Former President Trump’s rhetoric shows that he’s “fundamentally ignorant” about national security, his ex-national security adviser John Bolton said Thursday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." Bolton, who has repeatedly blasted Trump since leaving the administration, was reacting to a clip of Trump’s speech where the former president was questioning Europe’s funding of the Ukraine military and...
The Biden administration on Thursday announced it is imposing sanctions against four Israelis involved in attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, penalties issued under a new executive order aimed at cracking down on extremist Israeli settlers. President Biden issued the executive order giving the State Department and Treasury Department the authority to sanction the individuals,...
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) has accused pharmaceutical conglomerate Walgreens of “divesting from Black and brown communities” after the company announced another store closure in a predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood in Massachusetts. “When a Walgreens leaves a neighborhood, they disrupt the entire community and they take with them baby formula, diapers, asthma inhalers, life-saving medications,...
New York Republicans who staged a floor rebellion earlier this week got a win on Thursday when a House panel advanced a State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction bill in a last-minute hearing. The House Rules Committee reported out a rule to allow for consideration of Rep. Mike Lawler’s (R-N.Y.) SALT Marriage Penalty Elimination Act in...
Amtrak will aim to double its ridership by 2040 through extensive investments in expanded service, it announced Wednesday. The “ambitious” goal would see the company work toward serving 66 million riders per year, as the Biden administration makes massive investments into rail infrastructure. “Amtrak has rebounded from the pandemic and is growing again as part...
Shareholders are suing Boeing over allegations the company misled them about potential “serious safety lapses," according to court filings. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Virginia, marks the latest legal action taken against Boeing following last month’s midair blowout, in which a door plug on a Boeing 737...
Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Wednesday that former President Trump’s attorney, Alina Habba, is a “loser” after last week’s outcome of the defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. “She lost, so she's a loser. I'm not surprised that Trump is looking for appellate representation,” Cobb said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett...