New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani vowed again this week to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu should expose the weakness and dishonesty behind that threat by accepting the invitations of New York’s Jewish leaders to attend Mamdani’s inauguration. If Mamdani wants to open his term with an unlawful international incident, let him. The clarity […]
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter to online commerce platform Shein, expressing concern that its website was used to facilitate the sale of childlike sex dolls in the U.S. The letter, obtained by The Hill, was sent Wednesday to Shein CEO Yangtian “Chris” Xu. It was signed by 34 lawmakers 29...
Saudi Arabia releases U.S. citizen Saad Almadi after four years for social media posts criticizing the royal family, following Trump's meeting with Crown Prince.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wins court approval to intervene in a Harris County bail reform lawsuit, vowing to do "everything in my power" to reverse the policy.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to postpone its plan to end a deportation amnesty for Syrian migrants, ruling the government likely cut too many corners.
A grand jury indicted Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) for allegedly stealing $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds and using some of it to fund her campaign, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Prosecutors allege that Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother, Edwin, received an overpayment of $5 million in FEMA funds in July 2021, while their health care company was working on a FEMA-funded staffing contract tied to COVID-19 vaccinations. The congresswoman served...
The House of Representatives has censured members of Congress for their actions and alleged misconduct nearly 30 times since 1832. When the House censures a member for their conduct, it is a method to express the body's "deep disapproval" of that member. After that member is censured, they must stand in the "well" area of...
A federal court's decision to block a new GOP-favored House map in Texas is raising questions over the fate of other redrawn maps around the country. A panel of federal judges blocked Republicans’ bid to use a new set of GOP-favored congressional lines ahead of 2026, arguing it was a likely racial gerrymander. The case largely centered...
The Trump administration is renewing a push to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, with a reported 28-point peace plan that caught Kyiv’s supporters in Congress off guard and left at least one Republican warning against what appears to be a largely pro-Moscow proposal. The plan was reportedly worked out by President Trump’s top envoy for...
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Senate crypto market bill takes shape A bill seeking to clarify oversight of the cryptocurrency industry is taking shape in the Senate with the release of the long-awaited second half of draft legislation, but key policy questions remain as lawmakers set their sights on passing the bill early...
The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday that it will create a new subcommittee tasked with investigating a wide swath of allegations against Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.). That includes whether he violated campaign finance laws, received special favors in his position, engaged in sexual misconduct, and misused congressional resources, according to a press release. The committee has...
As peak holiday shopping season kicks off next week, an activist group is asking its supporters to stop shopping at three major US chains for five days.
A federal judge is planning to revive contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials who disobeyed his order to turn around deportation flights destined for El Salvador. The proceedings were put on hold for months as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit mulled the matter. But U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is facing big changes even after normal funding has resumed with the end of the government shutdown, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Wednesday. “Clearly there’s a right-sizing that needs to happen [with the program],” Rollins told host Nichole Berlie on "NewsNation Now." Since the 43-day shutdown ended last week,...
The federal judge who dissented from the order striking down Texas’s new Republican-friendly House map torched his colleague in an explosive opinion published Wednesday, accusing him of “pernicious judicial misbehavior.” "In my 37 years on the federal bench, this is the most outrageous conduct by a judge that I have ever encountered in a case in which I have been involved,” wrote U.S. Circuit Judge Jerry Smith. His 104-page...
Nvidia reported strong third-quarter earnings Wednesday, easily surpassing Wall Street’s expectations for the chipmaker at the center of the AI race. The company posted $57 billion in revenue in the three-month period from July to September, up 62 percent from the same time last year. Analysts expected the firm to report a revenue of $54.92...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) on Wednesday dismissed New York City Council member Chi Ossé's primary challenge against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). Mamdani told anchor Dan Mannarino with local outlet PIX11 News, a Nexstar affiliate, that "right now is not the time to be engaging in that type of primary." On...
U.S. Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett (D) on Wednesday defended her texting with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as controversy swirls around files linked to the late financier. “There are a lot of people who have done a lot of crimes. And as a prosecutor, you get information from people where you can. I've...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Wednesday dismissed the House’s efforts to potentially repeal a measure in the government shutdown bill, which would allow senators to sue the Justice Department over phone surveillance. He argued that the provision to give Republican senators standing to sue the federal government for $500,000 in damages was narrowly...
