Story at a glance Even as marriage changes in the United States, most brides are holding to the custom of taking their groom's last name and dropping their own. Almost 80 percent of women married to men have followed this tradition, according to a recently released Pew Research Center survey. The share of women opting to change their name has...
The United States is reportedly putting special operations forces on alert and moving major military assets in response to the Israel-Hamas war; however, both the Biden administration and experts this week played down the possibility that America could put boots on the ground in Gaza. Inserting American troops into the fight between Israel and Hamas...
Violence in Israel and Gaza is impacting the 2024 presidential campaign in an unexpected fashion, after former President Trump sparked controversy with peculiar comments in a speech. Trump’s GOP primary rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, hit the former president hard in the 24 hours that followed, leveling some of his harshest and most direct criticism...
House Republicans are leaderless and rudderless as they go back to the drawing board to sketch a path out of the mess they’ve gotten themselves into. Internal division and opposition led to Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) withdrawing his name from the Speaker’s race on Thursday, just one day after he won the party’s nomination...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the first Jewish Senate majority leader in history and a staunch ally of Israel, faces a tricky divide in his caucus and the broader Democratic Party over how to respond to the attacks against Israel. Schumer must navigate the growing tensions between Democratic allies of Israel and progressive...
The Biden administration is putting $7 billion into regional “hubs” around the country dedicated to producing hydrogen energy — touting the funds as an effort to fight climate change and create jobs. These hubs are clusters of facilities located in the same geographic area aiming to produce and consume hydrogen — as well as related...
The Israel-Hamas war is causing U.S. schools to pull their students out of study-abroad programs in the area, while Israeli students in the U.S. are looking to return home to be with family and in many cases join the fight with the military. Multiple American universities have set up flights for students to get out...
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other...
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who is leading the charge against Iran receiving $6 billion of its unfrozen assets, told Fox the money should go to Israel to rebuild after the Hamas attacks.
The House continues to stand still as chamber Republicans push to elect a new speaker after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., withdrew from the race.