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Democrat San Francisco mayor announces plan to require drug testing, treatment to receive homeless services

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a new proposal to require welfare recipients to take a drug test and undergo treatment to receive benefits.

Sen. Bob Menendez set to appear in federal court for bribery case as lawmakers pressure him to resign

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., will head to court for the first time since an indictment was unsealed Friday detailing bribery and corruption charges.

Did Bill Maher and Drew Barrymore facilitate an end to the Writers Guild of America strike?

The entertainment strike that lasted for over four months is over. The Writers Guild of America Negotiating Committee notified its members on Sunday of a tentative deal to end the work stoppage, the Washington Examiner’s Conrad Hoyt reported.

Inside America’s plans for an autonomous, AI-powered military

The United States is accelerating an effort to revolutionize modern warfare by fielding swarms of self-operating drones and weapons systems. The push will shape the next generation of war and, military leaders hope, give America a leg up on China in the new global arms race. With the Pentagon’s new Replicator initiative, the U.S. is...

High stakes for GOP debate: 5 things to watch

A number of Republican presidential contenders — minus the front-runner, former President Trump — will take part in the second presidential debate Wednesday. The forum, which will take place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute Simi Valley, Calif., outside Los Angeles, will feature seven candidates: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former...

Here’s how a government shutdown would affect the military

Troop paychecks and national security are under threat as Congress stands on the edge of a government shuts down, with no clear solution for getting a defense budget passed. After House Republicans three times tried to advance their fiscal 2024 Pentagon spending bill – efforts that tanked thanks to opposition from the GOP’s far-right members...

Menendez, wife set to be arraigned on federal bribery charges

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and his wife are scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Manhattan on federal charges alleging they agreed to and accepted “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in bribes to enrich three New Jersey businessmen and benefit the Egyptian government. A three-count indictment unsealed Friday in the Southern District of New York alleges...

McCarthy goes all-in on border with second GOP stopgap funding attempt

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is going all-in on border issues as he takes a second shot this week at passing a GOP-only short-term funding bill that would pair an extension of government funding with a swath of border policy changes. McCarthy is racing against a competing continuing resolution (CR) unveiled in the Senate on Tuesday...

Senate grabs wheel from House in bid to avoid shutdown  

Senate leaders are grabbing the steering wheel from embattled Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in hopes of avoiding a wreck in the form of a government shutdown at the end of the week. Senators in both parties have lost confidence in McCarthy's ability to move a stopgap funding measure through the House and hope to avoid...

GOP candidates bash labor unions as Biden hits the picket line

Republican presidential candidates are ripping members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union and blaming President Biden for the escalating strike against major car companies. Biden has touted himself as a stalwart supporter of unions and joined UAW members Tuesday on the picket line in Michigan — the first instance of a sitting U.S. president...

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