Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned his Democratic colleagues in a letter Tuesday of the growing chance of a government shutdown, declaring that “Republicans are once again threatening to go-at-it-alone” by not negotiating with Democrats on a stopgap spending measure. Schumer said the Trump administration is provoking a standoff over government funding by moving...
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed his “old friend” Russian President Vladimir Putin to China this week as the two leaders, along with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, are set to attend a massive military parade in Beijing. Putin called Xi his “dear friend” and argued that the relationship between Russia and China, which has deepened...
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 7-4 Friday that the president’s aggressive imposition of unilateral taxes on imports is “invalid as contrary to law.” Trump has claimed sweeping authority to impose, remove, and modify at will tariffs on any country in the world all under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act which, as the court notes, has never...
Elite Army units bypass traditional procurement by using credit cards to test new equipment while the service shifts posture toward countering China in the Indo-Pacific.
President Donald Trump, who presided over Operation Warp Speed, is calling for an answer about COVID-19 vaccines as they remain a point of contention and controversy.
A bomb just detonated in American Jewish life. America’s largest Reconstructionist synagogue officially cut ties this month with its national denominational body, citing its...
Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York says he will not run for reelection next year, according to an interview published Monday night by The New York Times.