Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested he backs additional assistance for Ukraine, but the California Republican noted he has to overcome fierce GOP critics in the House. Zelensky, in an interview with a small group of journalists from U.S. media on Thursday evening, was positive about his meeting with the Speaker...
The Biden administration on Thursday announced an aid package for Ukraine with a value of "up to $325 million" for "critical security and defense needs." The announcement came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. leaders including President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). The package includes...
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the prevalence of obesity is rising all across the nation. The CDC data found that 22 states had a prevalence, or “proportion of adults with a body mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 30,” of obesity over 35 percent in 2022. In comparison,...
Presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized Trump’s foreign policy during a campaign stop in Portsmouth, N.H., on Thursday, saying he is “weak in the knees” on Ukraine policy. When asked how Trump will be remembered, she gave the former president several compliments, tip-toeing around being too overtly negative about the GOP primary’s frontrunner. “He was the...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is on his third strategy to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month after suffering a series of defeats handed to him by conservatives in his own conference. He was forced to punt a procedural vote on a GOP-only stopgap plan, and found sustained opposition even after proposing...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is in the crosshairs of the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike after he suggested that striking workers should be fired. UAW President Shawn Fain filed a complaint against the presidential candidate with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday, alleging that Scott violated the rights of his campaign staff by threatening...