Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Jonathan Jackson said after a Congressional delegation to Cuba that U.S. economic restrictions on the island represented an "illegal U.S. blockade of fuel."
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday derided President Trump’s latest threats to Iran as “war crimes” if committed. “Trump is calling reporters today to tell them he is going to commit mass war crimes next week,” Murphy wrote on the social platform X. “GOP leaders need to stop him. Never mind that blowing up bridges...
Former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams (D) on Saturday slammed President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting as unconstitutional and illegal. “It is patently illegal, and it is entirely in the playbook of voter suppression that Republicans, including Donald Trump, have been using for the last decade or so,” Abrams, a former Georgia gubernatorial candidate,...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is calling the SAVE America Act, the voting reform legislation that Senate Republicans will bring to the floor this week, “one of the most despicable pieces of legislation I’ve come across in the many years I’ve been a legislator.” “Nothing is more important than defeating this dagger to the...
President Trump said late Sunday that he is not ready to declare victory against Iran despite saying the U.S. has decimated the country militarily and economically. “No, I’m not going to do that. There’s no reason to,” Trump told The Hill while speaking with reporters on Air Force One. “I just say they’re decimated. I...
An effort to regulate the big business of college sports is receiving a second burst of energy on Capitol Hill thanks to President Trump’s insistence that more be done to curb what many regard as an intercollegiate athletics ecosystem run amok. The president’s desire to see major change in the way the NCAA and its top member schools operate was evident last week during a White House task force meeting comprised of top executives and coaches...
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act is headed to the Senate floor for a procedural vote this week, setting up a potential showdown between President Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.). For weeks, Trump has pushed for the passage of the bill, which would require proof of citizenship to register to...
The U.S. war with Iran is spilling out across the Middle East, putting AI infrastructure at risk and increasingly raising questions about large-scale investments by American tech firms in the region. Industry leaders have committed billions of dollars to delivering chips and building data centers in wealthy Gulf nations like Saudi Arabia and the United...
Javier Bardem is sharing a simple message from the Oscars stage: "No to war and free Palestine." The "No Country for Old Men" actor presented the International Feature Film category at Sunday's Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Before reading his prepared remarks, Bardem delivered his brief anti-war call to action to applause from the audience....
President Trump on Sunday said he was “thrilled” to see the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr reviewing license renewal applications for broadcast corporations after accusing the media of perpetuating lies about Iran. “I am so thrilled to see Brendan Carr, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), looking at the licenses of...
Jimmy Kimmel is returning to the Oscars stage with a dig at President Trump and Melania Trump, and a free speech-related knock at CBS. The "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" personality, who hosted the Academy Awards four times, took to the stage on Sunday in Los Angeles to present Oscars in a pair of documentary film categories....