The USS Carney shot down three Iranian drones and one anti-ship ballistic missile Wednesday launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The Houthi missile was headed toward the Gulf of Aden at about 8:30 p.m. local time. Forty minutes later, the USS Carney shot down three Iranian unmanned...

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) hailed pop music superstar Taylor Swift amid criticism she is facing from conservatives Wednesday. “Taylor Swift is a national treasure,” Cheney wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The conservative side of social media has been flooded with conspiracy theories about the singer, and the...

The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) announced on Wednesday 14 reparations bills it plans to introduce as the first step to implement the policy proposals outlined in the report last summer by the Reparations Task Force. In a press release, the caucus described the “2024 Reparations Priority Bill Package” as a “multi-year effort to implement...

Democratic lawmakers urged the Biden administration in a letter Tuesday to address “authoritarian” actions by the Salvadoran president. “We are writing to express our significant concerns regarding democratic backsliding and an increase in reports of human rights violations in El Salvador,” the letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken reads. “These concerns are especially pressing...

The White House launched a media blitz Wednesday, touting its response to the February 2023 derailment of a train hauling toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Cori Bush voted against a bill barring additional Palestine Liberation Organization members from entering the U.S. on Wednesday.