TikTok has secured the support of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, giving the China-founded app a high-profile liberal ally in the House to formally oppose a ban on the platform.
North Carolina has ended years of opposition and opted to expand its Medicaid program in 2024, meaning four in five U.S. states have embraced a key plank of Obamacare as opponents find it harder to resist federal funding and voters force a series of red states to extend coverage.
The top House Republican on foreign policy warns that China and Russia have formed an "unholy alliance" against the United States and that the Biden administration is failing to deter aggressive Russian and Chinese actions on the world stage.
The White House is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to compromise on a plan to overhaul his nation's judicial system amid widespread protests.
The State Department faces a close-of-business deadline Monday to turn over to Congress a secret dissent cable that Republicans say will shed new light on the chaotic U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan and reveal internal warnings from inside the Biden administration about the looming disaster.
"Turkey is the largest democracy between India and Germany and it election results will reverberate a across a vast region." So said the Washington Institute’s resident Turkey watcher Soner Cagaptay, looking forward to the country’s May 14 elections.
TRUMP'S JAN. 6 NATIONAL ANTHEM MASHUP. Former President Donald Trump does not usually play the national anthem when he appears at rallies around the country. Trump enters the arena to the strains of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA." He walks around the stage, soaking up his fans' enthusiasm and support, and begins his remarks when the song finishes.