President Biden paid tribute to former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) following news of her death, calling her an "icon and mentor" with a legacy of "resilience and purpose." Biden in a statement released Sunday night praised the late lawmaker's tenure in Congress, saying she displayed "immense courage and a commitment to the promise of...
Burundi's president said gay people should be stoned, amid a larger crackdown on the LGBTQ community in the East African country. "If you want to attract a curse to the country, accept homosexuality," Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye said in a question and answer session with journalists and the public last Friday, according to Reuters. "I...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would “never back down” in his annual year-end speech, which was set to be broadcast in each time zone shortly before midnight ahead of the new year. Putin stressed national unity in the prerecorded address, which lasted just under four minutes, according to The Associated Press (AP), citing Russian...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday pushed back against claims that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, calling such accusations "false" after South Africa filed a case against Israel at the U.N.'s top court. "I would like to say a word about South Africa's false accusation that Israel is committing genocide. No, South Africa,...
The public needs to know who is contributing money to American postsecondary institutions. Strengthening reporting requirements is a matter of national security.
Chief Justice John Roberts warned that courts will need to consider the proper use of artificial intelligence (AI), portraying it as a new frontier for change in an annual report that follows a turbulent year for the Supreme Court. “I predict that human judges will be around for a while,” Roberts wrote in his report....
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Sunday that the immigration policies of the Biden administration and the Department of Justice are "aiding and abetting" cartels in the record surge of illegal entries at the southern border.
As New York Giants quarterback Tommy Devito rose to fame in the NFL over the last month, a wave of appreciation for Italian American culture took over the country.