President-elect Donald Trump is quickly filling out some of the most important positions in his coming administration, and Democrats aren’t rushing to criticize his picks. Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), a staunch pro-Israel Democrat who has feuded with Republicans and other Democrats alike, has been voicing his approval of some of the president-elect’s Cabinet choices. Among […]
A jury awarded three Iraqi prisoners held at Abu Ghraib prison $42 million for their mistreatment at the hands of U.S. service members in the early 2000s. The lawsuit filed 16 years ago claimed that Virginia-based CACI, which contracted interrogators to the United States military, is to be held to blame for the sexual abuse […]
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe revealed during the latest episode of his podcast that he intends to apologize to “absolutely nobody” over jokes he told at President-elect Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden last month. Hinchcliffe’s appearance at Trump’s rally created controversy online after he jokingly referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage,” […]
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) dismissed talk of replacing Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as unrealistic amid calls on the Left for her to step down. “I think that is idle speculation, and whoever makes those calls can’t count,” Durbin told reporters on Tuesday, pointing to the short window the Senate has to wrap […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has selected former Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) as his nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Ratcliffe previously served as Trump‘s Director of National Intelligence from 2020-2021 and has been called a “warrior for truth” by the president-elect. WHO WILL SERVE IN PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP’S CABINET? WHAT […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reflected on last week’s bruising electoral defeats in which Republicans flipped four seats, giving them a 53-seat majority in the Senate, emphasizing Democrats must do a thorough autopsy to understand “the things we did wrong.” “We have to understand the things we did wrong and we must change,” Schumer […]
The United States lowered El Salvador’s travel advisory to Level 2 after protests from the Congressional El Salvador Caucus. The United States had previously refused to lower the country’s travel designation from Level 3, “Reconsider Travel,” the second-highest rating possible, despite the transformation of the country’s crime situation. Over the past decade, the country had […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revive a lawsuit led by 21 youth activists who contend that the federal government’s energy policies violate their constitutional rights by worsening climate change. The Supreme Court’s denial of a petition in Juliana v. United States marks a major setback for the youth-led climate lawsuit. Brought by the […]
The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking hundreds of classified Pentagon documents was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday. Jack Teixeira was accused of sharing the classified Defense Department documents on the online messaging platform Discord. He was arrested in April 2023 and charged with six counts of willful retention […]
MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki is under fire for critiquing President-elect Donald Trump‘s appointments to his future Cabinet. Following Trump sweeping the Nov. 5 election, he began announcing who he is choosing to be a part of his next administration. Trump has named Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) as his Homeland Security secretary, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) as his […]
