First lady Jill Biden taught her last English class at Northern Virginia Community College last week. Biden, 73, is the first woman to continue working outside the White House while serving as first lady. She began teaching in northern Virginia in 2009 when her husband Joe Biden was elected vice president. Even after his term […]
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is fighting to keep Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) out of a senior position on an important committee. Despite her absence from the Capitol as she recovers from hip replacement surgery in Luxembourg, Pelosi has been whipping votes to kill Ocasio-Cortez’s bid to become the ranking member on the House Oversight […]
Nuclear winter Russia is moving through the Arctic at less than a glacial pace to establish itself as a power player in the area. It has raced to modernize Soviet-era bases and stock the region with its nuclear forces to project its power and make sure the United States and NATO understand that it plans […]
‘IT’S A BRAND-NEW ECOSYSTEM’: In a teleconference with reporters and an appearance on Fox News, John Kirby, White House national security communications adviser, is telling skeptical Americans — including lawmakers and even President-elect Donald Trump — that what they see in the sky is simply an anodyne sign of the times. “We’re in a new […]
Democrats have been imploring President Joe Biden to, in the words of former first lady Michelle Obama before last month’s election, do something. Biden, a lame-duck president whose Democratic Party is contending with losing to President-elect Donald Trump for a second time, has been conspicuously absent despite some Democrats expressing the need for leadership as […]
The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, has accepted President-elect Donald Trump’s invitation to attend his inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Milei was one of several world leaders that Trump invited to his inauguration. The distinguished list included Chinese President Xi Jinping, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Hungarian […]
The United States is locked in a battle for supremacy with China and Russia that has taken many forms. The constant competition has resulted in the sides looking to gain an advantage in nontraditional battlefields. In space, a previous gentlemen’s agreement on warfare no longer holds sway, while there is a constant fight for one-upmanship […]
One of the Biden administration’s first major public health declarations came in April 2021 when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared racism to be a “serious public health threat.” Since then, President Joe Biden’s health department has spent tens of millions of dollars attempting to mitigate the purported effect of racism on the […]
Millions of Social Security recipients could soon see an expansion of their benefits, with senators expected to pass the Social Security Fairness Act this week. The bipartisan legislation, which cleared the Republican House 327-75 last month, would boost the benefits of Americans by eliminating reductions for those with public pensions, such as teachers and first […]
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris called for more government action to address gun violence after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, reportedly left three people dead, including the shooter, and several others injured. Biden called for Congress to take action while the vice president suggested several policy reforms […]
