One of the biggest handicaps of U.S. policy is that across administrations, U.S. policymakers expect rogues to conform to Washington’s bureaucratic geography rather than vice versa. After my first trip to the Horn of Africa, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs sought a debriefing about Fahad Yasin, a former Al Jazeera journalist with close […]
Vice President Harris leads former President Trump 54 percent to 42 percent in Nebraska's "blue dot" Omaha presidential electoral voting bloc, according to a recent poll.
Egypt, Eritrea and Somalia have formed a trilateral summit to boost cooperation and maintain territorial integrity, with the big elephant in the room being Ethiopia, as tensions over its activities and influence continue to simmer.
President Biden criticized Elon Musk’s daily $1 million giveaways to registered swing state voters Monday, calling them “totally inappropriate.” “I think it's totally inappropriate,” the president told reporters after casting his ballot in his home state of Delaware. America PAC, Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC, has faced pushback since launching the controversial sweepstakes earlier this month....
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are taking the stage in Madison, Wis., to campaign for Vice President Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday night. Sanders is also scheduled to make an appearance in Oshkosh, Wis., on Monday afternoon. With early voting well underway across the country already, the...
Congress is facing a potential government shutdown on Dec. 20 due to its reliance on continuing resolutions and bloated omnibus bills, and is being urged to address the monster of reckless spending.
Television personality and former Trump ally Geraldo Rivera is urging Latino men against voting for former President Trump, writing that “A vote for Trump is a vote against self-respect." Rivera's comments come amid widespread outcry over remarks by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday night. Hinchcliffe, who goes by Kill Tony,...
Senator Mike Lee has proposed reforms to strengthen the Senate, empower individual members, and ensure that the voices of the American people are heard, but some Republicans are resisting these changes.
Wind-strewn dust from California's lithium-rich, shrinking Salton Sea may be triggering respiratory issues in children who live nearby, a new study has found. Among the many symptoms — worse for those young people who reside closest to the saline lake — are asthma, coughing, wheezing and sleep disruptions, according to the study, published in Environmental Research....
An actor known for roles in the animated series “Bob’s Burgers” and “Arrested Development” was sentenced Monday to a year and one day in prison for his connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Jay Johnston, who voiced the role of Jimmy Pesto in “Bob’s Burgers” and played Officer Taylor on “Arrested Development,” pleaded...