The Senate should promptly confirm Northern District of Texas Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez, who has earned appointment to the Fifth U.S. Circuit and would be the tribunal’s initial Latina jurist. This regional circuit efficaciously resolves substantial numbers of appeals, includes a large judicial cohort, and enjoys a reputation as the most ideologically conservative appellate...

Cindy McCain, director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), said Sunday that Gaza, a strip controlled by the militant group Hamas, is “on the brink of famine” amid the militant group’s war with Israel.  During an appearance on CBS’s "Face the Nation," moderator Margaret Brennan mentioned recent information published by UNICEF, the U.N....

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said Sunday he did not expect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to face a rebellion from within his party, saying the newly elected Speaker was doing a good job trying to fix the problems left over from the previous leadership. “I don't think that most Republicans blame Speaker Johnson for the problems...

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The least diverse federal appellate court just sent a clarion call to the Supreme Court to further enfeeble the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by stripping voters of the right to sue the state for racially discriminatory voting laws; that is the sole province of the ever-changing and resource-dependent Department of Justice, the 8th U.S. Circuit...

A North Carolina family is lucky to be alive after a turkey fryer exploded inside their home.

House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said conditioning U.S. aid for Israel on certain demands is a policy that would be consistent with U.S. policy with allied countries. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Turner said he thinks the White House has been clear that Israel should “lessen” the Palestinian death...

The efforts of No Labels to organize a third-party ticket in 2024 got a potential boost with Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) flirtation of a presidential bid. No Labels has for months been gathering information about the viability of a so-called “unity ticket” in next year’s presidential race. While the group is still assessing whether to...