Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, a Democrat who became the nation’s first openly gay governor when he admitted to having an extramarital affair with a male staffer before resigning in 2004, is seeking a second chance in politics after nearly two decades away. McGreevey, 66, announced Thursday he will seek the mayor’s office in...
A senior adviser to President Biden proposed expanding the Group of 7 (G7) to the Group of 9 on Thursday, adding Australia and South Korea to the set of Western diplomatic allies. Ron Klain, Biden’s former chief of staff, argued that adding the two nations to the group would help balance against the rising BRICS...
A majority of younger veterans feel uncomfortable when they are told “thank you for your service,” a new poll found. Ahead of Veterans Day on Saturday, a survey found that there are disparities between young military members and their older counterparts in how they prefer to be recognized for their service. Seventy percent of younger...
Democrat Susanna Gibson has conceded her race to represent Virginia's 57th House of Delegates district, which drew national attention after the release of a sex video. Republican businessman David Owens defeated Gibson, a nurse practitioner, in the competitive district outside Richmond, according to results from Decision Desk HQ. "The fight to protect women's bodily autonomy,...
The percentage of kindergartners whose parents opted them out of school-required vaccinations rose to the highest level yet during the 2022-2023 school year, according to new federal data released Thursday. The drop in coverage for routine vaccinations against diseases like measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) increase the chances of an outbreak and underscore the continued...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that the central bank “will not hesitate” to raise interest rates further if needed to curb inflation. “If it becomes appropriate to tighten policy further, we will not hesitate to do so,” Powell said at a conference hosted by the International Monetary Fund. “We will continue to move...
The GOP’s election losses Tuesday underscored the political quicksand they find themselves in when it comes to abortion. Republican candidates tried to reframe and moderate their positions on the issue and sought to paint Democrats as too extreme heading into this week's contests. But the party found itself on the defensive in deep-red and purple states alike, including Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia. In some of...
Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, visited Cornell University in Ithaca New York today, to support the Jewish community in the wake of violent threats.
A bipartisan pair of senators called on the U.S.'s ambassador to the United Nations to introduce a resolution to the U.N. Security Council recognizing Hamas as a terrorist group.