Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said former President Trump winning the Republican nomination for president would be a “geopolitical catastrophe” because he could influence international affairs like the war between Russia and Ukraine. Rasmussen, who led NATO for five years after serving as Denmark’s prime minister for more than eight years, told Politico in...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) have introduced a bill to repeal part of a Trump-era bank regulation rollback law in the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. The bill, called the Secure Viable Banking Act, would put banks with at least $50 billion in assets back under strict Federal...
The Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday is scheduled to consider President Biden’s nominee to serve as the Archivist of the United States despite a whistleblower complaint made public last week accusing the nominee of abusive behavior. The nominee, Colleen Shogan, faced a withering round of questions from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) when she...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is urging the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to expand its investigation into Norfolk Southern to include other major railroads to determine ways to improve rail safety in the aftermath of the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last month. Schumer said in a letter to NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy,...
Russia is claiming that the U.S. drone that Biden administration officials said was hit by a Russian fighter jet did not actually make contact with the warplane and instead maneuvered sharply and crashed into the Black Sea on its own. U.S. officials announced the incident on Tuesday, with White House national security spokesman John Kirby...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ signature education reform bill, the LEARNS Act, will profoundly change public schools, pleasing conservatives and perhaps making the governor a serious vice presidential contender. The law’s sweeping school choice provisions get most of the attention, but by raising minimum teacher pay from $36,000 annually to $50,000 annually, LEARNS likely will...
The American economy has been threatened by a run on the banks, and President Biden quickly mobilized his administration to work with the Federal Reserve Board and FDIC to devise a highly successful plan to resolve the issue. Meanwhile, former President Trump and many leading Republicans have no explanation for why they removed many of...
Turkey presents the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, led by the United States, with seemingly insurmountable problems. Now the question is whether the strategically located country, on the dividing line between Europe and the Middle East and Asia, can either remain in the NATO alliance or join the EU. Both the EU...
Elon Musk’s reduced Twitter safety oversight has allowed Mexican cartel members to flaunt their lifestyles online, post violent content and recruit new members, according to a new study.