The United Arab Emirates is facing criticism after leaked documents show it planned to use the COP28 climate summit, which began in Dubai on Thursday, to seek oil and gas deals with 15 nations.
A group of about 150 University of California professors penned a public letter rebuking the school system's president for proposing new educational programs that would, in part, train faculty on presenting a “viewpoint-neutral history of the Middle East.” In a letter Thursday, the faculty took issue with several aspects of the proposal and called on...
A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employee acting as a whistleblower says the company responsible for health care of migrants under detention at the border mismanaged hundreds of millions of federal dollars and provided subpar services. The report filed by the Government Accountability Project, an advocacy group, on behalf of CBP employee Troy Hendrickson, also...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called off her second effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday, yanking the resolution just minutes before the House was set to hold a procedural vote on the legislation. Greene said she canceled the vote after meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Homeland Security Committee Chairman...
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) on Thursday said he would accept if former President Trump offered the chance to be his running mate — as Trump heads into 2024 as the front-runner of the GOP’s field of White House candidates. “Would you accept the vice presidential nomination if he offered it to you?” guest host Elliot...
The House on Thursday passed a bill that would force the Biden administration to permanently freeze $6 billion in funds it had opened up to Iran earlier this year in exchange for the release of five American detainees. The bill, introduced by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), passed...
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will participate in the 101st annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the White House Ellipse Thursday. A minor accident added a moment of drama to the tradition when heavy winds Tuesday afternoon toppled the 40-foot Norway spruce. The National Park Service (NPS) had it standing again...
Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-N.Y.) dug into Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Thursday, arguing the embattled lawmaker "manufactured his entire life to defraud voters." "My future former colleague is divorced from reality," Molinaro said during a fiery floor debate. "He has manufactured his entire life to defraud the voters of his district and on his choice,...