Sens. Katie Britt (R-AL) and Ashley Moody (R-FL) reflected on how their roles as mothers influence their approach to serving in Washington, D.C. “People get frustrated with Congress, rightfully, because we move at a snail’s pace in solving real issues that are happening right now,” Moody told My View with Lara Trump. “There’s a sense […]
Democrats face an urgent crisis over senior leaders, some of whom are facing fatal illnesses, boxing out the younger, more well-known Democrats itching for a gutsier battle against President Donald Trump. In the wake of Republicans’ sweeping victories in the 2024 election, Democrats are at a crossroads as they work to regain the trust of […]
The leader of the Department of Justice‘s Civil Rights Division issued a rallying cry this week for conservative lawyers to rethink their roles, not just within government but across the broader legal landscape, to defend people’s civil rights. “We’re at a fork in the road in the conservative movement,” Harmeet Dhillon declared at a Federalist […]
Staffers on Capitol Hill are spiking their heart rates for an annual fitness challenge pitting congressional offices against one another. For the next three weeks, staffers will be closely monitoring a leader board that spans 21 teams in both the House and Senate. The goal? Racking up the most points using a smart watch that […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake in Tennessee woke up families and rattled homes as far away as Atlanta as it spread tremors across portions of the southern U.S. on Saturday morning. No injuries or major damage were immediately reported. The website for USGS said the earthquake originated shortly after 9 a.m. EDT about 12 […]
A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking. The Russians indicated it came down over the Indian Ocean, but some experts were not so sure of the precise location. The European Space […]
Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) on Saturday called for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign from his Cabinet post, blasting him as an “asinine” and “dangerous” Health and Human Services secretary. The freshman senator made the announcement at a “SICK OF IT” event outside the National Institutes of Health headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. “As of this […]
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City (AP) — Israeli airstrikes overnight and into Saturday killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza, including three children and their parents whose tent was bombed in Gaza City, health officials said. The bombardment continued as international warnings grow over Israeli plans to control aid distribution in Gaza as Israel’s blockade on the territory of over 2 […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed holding direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul, Turkey, in what would be the first face-to-face meeting between the warring nations since peace talks began earlier this year. “We are determined to have serious negotiations … to eliminate the root causes of the conflict,” Putin told reporters in […]
Leaders of four European countries met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv for a summit earlier Saturday, during which they urged an “immediate, full, and unconditional” 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine war. The leaders of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Poland gathered in Ukraine’s capital city for a meeting of the “coalition of […]
