The Biden administration announced Wednesday it will cancel all oil and natural gas drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that were sold under the Trump administration, a move that federal officials said is to protect the region's array of wildlife and combat climate change.
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday cast the 2024 GOP presidential nomination race as the last chance to save conservative thoughts and ideas from the Trump-inspired political populism that he says puts the nation and the party on a "road to ruin."
Portland is one of those genuinely fascinating places in the country where seemingly any and all terrible ideas come to fruition and all those involved pat themselves on the back no matter how dangerous, racist, or stupid the idea may be.
NBA star LeBron James's trip to Saudi Arabia this week underlines that nation's energetic effort to establish itself as a global sports and culture hub. Saudi officials will hope that LeBron considers playing in their basketball league if and when he leaves the Lakers. But when it comes to Saudi efforts to attract international sports stars, LeBron is only the tip of the iceberg.
New York City’s subway system continues to be infested with crime, which is unsurprising when the most high-profile prosecution involving the subway is targeting a man who tried to protect other passengers from a criminal.
A former intern for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas.) announced his campaign for her seat Tuesday. Jackson Lee announced in March that she is running for Houston mayor this year and will give up her seat in Congress. Isaiah Martin, who once worked as an intern for Lee, is now a consultant “specializing in the...
A growing majority of Americans said they think Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) health and age “severely limit” his ability to do his job, according to a poll released Wednesday and conducted after McConnell’s latest public health episode. In the Economist/YouGov poll of 1,500 U.S. adults, a majority of Democrats and Republicans said McConnell’s...
A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday ordered the state to remove buoys it set up in the Rio Grande to deter migration, as part of its Operation Lone Star. The order came as part of a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration against Texas, arguing in large part that the state had no right...
Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys for former Trump economic adviser Peter Navarro rested their case Wednesday in a trial involving charges of contempt of Congress after Navarro refused to cooperate with the House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6. The first count facing Navarro pertains to his failure to turn over documents related to...