Homeland Security shut down some lanes of traffic at a Mexican border crossing Wednesday and shifted personnel to help with the latest crisis, a new surge of thousands of migrants streaming into Eagle Pass, Texas.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a recent interview insisted “anyone involved” with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is “serving jail time,” a comment that comes ahead of the five-year anniversary of the murder. When asked in a rare interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier about if any individuals are serving time for...
House Republicans reported major progress charting a path forward on a partisan bill to avert a government shutdown and a Department of Defense spending bill — two measures that suffered public setbacks just a day before — after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) hashed out a new framework for a GOP-only stopgap proposal in a House...
Bids have reached close to $200,000 in an auction for one of the famous collars of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As of Wednesday around 7 p.m., the highest bid reached $195,000 with around 14 hours left in the auction for Ginsburg's collar, dubbed The Pegasus. The Potomack Company, an auction house based in...
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) on Wednesday sharply criticized her Republican colleagues for failing to find a path forward to avert a government shutdown before the looming deadline at the end of the month. “At this rate, we are headed to a Republican shutdown,” Jayapal said during a CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer. “And that gives...
SpaceX countersued the Department of Justice (DOJ) to try and stop a case from proceeding that alleged the company engaged in discriminatory hiring practices against refugees and those granted asylum in the U.S. In a complaint filed Friday, SpaceX argued the DOJ lawsuit was unconstitutional because it would play out in administrative proceedings, rather than...
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, filling a crucial position that was set to become vacant in the coming weeks and overcoming Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) months-long hold on military promotions. Senators voted 83-11 to confirm the Air Force general to the...
As a nation founded by immigrants seeking freedom from oppression, the United States of America bears an important and uniquely inherent responsibility to help immigrants obtain refuge from dire situations across the globe. This is especially true for the people of Venezuela, where, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Venezuelan exodus of the...
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) in a Wednesday interview ripped Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Krysten Sinema (I-Ariz.) over the expiration of the child tax credit, saying the “cowardly way” in which the two senators govern “astonishes” him. The remarks by Bowman, a House progressive, underscores the hard feelings on the left — particularly in the...