Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said he will give Cincinnati’s leaders one month to come up with a civil rights plan after a brawl that captivated the nation, or he will call to revoke the city’s federal funding. The senator’s demand comes as questions swirl around the city’s response to the fight, though its alleged perpetrators […]
Two of Israel‘s highest-ranking officials are urging the government to annex the West Bank and impose “Israeli sovereignty” over its Palestinian population. Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Defense Minister Israel Katz — close political allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — issued the joint statement to Israeli media on Thursday, emphasizing that the current political […]
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee blamed European leaders promoting Palestinian statehood for derailing negotiation efforts with Hamas. France, the United Kingdom, and Canada have signaled they could recognize Palestine as a state. All three have called for Hamas to commit to an immediate ceasefire and release any remaining hostages. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced Thursday that she will publish a memoir about her 2024 presidential bid, giving an inside look at the 3 1/2-month sprint for the White House after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race. The book, titled 107 Days, will be released on Sept. 23. Harris, who ended speculation Wednesday […]
Republican lawmakers are determined in President Donald Trump‘s second term to raise him among the presidential greats — joining George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and others. A bill to rename the Kennedy Center to the “Donald Trump Center for the Performing Arts” was introduced last week. It is not the first time in Trump’s second term […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is holding a press briefing the day before President Donald Trump’s tariff deadline hits. The briefing is slated to begin at 1 p.m. The U.S. has struck eight trade deals so far, one of which was with the 27-nation European Union. TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ENTER NEW PHASE AS TRUMP STANDS […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) issued an executive order Wednesday aimed at fighting the mental health crisis among young men and boys in California. Newsom’s office said men aged 15–44 in California die by suicide at three to four times the rate of women, often via firearms. Nationwide, suicide landed in the top five leading causes of death […]
It’s been 42 years since CNN brought political dueling to TV with the fiery Crossfire, changing televised panel debates from cerebral discussions to shouting matches. Now in a bid to restore “honest and civil” political talk in Washington, the non-partisan C-SPAN is debuting CeaseFire, a new weekly show aimed at highlighting areas of common ground […]
The two top intelligence officials in former President Barack Obama’s administration denied Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s assessment that they and others had politicized the Russia election interference investigation. Former CIA Director John Brennan and James Clapper, who formerly held Gabbard’s position under Obama, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times thoroughly rejecting that they […]
The newly declassified annex to special counsel John Durham‘s 2023 report reveals that the Obama-era FBI failed to investigate credible intelligence indicating the Hillary Clinton campaign was orchestrating a plan to link President Donald Trump to Russia falsely, with indications that she expected the FBI would aid in the effort. The 24-page annex, declassified Thursday at the direction of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley […]
