Podcaster Ben Shapiro rightly called out conservatives for inculcating young men with a “nihilistic” worldview rather than giving them the “tough talk” they need.
Two West Virginia National Guard troops were shot and critically wounded in Washington near the White House on Wednesday, and a suspected gunman was taken into custody.
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...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will not release a federal employment report for October after missing the window to collect data from households during the government shutdown, the agency announced Wednesday. In a Wednesday press release, BLS said it was unable to conduct its monthly survey of households — which makes up half of...
President Trump vowed to make a push for peace in the war-torn African country of Sudan on Wednesday after listening to an appeal from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visit to Washington. “His majesty would like to me do something very powerful having to do with Sudan,” Trump told a crowd at...
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday afternoon to look into the impact of the 43-day government shutdown on U.S. flight safety, travel and the economy. During the record-long lapse in funding, the Transportation Department reduced flights for least 40 major airports across the U.S. as staffing shortages that already...
