Donald Trump said in a radio interview on Monday night that it's by no means certain that Robert F. Kennedy on the ballot
A refugee advocacy group has raised the alarm over treatment of a growing number of people transferred to the Nauru detention facility. It comes after the third suspected asylum seeker group in five months was found on WA's Kimberley coastline and sent to the remote Micronesian island. There's concern a historical track record of human rights abuses experienced by detainees is continuing.
With housing debates finally nearing on Beacon Hill, a major real estate industry group will attempt to rally opposition against potential new fees on high-value property sales through a concentrated campaign, and its leaders plan to spend "what is necessary" on the effort.
The overwhelming congressional votes for aid to Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine show just how out of touch the isolationists and Ukraine skeptics on both ends of the American political spectrum are. They also show why it was inexcusable for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to wait so long to engineer passage of the aid bills. Nonetheless, […]
The Senate is finally set to pass Ukraine aid, with the first procedural vote Tuesday afternoon and final passage expected as soon as Tuesday night. Now that Republicans are forced to do the right thing, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham has found a way to justify his previous monthslong blockade of the aid package. “There’s a loan component to it. This would not have passed without President Trump,” Graham said on Fox News Sunday. “Trump has created a loan component to this package that gives us...
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It took less than six months for Speaker Mike Johnson to reach his existential moment. The Louisiana Republican has arrived at fateful but familiar crossroads where he must either choose to honor a conventional vision of US national interests or side with the wrecking ball antics of his
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It took less than six months for Speaker Mike Johnson to reach his existential moment. The Louisiana Republican has arrived at fateful but familiar crossroads where he must either choose to honor a conventional vision of US national interests or side with the wrecking ball antics of his
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It took less than six months for Speaker Mike Johnson to reach his existential moment. The Louisiana Republican has arrived at fateful but familiar crossroads where he must either choose to honor a conventional vision of US national interests or side with the wrecking ball antics of his
Most Republican-controlled states have now banned gender-affirming health care such as puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors.
Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...
Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...
Several U.S. courts have ruled this week on state laws restricting the rights of transgender young people.