After traveling over 6,000 miles visiting towns and cities across the country, 12-foot tall puppet Little Amal stopped in Washington D.C. on its mission to promote human rights — especially for refugees. The global theater project, called “The Walk,” features the not-so-little puppet of Amal, whose name means “hope” in Arabic. The traveling exhibit tells...
A coalition of Hollywood entertainers, led by actor LeVar Burton, signed an open letter petitioning against the recent wave of book bans in the U.S. “As artists, creators, entertainers, and activists, we recognize and are horrified by the threat of censorship in the form of book bans,” the coalition wrote in its letter sent on...
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said Tuesday this week is "not a good time" for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s to visit to Capitol Hill. “The first thing I'll tell you is there's no money in the House right now for Ukraine. It's not there,” he told reporters in a video posted by The Recount on X, formerly known...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) told senators that he will attempt to force a one-off vote on Wednesday to confirm Gen. Eric Smith to become the new commandant for the Marine Corps while he maintains his blockade on more than 300 military promotions. Tuberville told Senate Republicans on Tuesday during their weekly conference lunch that he will go...
Florida Governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday that his energy plan aims to "give people relief at the pump.” “We need to embrace the resources that we have, both in terms of hydrocarbons but also in terms of having an auto industry that makes sense,” DeSantis said in an interview on...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is set to release a tell-all book this fall chronicling her meteoric rise to fame, as one of the nation’s most prominent far-right lawmakers and most loyal supporters of former President Trump in Congress. "I wanted people to hear my side of the story," Greene told the Washington Examiner in...
C-SPAN has taken the opportunity to advertise its own merchandise to lawmakers after the Senate loosened its rules for attire in the chamber this week. “Now that the U.S. Senate will no longer enforce its dress code for members, this is the PERFECT time to order your C-SPAN hoodie!” communications director Howard Mortman tweeted, alongside a...
A mayor in Washington is under fire after she called 911 to report a group of "far right-wing" signature gatherers at a Walmart. Here's what she has to say.
Hunter Biden is expected to plead not guilty to federal gun charges, his lawyers said Tuesday in a letter to the judge presiding over the case, while also requesting his initial court appearance take place “by video."