The graduating class of 2024 has been treated to three very different commencement speeches in recent days. Only one was not self-serving, dishonest and...
President Joe Biden on Sunday offered his most direct recognition of U.S. students' anguish over the Israel-Hamas war, telling graduates of historically Black Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza break his heart, too.
The Senate will hold a revote with Democrats saying they hope to embarrass Republicans into switching their stance and embracing the border security bill months after it was blocked by a filibuster,.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan reiterated Biden administration pressure on Israel to limit its military operation in Gaza during a visit to the country on Sunday. Sullivan is on a combined trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia as the U.S. leans on its lead Arab ally in the region to calm tempers in...
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) stood by previous comments praising Hungarian President Viktor Orban for a regulatory crackdown on the country’s universities on Sunday, saying the U.S. should embrace a similar mindset. Orban, as part of anti-democratic reforms which included changes to the country’s judiciary and constitution, changed how higher education is regulated in recent years,...
President Biden asked the audience at an NAACP Detroit chapter dinner to consider whether they think former President Trump, if elected for a second term in the White House, would fill hypothetical vacancies at the Supreme Court with “anybody who has a brain.” In a political speech at the NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner on Sunday,...
The U.S. military will pull all of its assets out of Niger by mid-September, the Pentagon announced Sunday, after days of talks with the country’s military junta finalized a timeline. A group of military leaders executed a coup in Niger last year, forming a military junta government that has geopolitically aligned with Russia. Talks of...
Elon Musk traveled to Bali this weekend to officially launch Starlink, the SpaceX satellite internet service, in Indonesia this Sunday. At a launch event with ministers in a health clinic in Indonesia, Musk stressed the significance of providing internet access to far-reaching corners of the vast archipelago, comprised of 17,000 islands across three time zones....
The Senate will vote this week on a bipartisan border security bill after previous efforts collapsed when Republicans withdrew their support, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
New York City is spending billions more on its public schools despite falling enrollment, notes a new Citizens Budget Commission report, headed to a...