Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, told GOP leadership on Friday that she will be stepping down from her post. In a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Granger, who previously announced her retirement, requested a replacement “as soon as possible” to serve out the remainder of the congressional session....
Kate, the Princess of Wales, says she’s been diagnosed with cancer, asking the public for “time, space, and privacy” amid a media frenzy surrounding her absence from public appearances. “It’s been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family,” Kate, sitting on a bench outdoors, said Friday in a video posted on social...
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) announced Friday he would resign from Congress before his term is up, shrinking the GOP's already razor-thin majority in the House. Gallagher, a four-term lawmaker who is considered a rising star within the GOP, announced last month that he would not seek reelection. But Friday, he said he would leave the...
Most Americans doubt that SCOTUS will be impartial in decisions affecting the 2024 election. By striking down Colorado’s decision to remove Trump from the ballot, the justices validated their fears.
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci joked on Friday that he and other former Trump administration officials are in a “Trump recovery unit.” “[L]et me just talk about my colleagues and friends, ‘cause we’re sort of like in this Trump recovery unit together, which would include [former Defense Secretary Mark Esper], [retired Gen. Mark...
Story at a glance Married adults in the U.S. are more likely to be thriving than those who have never been married, are divorced or live with a domestic partner, according to newly-published data from Gallup. In 2023, married adults aged 25 to 50 were 16 percent more likely to be thriving compared to those...
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee on Friday subpoenaed President Biden’s ghost writer, advancing their efforts to gain access to recordings and a transcript of conversations referenced by special counsel Robert Hur. Hur’s report indicates that Biden at three different times read passages from his notebook that references classified information while working with ghost writer...
A group of migrants rushed past Texas National Guard troops at the border wall in El Paso Thursday, seeking to surrender to Border Patrol to apply for asylum. The migrants made their way across concertina wire and to an opening in the border wall, where they were momentarily forcibly held back by a small group...