After what has felt like months of gloomy news about stalled front lines, degrading support in Western capitals, and depleted ammunition, Ukraine had a decent week. In Brussels, the European Union finally convinced Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to get out of the way of a $54 billion, multiyear financial support package to the Ukrainian government, which […]
We cannot continue to let dysfunction on Capitol Hill and gridlock stand in the way of progress toward a safer transportation system for communities around the country.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), a key Senate Republican voice on national security and immigration issues, says that Democrats need to give Republicans a chance to amend the new border security deal or it will fail to muster enough votes to advance. Graham was an early proponent of linking border security reforms to funding for the...
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) slammed the bipartisan border deal unveiled by Senate negotiators Sunday night as “garbage.” “I am absolutely shocked that anyone is even considering this garbage package. And as you mentioned, Biden is going to be putting more pressure on the Senate and the House. Really going to the American people trying to...
Legal observers are growing increasingly worried that former President Trump’s criminal prosecution related to an allegedly lawless campaign to overturn the 2020 election could be delayed past November, which could help bolster his efforts to return to the Oval Office. Trump’s delay tactics are a well-worn strategy by the former president and his legal teams...
Should the 30,000 UNRWA employees and the 5.9 million Palestinian refugees they feed and educate be punished for the acts of those 12? It’s hard to imagine a more disproportionate and immoral response.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) went after Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Monday, saying he is not “fit to serve” after he said he would have chosen not to certify the 2020 election results without pro-Trump electors. Vance said Sunday in an ABC “This Week” interview he would have allowed states to send multiple slates...
Most Americans say they don’t have much confidence in the Supreme Court to make the “right decisions” on legal cases related to the 2024 election, according to a CNN poll released Monday. Asked how much they trust the Supreme Court on the matter, 58 percent of respondents said either “not at all” or “just some,”...
The Meta Oversight Board urged the social media company on Monday to reconsider its current policy on manipulated media ahead of the various elections set to be held in 2024. The board, which is run independently of Meta and funded through a grant by the company, described the policy as “incoherent, lacking in persuasive justification...
Former President Trump's legal drama over his role in attempting to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election is weighing heavily on voters as they prepare to cast their ballots this year, according to a new survey. Federal prosecutors have charged Trump with four felonies related to the 2020 vote, but he has argued...