The race for control of the White House and Congress in November are slated to be hotly contested elections, and both Republicans and Democrats face different challenges in those battles. While the presidential election between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will be the marquee matchup, several other races will be affected by […]
The Senate voted Thursday to advance development of a controversial spying tool, clearing it for final passage ahead of Friday's deadline. In a 67-32 vote, the Senate invoked cloture, allowing debate on the bill to begin. Senate leaders and intelligence officials have stressed the need to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority (FISA) or else “America will go blind.” “With less than a week until FISA authorities expire, time is a luxury the Senate does not...
The president who was supposed to bring back “civility” is instead taking cheap shots at his political opponents. The Biden White House is on the warpath against Republicans who are opposing its latest attempt to force taxpayers to absorb people’s student loan debt, calling them out for perceived hypocrisy. From White House social media channels […]
In a congressional hearing, Republicans used specious charges of rampant antisemitism to advance an illiberal agenda on campusesAs Jewish faculty at Columbia University, we watched with alarm as our president, Minouche Shafik, appeared before the House education and workforce committee on Wednesday to answer questions about antisemitism on our campus. While we are deeply concerned about antisemitism, we are also disturbed by the ways the hearing – like those in December, and surely those to...
Jordan’s King Abdullah II disappeared on Sunday. He wasn’t seen, his voice was not heard, and all of the military activity carried out by the Jordanian Air Force pilots seemed to have taken place without his involvement. However, the king, the supreme commander of Jordanian security and intelligence establishments, was acting behind the scenes. It’s easy to guess that the images of Iranian drones and interceptor missiles flying over the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which is under the...
Representative Don Wilson forgot his handgun in bathroom before it was discovered and state police secured weaponA Colorado state legislator publicly apologized after leaving a loaded gun in the state’s capitol building.Colorado state representative Don Wilson, a Republican, confirmed that he left a loaded 9mm Glock handgun in a capitol bathroom on Tuesday evening, according to a statement on X. Continue reading
A Colorado state lawmaker on Thursday posted an apology online after earlier this week leaving a loaded firearm in a bathroom at the state Capitol in Denver.State Representative Don Wilson wrote in a statement shared to his account on X, formerly Twitter, that his firearm was "left briefly unattended at the Capitol building" after a closed-door meeting on Tuesday night."I want to be clear that I take full and complete accountability for the incident," Wilson, a Republican, said. "I made a...
WASHINGTON — A band of hard-right agitators, backed by former President Donald Trump, revolted against GOP leaders on Wednesday, blocking renewal of a powerful surveillance program that is set to expire next week and throwing the GOP-led House into chaos once again. Nineteen conservatives broke with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and his leadership team and voted down a "rule"; the vote was 193-228. It's yet another example of a minority of Republicans using the otherwise procedural vote to...
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon slammed House Republicans as unsupportive of former President Donald Trump and accused them of wanting to see him lose the November election.
Republican lawmakers on Sunday urged the US to launch a retaliatory strike against Iran after the country launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Israel the night before. President Joe Biden had previously vowed to protect Israel, but aid to the country has been delayed; in fairness to Biden, primarily due to divisions within […]
Rep. Austin Scott, a Republican from Georgia who has criticized conservatives and is campaigning actively against the House Freedom Caucus chairman, is Speaker Mike Johnson’s Read More