Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he will hold up a $1 trillion “minibus” spending package that needs to pass by the end of the day Friday to avoid triggering a partial government shutdown. “I will hold it up primarily because we’re bankrupt and it’s a terrible idea to keep spending money at this rate,” Paul...
Sen. James Lankford (Okla.), the Republican who helped write a compromise border security bill later tanked by former President Trump and other members of his party, on Wednesday announced that he will run for the No. 5 spot in Republican leadership. Lankford, who has served in the upper chamber for nearly a decade, will run...
The Biden administration finalized a rule on Wednesday that’s expected to make a significant amount of the new car market electric or hybrid. An administration official told reporters Tuesday that under the new rule, 56 percent of the new vehicles on the market in 2032 could be battery electric, while an additional 13 percent could...
Two in three children under the age of six in Chicago are exposed to dangerous levels of lead in drinking water, according to research published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University studied data from over 38,000 voluntary home lead tests in the area over the past eight years. They found contamination in about 75...
President Biden’s reelection campaign is enlisting former President Obama and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to help boost his health care record with voters ahead of November. To mark the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) becoming law, Obama and Pelosi will join Biden during a virtual event on Saturday to mobilize...
United Steelworkers officially endorsed President Biden for the 2024 election, after hinting earlier this week they would be backing him over former President Trump. The 1.2 million-member union, which also backed Biden in 2020 over Trump, represents workers in auto supply, glass, rubber, chemicals, pulp and paper, mining and other industries. Union President David McCall...
North Korea on Wednesday claimed that its military carried out a successful hypersonic missile test that has boosted plans to fully develop the capability in the future. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported a successful ground test on Tuesday for a multi-stage solid-fuel engine, a crucial part of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile. The...
A Georgia judge enabled former President Trump to immediately appeal the recent ruling declining to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) over her romantic relationship with a top prosecutor overseeing the election interference case there. In a brief order issued on Wednesday, Judge Scott McAfee granted the certificate of immediate review requested by...
Michael Cohen, former President Trump's ex-personal attorney, said Tuesday that Peter Navarro, once an adviser to the former president, “has no idea what he’s in store for.” Cohen's comments come after Navarro became the first Trump White House official to report to prison over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Navarro held a...
Abortion rights group Planned Parenthood Action Fund is endorsing Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) in the Arizona Senate race against Republican Kari Lake. “Abortion rights are front and center this year, and nowhere is that more obvious than in the Arizona U.S. Senate race. Arizona voters have a stark choice between Ruben Gallego — a longtime...
DHS’s Targeted Violence and Terror Prevention grants have failed to deliver any security value while squandering resources and fostering bias and baseless suspicion.
