aerial coincidences, or might they be clues to an alarming plot? Do Republicans, at last, have a solid plan to avert a government shutdown before Friday? Plus,...
President-elect Trump, Democratic lawmakers and the Supreme Court are on a collision course over restricting birthright citizenship, which Trump has identified as a top priority for his incoming administration. Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill say the 14th Amendment’s language, which grants all people born in the United States citizenship, is being exploited in a way...
The youth movement among House Democrats? Don't believe the hype. Even as a few Democratic committee heads are being pushed aside for younger replacements, the party is elevating some of its most senior members to lead virtually every major committee in the next Congress. On Wednesday, the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee confirmed the ranking...
Israel announced that it would close its embassy in Ireland on Sunday after the European country recognized Palestine as a sovereign nation and other acts that Israel said promoted “antisemitic rhetoric.” “The actions and antisemitic rhetoric used by Ireland against Israel are rooted in the delegitimization and demonization of the Jewish state, along with double...
Police arrested two Massachusetts men on Saturday for allegedly operating drones too close to Boston’s Logan Airport. “The Boston Police Department reminds recreational drone operators of the importance of adhering to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety guidelines. Operators are prohibited from flying drones over people or vehicles and must be aware of airspace restrictions,” Boston...
Congressional negotiators are struggling to reach a deal to keep the government's lights on past Dec. 20. Text of a continuing resolution (CR) for a government funding package was expected on Sunday ahead of the looming shutdown deadline. But lawmakers failed to release the text, with economic assistance for farmers emerging as an apparent last-minute...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) urged President Biden to pardon lawmakers who investigated President-elect Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection. “You know, when Trump talks about sending to jail people who were on that January 6th committee, that sounds like being a tinpot dictator,” Sanders said during a Sunday morning appearance...
President Biden reflected on his tenure in office and his international impact in his address to Democratic Party members at their holiday reception on Sunday evening. ”We passed historic legislation. Laws that are literally building the strongest economy in the world,” Biden told the audience assembled at a D.C. hotel. “There’s not a world leader...
J. Ann Selzer, a pollster for The Des Moines Register, vehemently denied any intent to sway an election poll during the 2024 presidential election. “I am mystified about what the motivation anybody thinks I had and would act on in such a public poll,” Selzer stated during a Friday interview on PBS’s “Iowa Press.” "So,...
