Senate Democrats appear to be warming up to Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), President-elect Trump’s combative and confrontational nominee for envoy to the United Nations, encouraged by commitments she’ll engage with the global body rather than seek to burn it down. Stefanik, who served as the third-ranking Republican leader in the House, has carved out a...
Tulsi Gabbard is trying to explain her past support for Edward Snowden, including her push to pardon the national security leaker, to a tough crowd: members of the Senate Intelligence Committee considering her confirmation. When she was still in the House, Gabbard introduced a resolution calling for all charges to be dropped against Snowden. And...
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, expected to begin its first phase Sunday, has brought relief to the international community but questions about whether the truce will hold — an issue that President-elect Trump will have to oversee when he takes office next week. Israel and Hamas have agreed to a fragile three-phase agreement to...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday ruled against the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which grants amnesty to illegal immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children.
Biden appointed more federal judges than Trump during his first term in the White House, including more female and minority judges who helped diversify the federal courts.
President Biden, whose half-century political career comes to a close on Monday as Donald Trump is inaugurated and succeeds him in the White House, leaves office as one of the nation's most unpopular presidents
President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration is just two days away, and excitement is building in Washington, D.C., to welcome the 47th president of the United States.
President-elect Donald Trump will have many agenda items to address when he returns to the Oval Office on Monday. One he should get to quickly, for there is no time to lose, is the future status of the U.S. military base at the island of Diego Garcia. Poor decisions in the United Kingdom, driven by […]