Two people were killed and three were injured by a man wielding a knife outside a synagogue in Manchester, England, during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. The attack was categorized by authorities as a “marauding terror attack” and came as emotions run high surrounding the Israel-Hamas war. The suspect was shot and is believed […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is holding a press conference with Republican leaders on the second day of the government shutdown. The briefing is set to start at 10 a.m. POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN THE US: A TIMELINE OF KEY INCIDENTS House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), and GOP Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) […]
Two people were reportedly killed and three others injured as a man attacked a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Thursday. A car drove into a crowd of people, and a security guard was stabbed outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue. Greater Manchester Police arrived on the scene after a witness reported “a car being driven […]
Senate Democrats are so far sticking to a strategy pioneered by Republicans from Newt Gingrich to the height of the tea party: shut down the federal government to impose your will on a president of the opposite party. Most Democratic senators have used the filibuster to vote down funding bills that would avert a government shutdown. […]
A California baker has asked the Supreme Court to take up a First Amendment case in which she argues the state attempted to force her to bake cakes for same-sex marriages despite her religious beliefs, an issue that has come before the justices multiple times in recent years. Cathy Miller, a Bakersfield, California, Christian baker, […]
President Donald Trump is projecting political confidence as lawmakers on Capitol Hill battle over a government funding extension, mocking Democratic leadership online, including at times, with artificially generated videos. Trump has been relatively even-keeled in person, but on social media, he has expressed apparent amusement as he and congressional Republicans pressure Democrats over the shutdown. The White […]
Senate Democrats stood their ground on Wednesday, opposing a GOP government funding plan, even as the Trump administration used the first day of a shutdown to begin slashing federal projects already funded in blue states. White House budget director Russ Vought canceled or postponed roughly $26 billion for clean energy and transportation projects in more […]
Elon Musk, the former adviser to President Donald Trump and current CEO of Tesla, X, and SpaceX, has called for the Southern Poverty Law Center to “shut down.” Musk called the organization “evil” and said it persistently spreads “hate.” The former head of the Department of Government Efficiency commented on his X account on early […]
Republicans are warning of a threat to national security as they seek to heighten the political pressure on Democrats opposing a GOP-led proposal to reopen the federal government. The Trump administration is keeping all employees it deems essential on the job, meaning critical operations at the Department of Homeland Security will not stop during a […]
Antifa activists are hosting a three-day training conference for fellow antifascists in Philadelphia this week, despite Democrats insisting that antifa is not an organization. The annual Philly Skillshare Convergence will occur over the coming Friday through Sunday, according to an advertisement circulating in antifa circles. So-called “skillshares” are educational sessions where activists gather to learn […]
