President Biden on Monday welcomed Jewish lawmakers and community members to the White House for a celebration of Hanukkah with the backdrop of a surge in antisemitism amid Israel’s war with Hamas. “Hanukkah is a timeliness story of miracles,” Biden said, describing it as a symbol of survival and hope. “But we know this year’s...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Monday dug into Sen. JD Vance's (R-Ohio) recent remarks against sending further aid to Ukraine, calling the Ohio Republican's comments "total and unmitigated bull‑‑‑‑." Vance, in an interview with former White House aid Steve Bannon earlier Monday, claimed some lawmakers are looking to cut Social Security benefits for more aid...

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Republicans hostile to the way elite universities shape the nation's cultural and political debates are smelling blood in the water after a disastrous hearing in which the presidents of three schools refused to say students who called for the genocide of Jews would be disciplined. One of the presidents, Liz Magill of the University of...

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A Texas pregnant woman has left the state to obtain an abortion procedure hours before the state supreme court ruled against her request seeking permission for the procedure.

The Supreme Court has agreed to expedite this appeal and asked Trump’s lawyers to respond to the motion by next Wednesday December 20

After former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced he was leaving Congress at the end of the year, House Speaker Mike Johnson will have to rethink the GOP's strategy.

Former Congressman George Santos, who faces a 23-count indictment on crimes connected to campaign fraud, is in talks with federal prosecutors to reach a plea deal.