President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday will also serve as a final curtain call for Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), closing out a yearslong rivalry in the House chamber. Years after tearing up Trump’s 2020 State of the Union speech, Pelosi, 85, is set to retire from Congress in January 2027. Her […]
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address is expected to bring in a large crowd of lawmakers, Supreme Court justices, and guests from across the country to Capitol Hill. But the Democratic side of the House chamber is going to look thinner than in previous addresses, with many members opting to engage in alternate […]
The United States men’s Olympic hockey team defeated Canada 2-1 on Sunday to win its first gold medal at the Games since 1980, the year of the oft-celebrated “Miracle on Ice.” During locker room celebrations, the team was joined by FBI Director Kash Patel, a known hockey enthusiast and club hockey player in northern Virginia. […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani received a wave of criticism for the identification requirements for an emergency snow shoveler program he announced ahead of Sunday’s winter storm. To “register for an appointment” to be hired, prospective shovelers needed multiple forms of identification, a stark contrast to the identification necessary when voting in the city’s […]
The hospital ship President Donald Trump sent to Greenland is receiving an icy welcome from officials of the Arctic island. Trump announced Saturday that he sent a U.S. hospital ship to “take care” of Greenland’s population. The president’s declaration comes as he has set his eye on the island, and claimed the vessel is being […]
FBI Director Kash Patel is defending his trip to the Winter Olympics this weekend after he was seen partying with the U.S. men’s hockey team following their win over Canada on Sunday. Patel flew to Milan for the last few days of the Olympics on Thursday, reportedly taking the bureau’s jet for the trip. A […]
The nuclear talks between the United States and Iran are set to resume this week, in what is likely to be a make-or-break moment for the negotiations as President Donald Trump appears willing to strike should no progress be made in this iteration. Oman, which has mediated the two rounds of discussions this year, announced […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) assured that he and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) are on good terms despite “different” political takes on some issues. The New York Times ran a piece on Feb. 12 titled “Why Pennsylvania’s two most powerful Democrats don’t speak,” and delved into the “strained” relationship the two lawmakers share. However, Shapiro said […]
The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., has closed its sexual assault investigation into the husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer after the U.S. Attorney’s Office found no evidence of a crime. The inquiry was based on allegations that Dr. Shawn DeRemer inappropriately touched at least two female employees while visiting the Department of Labor. […]
Mexican security forces killed the leader of one of the country’s most powerful cartels in a military operation on Sunday, according to the Mexican government. Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the drug lord notoriously known as “El Mencho,” had led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, since the group was created over 15 years ago. Trump […]
