Pope Francis marked the second inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump early Monday with a formal message, offering prayers for "wisdom, strength, and protection" for the 47th president of the United States.
Just five days before Azerbaijani forces invaded Nagorno-Karabakh and drove away its population of 120,000 indigenous Armenians, acting Assistant Secretary of State Yuri Kim told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “We will not tolerate any attack on the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.” That Azerbaijan has paid no real price for its ethnic cleansing is directly due […]
Progressive insanity is running amok in Massachusetts — again. This time, a local politician who identifies as “nonbinary,” neither male nor female, is melting down and demanding a one-month vacation due to “misgendering.” Yes, seriously. “The first openly nonbinary lawmaker in Massachusetts history is taking a leave of absence after they allegedly dealt with transphobia from […]
Jan. 20 marks an unlikely pairing: President-elect Donald Trump‘s inauguration and the nation’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Trump’s rhetoric contrasts sharply with King’s heartfelt calls to transcend racial divisions and emphasize shared human values. It is difficult to imagine King voting for Trump. Nevertheless, when Trump ends divisive diversity, equity, and inclusion […]
President-elect Trump’s onetime White House adviser Steve Bannon said in an interview that he supports increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations. "I’m for a dramatic increase in corporate taxes. We have to increase taxes on the wealthy. For getting our guys’s taxes cut, we’ve got to cut spending, which they’re gonna resist. Where does...
President-elect Trump is asking a court to intervene in alleged sales of border wall materials, accusing the Biden administration of selling off the materials after it was required to do so by Congress. The new filing from the Trump team relies on reporting from the conservative Daily Wire, which said the Biden administration has been...
House Republicans are eyeing a new spending proposal that would tee up votes on three separate measures: to fund the government, appropriate disaster relief and allocate farm assistance, three sources told The Hill. But in a shift from previous strategy — and in a break from President-elect Trump’s request — the new plan does not include...
Americans' desire to speed up the end of the Russia-Ukraine war has ticked up, a new Gallup survey found. The poll revealed that half of Americans now desire a quick end to the more than 2-year long war even if it means Ukraine does not recover all its territory, an increase of 7 percentage points...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) prohibited state residents from tracking another person without their consent, signing the bill into law Thursday. S.B. 100 is set to take effect in March and makes it illegal for people from using GPS trackers, apps, AirTags or other measures to follow people’s locations. The only exception allows parents to...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters Friday afternoon as the threat of a government shutdown ahead of the holidays inches closer. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) signaled early Friday that House Republicans would vote on a third iteration of a spending package, which would fund the government through March. Two previous versions fell...
Veteran news host Dan Abrams announced Thursday that his show "Dan Abrams Live" on the cable network NewsNation will come to an end in February. Abrams, in his statement, suggested he needed to be "practical" about what the future holds and what is "possible" to do every day. He also thanked his team and advisers...
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) urged his House colleagues to reach an end-of-the-year spending agreement ahead of midnight Friday after Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) plan B deal failed the night before. "Everybody around here is always, 'Oh, woe is me.' ... The reality is, we need to get this done. It will be exceptionally stupid if...
The government’s consumer watchdog alleged Zelle and three banking giants failed to protect users from fraud on the peer-to-peer payment network. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) alleged Friday that Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo were slow to crack down on scammers, did not properly investigate complaints of fraud and failed to...
On Wednesday Google searches for bird flu symptoms shot up 500%, with bird flu topping all trending "symptoms" searches, according to the search engine's data.
