Former President Trump made a trip to Washington, D.C., Thursday to meet with members of the House and Senate — striking a unified tone with Republican lawmakers as the November election inches closer. Following the two closed-door meetings, he spoke briefly to the press, saying the GOP is in agreement on "just about everything." The...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken refused to say Thursday whether the U.S. could pursue its own separate deal with Hamas to free American citizens still held hostage by the terrorist organization in Gaza, as negotiations with Israel over a potential cease-fire continue. Hamas negotiators have accepted only in part a U.S.-led proposal that would see...
Former President Donald Trump doesn't think Milwaukee itself is "horrible," but that the crime in the city is, his campaign clarified Thursday, after reports circulated that he had dissed the site of the upcoming Republican National Convention. Dylan Johnson, a Trump campaign spokesperson, called the situation "a desperate attempt to get likes" on social media...
The Department of Justice has uncovered a pattern of civil rights violations, discrimination and excessive force in the Phoenix police department. According to a DOJ report released Thursday, Phoenix police discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law, including when they use excessive and unjustified deadly force. “Phoenix residents deserve nothing less than...
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is leading Republican candidate Kari Lake by 3 points in a new survey of one of this year's most closely watched Senate races. An AARP poll released on Thursday found Gallego leading Lake 48 percent to 45 percent, with 6 percent undecided. Because the polling falls within the margin of error...
Legislation to establish a national right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) was blocked by Senate Republicans on Thursday, amid a push by Democrats to put the GOP on defense over reproductive rights ahead of the November elections. The bill needed 60 votes in order to move forward, meaning nine Republicans would have needed to break...
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) sought to make a statement about former President Trump's criminal conviction Thursday, repeating the word "guilty" 34 times in a row, once for each of the former president's guilty counts in the Manhattan hush money case. The move by Schiff came at the beginning of his line of questioning during the...