More Americans are citing the government and poor leadership as the nation's top problem, topping a list that includes inflation, immigration and race relations, according to a new poll.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said he is undecided on whether he will vote to block Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from sitting on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, expressing concern about censorship of opposing views. “The reason I think a lot of Republicans want to kick Ilhan Omar off of the Foreign Affairs Committee is because...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its 2023 global economic forecast upward slightly on Tuesday, pointing to falling inflation rates worldwide and China’s recent reopening for the marginally brighter outlook. The IMF projected that the global economy will grow by about 2.9 percent in 2023, up about 0.2 percentage points from its last World Economic...
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) announced that he will not run for the Senate in his home state, dealing a recruiting blow to Republicans who had hoped he would enter the race in the Hoosier State. In a lengthy statement, Daniels, 73, explained that he is not cut out to serve as a legislator...
Well, it looks like Donald Trump actually is running for president, after all. A lot of Republicans weren’t sure he was going to go through with it, given how he went underground after announcing last Nov. 16. For more than two months, Trump didn’t hold one campaign rally and never strayed farther from Mar-a-Lago than the nearest golf course. On Saturday, Trump finally came out of hibernation, holding campaign events in New Hampshire and South...
The Biden administration has blocked a controversial proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska in order to protect the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) blocked construction for the Pebble Mine, citing its potential impact on Bristol Bay — a southwestern Alaska watershed that’s home to numerous animal species including the salmon. ...
Fewer Americans in a Gallup poll released on Tuesday said they are “very dissatisfied” with the state of the nation, following two years of relatively high levels of dissatisfaction. Forty-eight percent said they were "very dissatisfied" with the way things are going in the U.S., according to Gallup’s annual January Mood of the Nation poll, down from...
Two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014, in a televised ceremony honoring young geographers, Vladimir Putin quizzed a boy about where Russia’s borders end. “At the Bering Strait with the United States,” the 9-year-old ventured hesitantly. “The borders of Russia,” Putin declared, “never end.” (Thunderous applause.) “It was a joke,” Putin then added. ...