Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said her Republican colleagues in the upper chamber who are backing bipartisan immigration and funding legislation that is the subject of ongoing negotiations are “willing to be traitors to our country.” As the Senate prepares to move forward with the bill, House conservatives have expressed growing opposition to the deal,...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday dug into the Biden administration’s southern border policy, arguing there “doesn’t seem to be any interest” from the White House in curbing illegal migrant crossings. Kennedy, during an interview with Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends,” recalled his experience travelling to the border and claimed he...
Top intelligence officials are scheduled to brief members of the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, days after an Iranian-backed drone attack killed three U.S. service members over the weekend. CIA Director William Burns and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines are set to brief lawmakers at the Capitol, two sources told The Hill. The briefing...
A group of Democratic senators on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to completely deschedule marijuana, arguing the White House's recommendations to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reschedule the drug does not go far enough to address that harm that has occurred from the current system. In a letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will compensate local and state governments for energy efficiency upgrades to school and hospital facilities in the wake of natural disasters, the agency announced Tuesday, Under the new policy, FEMA’s Public Assistance grant program will offer funding for net-zero energy installations including solar panels and heat pumps for public...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded the outlook for the world economy and said it is likely to escape a hard landing, noting resilient economic growth, particularly in the United States, and slowing inflation. The IMF said it expects the global economy to grow 3.1 percent in 2024, a tick up from the 2.9...
President Biden said Tuesday he has decided how he plans to respond to an attack on U.S. forces in Jordan that killed three Americans but stressed he was not seeking a wider war in the Middle East. The president did not specify what the U.S. would do in response to the attack by Iranian proxies...
Rumors are swirling that Valeryi Zaluzhnyi, the top general in Ukraine’s armed forces, may soon be fired. There chatter prompted the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense to post on Telegram, “Dear journalists, we immediately answer everyone: No, it's not true.” Zaluzhnyi, who is responsible for organizing Ukraine’s defense and taking advantage of Russian disorganization to mount...
Portland city leaders say state laws and courts have prevented them from addressing the drug and homeless crises. Now, they're calling on legislators to act.