After four days of jury selection, the first criminal trial of a former president gets rolling this week in New York. Judge Juan Merchan indicated that he expects opening statements to begin Monday in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump, after 12 jurors and six alternates were sworn in last week. Both sides will...
Pregnant employees have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that supporters say could change workplace culture for millions of people.
Israel's military intelligence chief offered to resign on Monday and is expected to formally step down eventually for his leadership role during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks that killed some 1,200 people, which has been criticized as a major Israeli intelligence failure. Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, the head of Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate, requested to...
Columbia University will hold classes virtually on Monday amid ongoing unrest and heightened concern for Jewish students’ safety on campus. The school's president, Minouche Shafik, announced the shift to online learning early Monday and instructed faculty and stuff to work remotely if they can do so. “Our preference is that students who do not live...
Whatever the future may bring for Speaker Johnson, the American people yearn for forceful, effective bipartisan action— on immigration, the economy, family security, education, energy, health care and a host of other issues.
A corrupt FBI and Justice Department have done everything in their power to persecute nonviolent pro-lifers with the FACE Act, while ignoring the violent, ongoing and terrifying attacks on other institutions protected by the FACE Act: churches and pregnancy help centers.
The House passed its $95 billion foreign aid package over the weekend, allotting funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. As the bills await passage in the Senate, their impact is already being felt across the globe. UKRAINIANS ARE CHEERING the House vote to provide nearly $61 billion in fresh supplies of artillery rounds and air defense missiles and support...
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and other pro-Israel groups are ramping up their efforts to target incumbent progressive lawmakers in their primaries as the fallout surrounding the Israel-Hamas war seeps further into U.S. politics. AIPAC, the most influential pro-Israel group, has said it plans to spend $100 million to target progressive candidates, while...