The House panel tasked with investigating the two assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump released its final report on Tuesday, concluding that the Secret Service needed to make structural changes to prevent future threats. The House task force’s 180-page report listed out dozens of recommendations for the agency, including increased funding, enhanced training, and the […]
Fresh off of one of the biggest attempted injustices in recent American criminal history, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg cannot be trusted to lead the prosecution of the man who allegedly shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Luigi Mangione has been arrested and charged with the murder of Thompson. Mangione was captured while in possession of […]
President Joe Biden made the case for his economic legacy at a prominent Washington think tank on Tuesday, though he struggled to read his notes throughout. “Most economists agree the new administration is going to inherit a fairly strong economy, at least at the moment,” Biden said, warning that President-elect Donald Trump could make things […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is being checked by a medical team after he fell as he was leaving a GOP lunch. He was reportedly taken to his office after the fall, where a medical staffer attended to him with a wheelchair. Incoming Senate Republican Leader John Thune (R-SD) said that the Kentucky Republican was “fine.” […]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked a judge to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s request for his hush money conviction be tossed out, according to a court filing made public on Tuesday. Prosecutors for Bragg wrote in the lengthy filing that they opposed Trump’s request, that the verdict in the case should stand, and that Trump […]
Progressive lawmakers are demanding the incoming Democratic National Committee leader agree to significant reforms involving political action committee donations as a way to rekindle the Democratic Party’s favor among working-class voters after the 2024 election defeat. In a memo obtained by the Washington Examiner, Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Chairman-elect Greg Casar (D-TX), […]
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is praising some younger Democrats who have challenged aging Democratic leadership. Following the 2022 midterm elections and Democrats’ narrowly losing control of the House, Pelosi announced she would not seek the speakership again in order to give room to the younger generation of House representatives. In an interview with […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone in court on Tuesday, his first day testifying in his own corruption trial. The 75-year-old prime minister has been accused in three separate cases of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in public office. The trial has dragged on for several years, and his testimony marks […]
The Republican Party is singing a victorious and united tune. President-elect Donald Trump will return to the White House next month, as will Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress. But Trump’s victory on Nov. 6 was as much a triumph over the GOP establishment as it was the Democratic Party and Vice President Kamala Harris. He has now remade the […]
In Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, the courtesan Violetta sacrifices her own happiness for the sake of her beloved’s family, immortalizing her love through virtuous surrender. Sean Baker’s new film, Anora, attempts a contemporary riff on this old archetype, once again placing a young woman enmeshed in transactional romance at the heart of a doomed liaison. Yet where […]
