Comedian Bill Maher said in a podcast that he is tempted to quit his show, citing the prospect of President-elect Trump’s second term. “I’m s---ting my pants,” Maher said. “I mean, I may quit because I don't want to do another-- I did Trump. I did all the Trump stuff before anybody.” “I called him...

A Secret Service agent fired at suspects who were attempting to open car doors near Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s home in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday morning, a spokesman said in a statement. An agent working a protective assignment in the 2900 block of Stephenson Place NW saw a sedan with multiple people who were attempting to open...

Michael Walzer argues that Hamas’s strategy in the Gaza war is to deliberately “put civilians at risk for political gain.”

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith criticized President Biden for the way he explained his decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden's gun and tax charges. While Smith seemed to understand why Biden would want to grant his son clemency, he questioned the president for claiming his son was targeted for political reasons. "It could be...

A Wisconsin judge overturned a state law that prevented public employees from collective bargaining on Monday. The legislation, known as Act 10 and passed in 2011 under former Gov. Scott Walker (R), was declared unconstitutional. The law, which prompted weeks of protests when it was proposed, prohibited most public workers, including teachers, from bargaining for higher wages and lower insurance costs,...

Comedian Jon Stewart mocked both sides of the aisle after President Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden on Sunday, arguing Democrats can never ace the political "purity test" they give themselves and that Republicans were always going to criticize the decision. “The Democrats made this case an example of why Americans should believe in our...

A top immigration advocacy group announced on Tuesday a new political arm to highlight the human consequences of the incoming Trump administration’s immigration enforcement plans. The Immigration Hub, a non-profit policy group that’s toed the line between being critical of the Biden White House and playing an advisory role to the administration, will enter the...

Senate Democrats on Tuesday reelected Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to serve another two years as the Senate Democratic leader and promoted Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to the third-ranking leadership position, replacing retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.). Schumer said in a statement he was “honored and humbled to be chosen by my colleagues to continue leading...

President Biden is delivering remarks from the National Slave Museum in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday morning, focusing on the relationship between the U.S. and the southern African nation. His comments come after Biden held a bilateral meeting with Angola's President João Lourenço. Biden, who hosted Lourenço at the White House in 2023, have vowed to...

The idea that slashing federal agencies is a magic bullet for achieving good governance is as wrong-headed as it is simplistic.