Washington is scrambling to stave off an unprecedented debt default as roughly a week stands between the country and a looming deadline. Treasury Department Secretary Janet Yellen warned earlier this week that the country is still on track to default on its debt as soon as next Thursday if Congress fails to raise or suspend...
Every House Democrat has endorsed the discharge petition to force a vote on legislation to hike the debt ceiling and prevent a default, party leaders announced Wednesday. The signatures of the last final holdouts — Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Ed Case (D-Hawaii) — puts the total number at 213, meaning Democratic leaders still need to find...
U.S. officials believe that Ukraine was likely behind the failed drone attack on the Kremlin earlier this month, along with a number of other killings and incursions on Russian territory, according to reports. Intelligence officials do not know which unit was behind the drone attack and it's unclear if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky knew about...
George Washington University has selected “Revolutionaries” as its new moniker, after the school scrapped “Colonials” under growing student pressure. Officials announced the new moniker Wednesday, which will take effect starting in the 2023-2024 academic year. University officials said in a press release Wednesday that after a year taking in 47,000 points of feedback and 8,000...
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is attempting to prevent a school choice bill from passing the state legislature, despite sending his own daughter to a private school in Raleigh.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., is threatening to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings against the FBI if the bureau does not comply by the end of the month with his subpoena related to a possible criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden.