The Biden Administration is increasingly sending mixed messages to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his generals concerning the presence of the U.S. forces in the region, including the armada now positioned off the coast in the eastern Mediterranean. Recent statements from President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin appear to be drifting away from the original messaging of...
Embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) will remain in Congress after a Wednesday floor vote failed to expel him. His legal and political troubles are not over, however. His drama is likely to continue in two weeks when the Ethics Committee issues its findings and expulsion risks reawaken in the House. Santos — whose fabrications of...
Maine residents are set to vote next week on a ballot initiative that would make the state the first with a publicly owned electric utility governed by an elected board. Proponents say the initiative could chart a new path forward for utilities, increasing local control of something that profoundly affects people's lives and reducing service interruptions...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is drawing the ire of top Senate Republicans after he proposed legislation that would end unlimited corporate donations to PACs, a key item in the Citizens United decision that has helped bankroll top GOP groups for more than a decade. The bill caught the attention of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...
The House Administration Committee is probing whether ActBlue's "lenient" donor verification standards are allowing illicit cash to be funneled into Democrat campaigns.
Virginia AG Jason Miyares is opening an investigation into a Muslim charity, citing "reason to believe" the group is operating illegally and benefiting terrorists.
U.S. senators say talks of an "international peacekeeping force" in Gaza after the Israeli war involve possibly sending Saudi troops to maintain order.
Democratic mayors in major cities have said they need more than President Biden's proposed $1.4 billion in aid to ease the burden of the migrant surge.