Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed the Trump administration’s attempt to deport a Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian protests on campus. “You can't exile political dissidents. Not in the United States,” Sanders wrote in a Tuesday post on X. His comments came hours after a federal judge ruled that Yunseo Chung, a 21-year-old lawful...
The Senate on Tuesday night confirmed Marty Makary to be the Food and Drug Administration commissioner. Makary was easily confirmed by a 56-44 vote, picking up three Democrats. Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Ill.) Maggie Hassan (N.H.) and Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) voted with all Republicans to confirm Makary. A Johns Hopkins surgeon, Makary will take over...
Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to the streets on Tuesday for a rare protest against the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has controlled the war-torn strip for nearly two decades. The videos shared on various social media platforms on Tuesday showed protestors marching through the streets of Beit Lahia, a city in...
Democrat James Malone has won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted for President Trump in November, Decision Desk HQ projects. Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg, is projected to defeat Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons to represent Senate District 36 for the remainder of...
Democrat Dan Goughnour has won the open Pennsylvania state House seat left vacated by the death of the most recent officeholder, restoring Democrats’ narrow majority in the body, Decision Desk HQ projects. Goughnour, who is a member of the McKeesport school board and a police officer, will win over Republican Chuck Davis, the president of...
Less than one in five Americans favor the U.S. annexing Canada and semiautonomous island Greenland, according to a new survey released Tuesday. The Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that 17 percent of U.S. adults favor Canada becoming the U.S.’s 51st state, an idea that President Trump has brought up several times since winning the 2024 presidential...
National security adviser Mike Waltz questioned how The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was added to a Signal group chat with national security officials who were communicating about a U.S. airstrike in Yemen targeting Houthi rebels. "I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but of all the people out there, somehow this guy who has lied about the...
Someone likened new kick flick “Ballerina” to athlete’s foot. It stars Keanu Reeves, Gabriel Byrne, Anjelica Huston and Ana de Armas, who is full of twists and axels.