Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) said the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is being made worse by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which works to get aid into the city. The congresswoman criticized the program alongside Doctors Against Genocide, a human rights advocacy group made up of healthcare professionals, as well as Veterans for Peace, a military […]
A California appeals court ruled on Thursday that a state law requiring people to undergo background checks each time they purchase ammunition is unconstitutional. In a 2-1 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law “meaningfully constrains” Second Amendment rights, marking a blow to California’s gun control regulations, which are viewed as […]
President Donald Trump is revealing unflattering details about moves made by former President Barack Obama and his top aides during the 2016 transition, raising new questions about the dawn of the Russia investigation nine years ago. Although the Trump administration is amplifying allegations from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that Obama and officials in […]
There are numerous obstacles in the way of the Russiagate reappraisal that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is seeking, perhaps none larger than the lingering dispute over Jeffrey Epstein. The timing of Gabbard’s Russia documents release will lead many to dismiss what she has uncovered as simply an attempt to help President Donald Trump […]
President Donald Trump made lowering prices a key part of his successful 2024 campaign for a second, nonconsecutive term. “Starting on Day One, we will end inflation and make America affordable again,” Trump swore last year during a Montana campaign event. “This election is about saving our economy.” A bit over six months after Trump […]
The Treasury Department announced it sanctioned a North Korean company on Thursday that helped funnel money to the communist country’s weapons programs. The Korea Sobaeksu Trading Company was sanctioned by the U.S. for its role in avoiding sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the United Nations. Additionally, the U.S. sanctioned the company for its “efforts […]
House Republicans, fresh off a win from passing their “big beautiful bill,” already have another debate looming: whether to save expanded tax credits for Obamacare health premiums that expire at the end of this year. Reauthorizing the enhanced Affordable Care Act credits, created and then extended under the Biden administration, will make it difficult to […]
President Donald Trump’s administration’s fondness for AI art, seen controversially in its depiction of Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention center and anime-fied targets of ICE, is well-known if not widely appreciated. This visually arresting technology lurched onto the scene only about three years ago, but it has been glommed on to by upstarts on the […]
NUUK, Greenland — President Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland again. Since returning to the White House, he has revived talk of purchasing or annexing the world’s largest island from Denmark and refused to rule out using force to “get it one way or the other.” He argues Greenland is vital to U.S. security. Greenland may […]
Something remarkable occurred on Capitol Hill this month: Congress and the president partnered to make a law that cut the budgets of a few federal entities. A rescission of funds has not occurred since 1999, when former President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, struck a deal with the Republican-held House and Senate. This legislation cuts various […]
