The defense ministers of several NATO states, including Germany, Norway, and Poland, have stated that the West needs to prepare for war with Russia. Their warnings are intended to draw attention to three realities: that Europe can no longer depend on the United States, especially if there is a second Trump presidency; that Europe itself […]
Everyone in politics is expendable. Some figure this out and bow out gracefully, as did former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy when members of his own party worked with the Democrats to oust him from the speakership last year. Others learn it the hard way. President Joe Biden appears to be in the latter camp. After […]
The White House raised questions Friday over why special counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Biden's handling of classified documents included comments about his memory. “When the inevitable conclusion is that the facts and the evidence don’t support any charges, you’re left to wonder why this report spends time making gratuitous and inappropriate criticisms of...
The relationship between patients with mental illness and the practice of medical assistance in dying is a slippery slope that is likely to get even more slippery over time.
Black women are six times more likely to be killed than white women, a new report has found. The study, published in The Lancet medical journal on Thursday, analyzed homicide rates of women 25 to 44 years old in 30 different states between 1999 to 2020. It found that Black women are more likely to...
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation advanced a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill Thursday tackling issues including accessibility and foreign aviation safety measures. "This bipartisan bill delivers improvements to aviation safety and consumer protections that Americans have been demanding,” said Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Commerce Committee, in its press release...
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) shared a photo online with his “doppelgänger,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who is in Washington for a White House meeting. “Wer ist wer?” Coons posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The English translation is “Who is who?" Coons, with a U.S. flag lapel pin, is on the left...
Congress has passed a law that is impossible to enforce or at least impossible to do so constitutionally. That’s not unusual. Congress has a habit of passing such laws. But what is unusual is that Congress is now impeaching a Cabinet secretary over his failure to do the impossible.
The State Department is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information about the identity or location of the leaders of a global ransomware gang, known as Hive, the agency announced on Thursday. It is also offering up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of anyone involved with...
A Utah State Board of Education member is facing pressure from the Legislature and the governor’s office to resign over a post she shared on social media that appeared to insinuate a high school girls basketball player is transgender. In a since-deleted Facebook post, conservative board member Natalie Cline falsely suggested that a 16-year-old student-athlete...