Buffeted by headwinds at home and calls to curtail bloodshed among Palestinian civilians with a cease-fire, President Biden marked his 81st birthday Monday amid uncertainties in the Middle East and a wobbly political future ahead. Biden opposes a cease-fire in Gaza but supports pauses in Israel’s attacks against Hamas as part of a proposed hostage...
Voters in Utah’s 2nd Congressional District will cast their ballots Tuesday to decide who fills the only current U.S. House vacancy, in a special election just days ahead of Thanksgiving. The House has been down one member since Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) resigned from Congress in September after six terms in the lower chamber, citing health concerns for his wife....
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) and lawyers for a defendant in the Georgia racketeering case involving former President Trump will face off in court Tuesday as the state’s top prosecutor seeks to revoke his bond over incendiary social media posts. Harrison Floyd, a leader of Black Voices for Trump who was charged alongside...
Senate Democrats are pushing back hard on criticism from within their own party that President Biden’s poll numbers are so weak that the party should replace him atop the ticket, dismissing concerns about Biden’s electability as totally counterproductive. Some of the sharpest criticism of Biden’s electability has come from former President Obama’s senior political...
The Biden administration is anticipating a breakthrough on securing the release of dozens of hostages who were violently kidnapped by Hamas from Israel on Oct. 7. The U.S. is involved in intensive negotiations alongside Israel to recover an estimated 240 people who are being held under an information blackout — proof of life, living conditions and health status all unknown and...
A member of a Maryland hate crime task force and Islamic activist made a number of antisemitic posts on social media, including claiming the Israeli babies killed by Hamas were "fake."
The Biden administration is under fire for prioritizing equity, inclusion and climate change in choosing which infrastructure projects to fund nationwide.