Republican attempts to label the migrant surge an "invasion" have fallen flat in the courts, where judges say the flow of people and drugs looks less like a constitution-breaking military incursion and more like the kind of border problems that have plagued the country for decades.
Is this a cautionary tale for Republicans? Those working for President Biden's reelection campaign believe that Republican voters who once supported Nikki Haley's bid for the White House are not necessarily transferring their loyalty to Donald Trump. Ms. Haley left the presidential race on March 6.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is happy to keep them guessing. The Georgia hardliner introduced her motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in March, framing it as a warning to GOP leaders ahead of explosive debates on government spying and aid to Ukraine. Yet more than a month later, Greene has declined to force...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has qualified for the ballot in California, his campaign announced Monday. Kennedy, alongside running mate Nicole Shanahan, was backed by the American Independent Party (AIP) of California, the state with the most electoral college votes in the country. The campaign confirmed it filed paperwork with California's secretary of...
Columbia University on Monday began suspending the students who refuse to leave the pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, hours after the deadline to leave the encampment passed. "We have begun suspending students as part of this next phase of our efforts to ensure safety on our campus," Ben Chang, vice president of communications for Columbia University...
Presented by BP — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY The Big Story Supreme Court rejects Musk challenge to SEC order The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Elon Musk’s challenge to a 2018 settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that required lawyers to approve some of...
The Biden administration is setting its face against any possible prosecution of members of Israel’s government, amid speculation that the International Criminal Court (ICC) could soon issue arrest warrants over the conduct of the war in Gaza. “We do not support it,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at Monday’s media briefing, referring...
State troopers in riot gear moved on Monday afternoon to clear out students attempting to occupy a quad at the University of Texas at Austin. Dozens of protesters were arrested on site, escalating tensions that began Wednesday when the pro-Palestinian protest movement sought to establish a camp on the South Mall, immediately below the looming...