Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Thursday blamed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and “seven useful idiots” for turmoil in the House, saying their success in ousting former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last fall is a direct cause of today's problems for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Lawler criticized members of his own party for weakening Johnson’s negotiation...

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said late Thursday that he thinks alternate jurors will be needed to reach a verdict in former President Trump’s hush money trial, because others may "get freaked out” and want to be dismissed. “Jurors get sick, jurors get freaked out. Some of them could be spooked by a social...

Jury selection in former President Trump’s hush money trial could conclude on Friday after 12 jurors and one alternate were seated the day before. There’s still a chance, however, a juror could be dismissed. On Thursday, two jurors who had been seated were dropped - one who expressed frustration over the media’s extensive coverage and...

One of the principal tenets of progress and innovation is that we are not tethered to old technology. For example, when consumers purchase the latest smartphone that can connect to the internet or download applications, they are not forced to buy a rotary phone. When consumers subscribe to broadband service, they aren’t additionally required to...

Political junkies are in a dysfunctional relationship with polls.

Iran early Friday fired at drones suspected to be part of an Israeli attack near a major air base and nuclear site near the city of Isfahan. Air defense batteries were activated after reports of explosions near the air base, The Associated Press reported. The New York Times reported that television networks and officials in...

The news of the day doesn’t make existential problems go away. We can spend the moral and financial capital now to save the environment or our children and grandchildren will pay the price later.

When the People's Republic of China won recognition as China's rightful government, it also inherited its predecessor government's debts

If America comes through, this might just be the year that Ukraine needs to push Russia back and achieve an outcome its people can live with.

As a planned weekend vote on a foreign aid and national security legislation package draws closer, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is rolling the dice. Johnson, who leads a razor-thin Republican House majority, needs Democratic support to pass a series of bills that would provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. But he also risks losing...