A longtime top aide to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is joining President Biden’s National Economic Council (NEC) as a deputy director, the White House confirmed on Monday. Jon Donenberg will replace former deputy director Bharat Ramamurti, who left the NEC last month. Donenberg will focus on issues including student debt relief, competition, junk fees, financial...
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley appears to be a rising threat to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the two fight to be the top alternative to former President Trump in the 2024 GOP primary, according to a new survey. The USA Today/Suffolk poll taken last week has Haley garnering 11 percent support among likely Republican...
This is no way to run a business or a government. America's chief executive should make an issue of it and insist that Congress not take another break until it does its job.
The moon's violent birth may have happened 40 million years earlier than scientists previously thought. That finding is based on remnants of molten crystals recovered from the moon's surface, according to a study published Monday in Geochemical Perspectives Letters. These slivers of radioactive zircon are almost infinitesimally small — so tiny they must be evaluated atom by atom....
Three former members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) are launching a super PAC to expand Hispanic representation on Capitol Hill. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) and former Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) and Filemon Vela (D-Texas) will lead Bold America, focusing on increasing Hispanic representation and mobilizing Latino voters. Lujan Grisham and Roybal-Allard...
The death toll in Gaza rose above 5,000 people on Monday, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, as civilians in the besieged territory come under heavy Israeli air strikes. An estimated 5,087 people in Gaza have been killed in the conflict, including 2,055 children, 1,119 women and 217 elderly, Gaza's health ministry reported Monday. An...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday that he has "completely recovered" after a pair of freezing incidents over the summer that raised questions about his health and ability to lead the Republican conference. “I’m fine. I’m completely recovered, and I’m just fine,” the 81-year-old told CBS “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan. “I’m...