President Biden took aim at former President Trump on Wednesday for his remarks that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” saying immigrants make the country stronger. “We always believed diversity is our strength as a nation. I don’t believe, as the president — former president — said again yesterday, that immigrants are polluting,...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) weighed in on the Colorado Supreme Court's disqualification of former President Trump from the state's ballot, saying that he's "mixed" on what it could mean. Kinzinger argued Wednesday that the bombshell ruling will likely feed into Trump's narrative while also deferring judgment to the courts. "I'm mixed from a political...
The Biden administration has reached an agreement to release one of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s closest allies in exchange for the freedom of 10 Americans, the extradition of an American businessman charged in a large-scale bribery scheme and commitments to democratic progress in the country. The agreement will see the return of six Americans who...
Venezuela has agreed to extradite Leonard Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," the mastermind of one of the largest American military bribery scandals, as part of a prisoner swap deal reached with the U.S., according to the Biden administration. A senior Biden administration official said Francis is expected to be on a plane later Wednesday...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) slammed former President Trump's recent comment that immigrants were "poisoning the blood" of the country, arguing the former president's rhetoric is "poisoning our country." "With the exception of Alaska Natives and Native Peoples, most of us are daughters and sons of immigrants who came to this country to build a better...
The Biden administration has auctioned off the rights to drill for oil and gas on 1.7 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico in what will be the last offshore drilling auction it holds until 2025. Companies will pay a total of more than $380 million for the rights to drill on 311 tracts in...
Conan O’Brien is comparing former President Trump to the “Harry Potter” villain Lord Voldemort after President Biden declined to mention the ex-commander in chief by name. Biden appeared in an episode of O’Brien’s SiriusXM podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” in an episode released Wednesday. The literary dig came while the former late-night TV host and Biden...
Federal regulators are proposing requiring transit agencies to assess worker safety amid an “unacceptable” level of assaults. “Everyone deserves a safe workplace, including and especially the frontline transit workers who keep our nation moving,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a press release Wednesday. “Assaults on transit workers are unacceptable, and I look forward to...