The House Tuesday night overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Hamas to immediately release all hostages in Gaza, and another affirming Israel's right to exist as an independent state. The Hamas resolution — which also condemns the group for taking hostages and for launching the terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7 — cleared the chamber in a...
A Virgin Atlantic plane powered using only sustainable fuel completed its flight from London to New York on Tuesday, highlighting an eco-friendly and low-carbon option for transatlantic flights. The Virgin Atlantic flight, which took off from London Heathrow and landed at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport, marked a “year of radical collaboration, to demonstrate...
Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-Utah) was sworn into the House on Tuesday, officially succeeding former Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah), her ex-boss, in the chamber. Maloy’s swearing in brings the House back to full attendance with all 435 members in the chamber. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) administered the oath of office to Maloy on the House floor...
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West said Tuesday critics of a third-party ticket have a “good reason to be afraid.” “I think they have good reason to be afraid because anybody who wants to speak the truth, when you have a regime in power that denies the truth, anybody who seeks justice, who runs away from...
Fox News commentator Jesse Watters said that over Thanksgiving he was bitten by a dog that had a “Democrat owner.” He told viewers on Monday during his show “Jesse Watters Primetime” that during a hike over a Thanksgiving break, he was bitten by a dog. Fellow Fox host Jeanine Pirro on Tuesday's "The Five" show...
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) made it clear to House colleagues Tuesday that he will not resign his seat, choosing instead to face an expulsion vote this week which he said “undermines and underscores the precedent we’ve had in this chamber.” Santos is set to face a third expulsion attempt this week after Rep. Robert Garcia...
Apple will end its credit card program with Goldman Sachs in the next 12–15 months, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the deal. Apple launched the Goldman-backed card in 2019 to consumer fanfare alongside a flashy ad campaign promising a credit card not from a bank, where nearly any Apple customer could...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday called on Israel to release all Palestinian prisoners who are held without charges from Israeli prisons, alongside the release of Israeli hostages by Hamas. “Every innocent civilian should be released and reunited with their family, no matter their faith or ethnicity,” Tlaib said in a statement Tuesday. “I will...
Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called for an “indefinite” cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, just days after three Palestinian students were shot in the state's most populous city and as the end to the temporary pause in fighting draws near. “The impact of the conflict in the Middle East has reverberated across the world, and we’ve...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he will give a speech on Wednesday addressing the steep rise in antisemitism since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.