Actor James Van Der Beek criticized the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Wednesday over its decision not to sponsor any primary debates with President Biden ahead of the 2024 election. “I cannot get over the fact that the Democratic National Committee is saying there will not be a debate to decide the nominee for president,”...
The United States plans to open its first diplomatic mission above the Arctic Circle, its northernmost such facility in the world. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a press conference on Thursday after attending a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Oslo, Norway, that the U.S. will open an “American Presence Post” in the...
The House Republicans' campaign arm is pitching the debate over a debt ceiling bill that passed the House on Wednesday as a "successful 2024 road test" as the party looks to retain its majority. House Republicans overcame a key hurdle by passing in a 314-117 vote a debt limit deal struck between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President...
The Democratic-led Senate handed a stinging rebuke to President Biden on Thursday, passing a measure that overturns his student debt relief plan to give 40 million borrowers up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness — though a presidential veto is likely on the way. The Senate passed the measure in a 52-46 vote just days after...
As a Republican, DeSantis purports to espouse the principles of freedom, prosperity and opportunity that define the party. His reaction to Disney appears antithetical to them, both in spirit and in practice.
A group of Senate Republican defense hawks are holding up passage of legislation to raise the debt ceiling in protest of a 1-percent, across-the-board spending cut that would go into effect if Congress doesn’t pass its spending bills on time, and to pressure Senate leaders to agree to move a funding measure for the Ukraine...
E. Jean Carroll and Mary Trump are joining forces on what they’re dubbing a “no-politics” project: a romance novel. Carroll, a longtime advice columnist who has accused Donald Trump of rape, and Mary Trump, a vocal critic of her uncle the former president, will pen a romantic story along with law professor Jennifer Taub, The...
Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign shot down a claim made by Donald Trump's campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung that the bus for the pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down had “broke down" in Des Moines.