President Biden’s overall approval rating dropped to 37 percent in a poll released Wednesday — a near record-low for the president as he heads into an election year. The latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey, conducted Oct. 11-15, showed Biden’s overall approval rating at its second-lowest point in his presidency, 1 point higher than the record-low...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers demanded answers from the Biden administration on Tuesday about the role cryptocurrency played in financing the Palestinian militant group Hamas's surprise attacks on Israel earlier this month. Led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.), the group of over 100 lawmakers also requested...
Former President Trump topped President Biden by 4 points in a poll released Wednesday. In CNBC's All-America Economic Survey, 46 percent of registered voters said they were leaning toward voting for Trump or would vote for him “[i]f the election for president were held today.” Forty-two percent said they either leaned toward or would vote...
Casual “Fauda” watchers, not steeped in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, might not have even noticed the scene. But it’s central to understanding what’s been unfolding in the region. On the show, the head of the Palestinian Authority’s Security Service on the West Bank takes his son, who’s flirting with membership in Hamas, to Tel Aviv. Looking...
Former House Speakers John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) want House Republicans to give Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) more power to run the body as Republicans struggle to select a new permanent Speaker. In a post on his personal site Tuesday evening, Gingrich said McHenry, who became the Speaker pro tem after...
A new poll found that American voters have a mutual mistrust of the other side and are open to exploring alternatives to democracy, and that a share of both Democrat and Republican voters believe it is acceptable to use violence to stop the opposing party from achieving its goals. A majority of voters that support...
The State Department is advising Americans not to travel to Lebanon and the U.S. Embassy in Beirut is allowing "authorized departure" of some personnel.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan saw 20 Republicans vote against his bid for speaker on Tuesday, and at least four of those holdouts say they intend to do so again.
President Biden, speaking in Israel Wednesday, said "there's no higher priority than the release and safe return of all these hostages" captured by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning colleges that tensions over the Middle East conflict have spilled over onto college campuses, and action needs to be taken.