With the help of nearly a hundred more Democrats than Republicans, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) passed a clean continuing resolution on Tuesday to keep the government open through the new year.
President Joe Biden is meeting in California with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and by all reports, Biden is desperate to smooth things over with the world’s leading communist. Biden is taking steps to minimize any protests against Xi and “to ensure Xi has a ‘pleasant visual’ as he moves from event to event.”
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley emerged a runner-up to former President Trump in a recent New Hampshire poll. Haley, the former United Nations Ambassador, saw double-digit gains in support since August, according to the poll, conducted by Emerson College Polling. Trump held his lead from previous polls, earning 49 percent of the support. Haley jumped...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week in U.S. v. Rahimi, a case that will determine whether a federal law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic violence offenders is constitutional. In a country where an average of 70 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner every month, the outcome...
A majority of Americans now back a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, though the Biden administration has strongly spoken against such a move, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll published Wednesday. Poll respondents showed less support for Israel than at the start of the conflict, perhaps showing changing opinions as the war reaches its sixth...
Most Americans don’t want Congress threatening to shut down the government in order to further their goals, according to a new Marist poll, published Wednesday. After the House passed its bill to avert a government shutdown, the ball in now in the Senate's court. It appears likely that the government will not run out of...
With Hamas not executing the hostages — at least not yet — Israel is likely proceeding very carefully as it gathers intelligence and considers different options.
President Biden on Tuesday slammed former President Trump's recent remarks in which he likened his political opponents to "vermin," suggesting Trump's rhetoric echoes language used in Nazi Germany. "In just the last few days, Trump has said it returns office he's gonna go after all those who oppose him and wipe out what he called...