The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner and its related parties are well underway in Washington — albeit with a bit less glitz and glamour than previous years. President Trump opted against attending the annual bash amid a tense relationship with the press corps, who condemned the administration's decision to bar the Associated Press from...
Florida Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo further elaborated during a recent interview on why he formally left the Democratic Party this week, arguing the party lacks “direction” and has no “purpose” on how to deliver results for constituents. Pizzo said Friday on NewsNation’s show “The Hill" that his criticism is directed both at the Democratic...
President Trump said Saturday that American commercial and military ships should not have to pay to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal. “American Ships, both Military and Commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals! Those Canals would not exist without the United States of America,”...
The New York Board of Education sought to eliminate "culturally abusive" stereotypes by nixing American Indian mascots in schools, but as far as the Trump administration is concerned, the ban itself may be discriminatory.
The Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations appear to be heading toward a crescendo as the U.S. continues to facilitate the discussions between the two countries. Although top U.S. officials, including President Trump, warned that if substantial progress is not achieved soon, Washington will pull back from its mediating role. Trump contended that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin might...
“I understand very well why it is wrong to compare Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich to any other movement,” former Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore conceded Monday as he rallied a crowd during San Francisco’s Climate Week. “It was uniquely evil, full stop. I get it,” he added. Then came the “but.” “But there are important...
The U.S. and Iran will hold more nuclear talks after another round of meetings in Oman, which for the first time included technical discussions between the two sides regarding Tehran’s advancing nuclear program. The third round of talks between the officials in Muscat, Oman’s capital, on Saturday were “positive and productive” and lasted more than...
A new poll shows that about 4 in 10 Americans say President Trump has been a “terrible” leader in his second term. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also found that about 2 in 10 think he has done an average job in his presidency and 3 in 10 says he's been a...
The USDA threatened to halt imports of Mexican cattle and bison if Mexico fails to act against a flesh-eating screwworm fly spreading north toward U.S. herds.