Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) will face a primary challenge from George Latimer, a Westchester County, N.Y. executive, Latimer's campaign announced Wednesday. "I decided that the next step in my career would be a run for Congress because I believe our country is currently facing an existential crisis that threatens our very democracy," Latimer said in...
Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) said she’d consider voting against a bill to fund the government if it does not bar a Biden rule aiming to bolster electric vehicles. McClain, during a press conference on Wednesday said it’s “a hard line for me” to prevent an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that would be expected to...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is set to join the U.S. Global Change Research Program, a coalition of federal entities that coordinates research on climate change, HUD officials announced Wednesday at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. The program was established in 1989 and has 14 other member entities: the departments...
Washington, D.C., police said they arrested a 17-year-old in connection to a recent carjacking of an FBI agent late last month. Authorities said the minor and an accomplice approached the FBI agent who was standing outside his vehicle in the afternoon on Nov. 29 in northeast D.C. The minor and his accomplice allegedly carjacked the...
Flanked by fighter jets, Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday in the first part of his trip to the Middle East, where he will also travel to Saudi Arabia. Putin landed at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE under protection from four Su-35 Russian fighter jets, which...
A group of progressive Senate Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are pressing President Biden and his administration to step up oversight of the use of U.S. military weapons by the Israeli military in Gaza to reduce the civilian death toll. In a letter to President Biden on Tuesday, the senators raised alarm...
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro is taking over as CEO of the Latino Community Foundation (LCF), a California-based nonprofit focused on expanding Latino economic, civic and political representation. Castro, a former mayor of San Antonio and 2020 presidential candidate, will take over the organization on Jan. 1. "One of the things that...
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday that he will step down from Congress after he was ousted as House Speaker.