Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that warring military factions in Sudan have agreed to implement a three-day, nationwide ceasefire beginning at midnight local time, after intensive fighting throughout the capital Khartoum that has killed hundreds of people, wounded thousands and prompted the evacuation of U.S. and international diplomats. Blinken, in a statement, said...
President Biden on Tuesday hosted the "Tennessee Three" at the White House, telling the Democratic lawmakers that the Republican efforts to expel them from office were “undemocratic.” Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, the two Tennessee lawmakers who were once expelled from the state’s legislature, and Rep. Gloria Johnson, who was subject to expulsion, sat...
Nearly half of Americans support a potential ban on TikTok, but there are clear divisions between age groups and political affiliation. That was the finding of a new Wall Street Journal poll published on Monday, as momentum is building in Congress to ban the Chinese-owned social media platform due to security concerns. The poll found...
Tucker Carlson’s shocking exit from Fox News deals a blow to the top-rated cable news network, depriving it of its biggest prime-time star and his proven ability to deliver ratings. Fox now will have to figure out who will replace Carlson in what is widely seen as a watershed moment for the network’s editorial strategy....
Some Texas lawmakers want to turn rural hospitals, police stations and other critical infrastructure into backup power plants for their communities. The bipartisan Senate Bill 1212 seeks to stabilize the state’s unreliable grid by taking a different approach than the package passed earlier this month almost entirely by Senate Republicans. In a rare display of bipartisanship, the...
President Biden took aim at GOP education policies during a Monday event at the White House celebrating 2023 Teacher of the Year Rebecka Peterson. Peterson, a calculus teacher at Union High School in Tulsa, Okla., was celebrated at the White House with speeches from Briden, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and first lady Jill Biden. Biden...
Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed a bill that would have cut state taxes by nearly $1.4 billion over three years over her objection to a proposed flat income tax.
Former President Donald Trump celebrated the firing of liberal host Don Lemon from CNN, repeating his previous reference to him as "the dumbest man on television."
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy must keep his members together to approve the Republican version of a debt ceiling plan, a potentially significant win for the Californian Republican.