Public opinion of Republican leaders in Congress has dropped as the House GOP struggles to put forward a new Speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) ousting last week. A new CNN poll conducted by SSRS found 74 percent of Americans disapprove of Republican leaders in Congress amid the tumultuous battle for Speaker of the House — an...
The so-called "ring of fire" annular eclipse, which will blaze a path across the western half of the United States Saturday. As exciting as the event will be for millions of Americans, eclipses also have a history of myths and misconceptions.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said he discussed with Israeli officials how to protect civilians in Gaza from harm and efforts to provide humanitarian assistance, as Israel has launched a punishing aerial campaign in response to an unprecedented assault by the terrorist group Hamas. During a press conference in Israel, Blinken said civilians in...
Hundreds of actors and Hollywood executives — including Michael Douglas, Amy Schumer, Gal Gadot, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jerry Seinfeld — are adding their signatures to an open letter condemning Hamas for “barbaric acts of terrorism” in Israel they say “must be called out by everyone.” More than 700 people signed the letter released Thursday by the...
More than 40 percent of LGBTQ young people in the U.S. who are Latino reported having seriously considered suicide over the past year, according to research from The Trevor Project, a leading LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization. In a survey of 28,000 LGBTQ youths ages 13-24, 44 percent of LGBTQ young people who are Latinx,...
Robert De Niro is issuing a dire warning against the country reelecting former President Trump, saying “democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.” “I've spent a lot of time studying bad men,” the “Godfather” actor said in a statement read by former Trump administration official Miles Taylor on Wednesday at The New Republic’s “Stop...
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) on Thursday defended his questioning of Biden administration officials at a briefing this week on Israel after other lawmakers criticized him for what they called rude and obnoxious behavior. “I did not use any vulgarity or any profanity,” Van Orden said while leaving a GOP conference meeting Thursday, referring to...
Danish wind energy company Orsted has reached a $100 million agreement with New Jersey officials, pledging to complete the state's first offshore wind farm by Dec. 2025.
Republican Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has requested that the state Supreme Court close a lawsuit over school funding filed by four districts in 2010.