The State Department has paused visas for Afghan nationals after two National Guard members from West Virginia were shot close to the White House. “The Department of State has IMMEDIATELY paused visa issuance for individuals traveling on Afghan passports. The Department is taking all necessary steps to protect U.S. national security and public safety,” the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday defended the U.S. military's recent strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in response to a recent report from The Washington Post. “As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland,” Hegseth said Friday evening in a...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) - Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) says that U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was a “peacekeeper” who showed courage and honor as she served the nation. Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard, died Thursday at the age of 20. She was one of two guard members ambushed in what...
Former President Obama praised New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s (D) run in a recent call, according to multiple reports. The New York Times reported Saturday the call happened that day, with the former president telling Mamdani he could be a “sounding board” later on. The call lasted about 30 minutes, two sources familiar...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Monday that he is “optimistic” lawmakers can strike a deal to reopen the government by the end of the week, and he is considering a stopgap spending bill into January or later as the proposed late-November date in the House-passed bill is no longer feasible. The GOP...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his support for the Senate filibuster, even as President Trump has pushed the upper chamber to use the so-called nuclear option to forgo it and reopen the government with a simple majority vote. At a press conference Monday, Johnson said he spoke to Trump “multiple times” over the...
President Trump has sought to distance himself from Binance founder Changpeng Zhao after facing backlash for pardoning the cryptocurrency billionaire whose company has had business dealings with the Trump family’s digital finance venture. The president’s comments have revived scrutiny of his family’s financial interest in the crypto industry and Trump’s own repeated claims that former...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are calling on ex-Prince Andrew to testify about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The BBC cited four Democrats on the committee, which is probing the Epstein case, requesting the former prince's testimony. “I would like for him to come to our committee and tell us everything he knows about...
I hope everyone had a good Halloween. The president certainly did — he spent his weekend throwing a Great Gatsby–themed party at Mar-a-Lago. Now, “The Great Gatsby,” for those who might’ve missed the symbolism in high-school English, is a story about excess, illusion and the moral decay behind wealth. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of the rich: “They were careless people … they smashed up things and...
The president of the union representing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workers on Monday urged Congress to include health care protections in a bill to reopen the government as the shutdown approaches record length. “The U.S. government must be fully funded immediately, and that has to include funding for health care," said Justin Chen, president of...
Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro ripped Tucker Carlson over an interview Carlson conducted last week with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. "Tucker Carlson decided that it was important not only to host Fuentes but to smooth over his views, water them down and make them far more palatable to a normal audience," Shapiro said on a recent...
Ryan Neuhaus, who until Friday was chief of staff to Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, left the conservative think tank in the wake of an uproar over a statement from Roberts last week defending Tucker Carlson after he interviewed antisemitic white nationalist Nick Fuentes. A Heritage spokesperson confirmed Neuhaus’s departure. "Ryan was not fired. He...
Polling is giving observers a clearer picture of what to expect on Election Day as voters cast their ballots. Key elections in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and California could hold big implications for what to expect in next year’s midterms. Here’s what the polling tells us about Tuesday’s major races: Virginia Throughout Virginia’s...
Voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on critical races electing governors, mayors and more as observers look for clues about the national mood heading into next year’s midterms. New Jersey and Virginia are holding high-stakes elections for governor, among other top posts. In New York City, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani is...
President Trump has yet to formally endorse Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) in the state’s gubernatorial race just one day out from Election Day. To be sure, the president still has time to endorse her and is participating in a Virginia telerally Monday evening. But over the weekend, Trump rolled out a slew of...
The Republican Party is diversifying its electorate, but must come to terms with the fact that it has a chunk of its electorate that does not want candidates who are children of immigrants, non-Christian and even non-white running for office.
