Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to face questions from his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at his confirmation hearing for secretary of state Wednesday.
Sen. Blumenthal grilled SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth on his qualifications despite reaffirming current support for the job SecDef Lloyd Austin has done.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan to offer free tuition for certain associate degree programs at state and city colleges for residents between the ages of 25 and 55.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) made the rebuilding of neighborhoods destroyed by the Los Angeles wildfires significantly easier this weekend by signing an executive order suspending enforcement of the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Coastal Act for counties affected by the fire. By doing so, he also effectively admitted that these laws are a […]
White House National Security communications adviser John Kirby said Russia was treating North Korean troops as “expendable” by sending them on impractical ground operations in its war against Ukraine. “It is clear that Russian and North Korean military leaders are treating these troops as expendable and ordering them on hopeless assaults against Ukrainian defenses,” Kirby...
The race for Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair is shaping up to be a field of largely white men — a notable development for a party that has long touted diversity within its ranks. Roughly half a dozen candidates are running to helm the Democratic Party, almost all of them men. Nate Snyder, a former Department of Homeland...
MoneyGeek, a personal finance site, had researchers analyze last year’s FBI crime data of more than 1,000 small towns and cities where the population is between 30,000 and 100,000.
Republicans will be thrilled that the Democratic Party continues to prove itself clueless and tone deaf coming up on two months after President-elect Trump’s decisive and power-shifting victory.
Costco’s board of directors adamantly urged shareholders to vote against efforts to limit the company’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) after receiving a proposal included in their annual notice to shareholders from the National Center for Public Policy Research to strike “discriminatory practices.” The conservative think tank requested that Costco evaluate and publish...
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) criticized his party for being “totally devoid of leadership” and urged his colleagues to listen more to working-class voters around the country. “This party needs a comprehensive turnaround, and conventional wisdom no longer works. A party that consists of multiple silos and campaign committees and outside groups cannot strategically do its...
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) suggested that President-elect Trump's opposition a TikTok ban comes from his popularity on the app and the video-sharing platform lobby’s influence on his inner circle. “With Donald Trump, it’s always some combination of two things, Jim. It’s one, flattery and inflating his ego,” Auchincloss told CNN guest host Jim Sciutto during...
President-elect Trump fired off a Saturday post on Truth Social accusing Democrats of paying celebrities to publicly endorse Vice President Harris, including MSNBC host Al Sharpton. “Are the Democrats allowed to pay $11,000,000, $2,000,000, and $500,000 to get the ENDORSEMENT of Beyoncé, Oprah, and Reverend Al? I don’t think so,” the former president wrote. “Beyoncé...
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev over the “tragic” Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people on board, but stopped short of admitting any responsibility for the incident. Putin apologized to Aliyev “for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace, and once again expressed deep and sincere...
President Biden has failed to protect America's ocean ecosystems, despite his professed goal of protecting 30 percent of the nation's oceans by 2030, due to his prioritization of local politics over science, need, and national interest.
