Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world...
New Jersey's governor on Thursday called on the state's lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, to resign by Friday after a law firm hired by her office concluded he violated the state's ethics and discrimination rules.
TRUMP, THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, CONGRESS, AND THE WAR. In 2002, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, President George W. Bush went through a long and elaborate process to secure the approval of Congress for going to war. On Oct. 10, 2002, the House passed an Authorization for the Use of Military Force by a […]
Chukwunonso Eze entered the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2015 and received deferred action under both Biden and Trump before he allegedly killed a UMass Dartmouth football player.
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that border encounters with migrants are down 40 percent three weeks after President Biden’s order halting asylum processing. The Border Patrol’s seven-day encounter average is down to under 2,400 encounters per day, which is 40 percent less than before the asylum restrictions were announced on June 4 and the lowest...
Most U.S. adults say they plan to watch some form of media about Thursday’s presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump, a new survey found. The poll, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and released Wednesday, found that 64 percent of respondents say they likely will watch or listen...
Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) endorsed President Biden’s reelection bid Wednesday, a day before the first presidential debate against former President Trump. In a video released Wednesday, Kinzinger said he’s a “proud conservative” but bashed Trump as a threat to American values. “I’ve always put democracy and our Constitution above of all us. It’s...
Former President Donald Trump must strategically win the debate against Joe Biden without landing a devastating knockout blow, as the Democratic Party still has time to work on Biden if he falls, while Biden must back up his arrogance with facts and avoid being mocked by Trump.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that no one expects President Biden to be "on cocaine" during the debate later this week, despite President Trump and his allies suggesting otherwise. Johnson joined CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss how at a recent rally, Trump told his supporters that Biden is “gonna be so pumped up” and...
I do think it would be helpful to know whether or not either of the men seeking the highest office in the land feels like he needs medication to get through a presidential debate.
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it has awarded $1.8 billion in grants for 148 infrastructure projects across the U.S. The grants come from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program, which was expanded due to funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The total amount of grants for these types of projects...
President Biden on Wednesday will pardon thousands of former U.S. service members given military convictions over a 60-year period under a law that banned gay sex, senior administration officials confirmed. The pardon grants clemency to veterans who were convicted under the former Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 125, a law that criminalized sodomy between consenting...
Star Olympian swimmers Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt took to Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to crack down on doping ahead of the Olympics. Alongside Travis Tygart, the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the Olympians made the case for why and how the government could sanction the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for its alleged...
Tuesday’s contests in Colorado, New York, South Carolina and Utah saw the first incumbent House Democrat to lose in a primary this cycle, along with several losses for Trump-endorsed candidates. The progressive wing of the Democratic Party suffered a major blow when Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) lost to Westchester County Executive George Latimer, a moderate,...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) posted online gloating after Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) lost his bid for reelection. “I’m going to miss our informal chitchats in the hallways,” Massie posted on social media platform X. Massie was poking fun at Bowman, who lost Tuesday evening against George Latimer in the Democratic primary in New York’s 16th...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory on Tuesday warning the public of a heightened risk of dengue virus (DENV) infections in the U.S. this year as cases continue to rise around the globe. Countries in the Americas reported the highest number of cases ever, exceeding the record for a...
