Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Sunday extended a cautious embrace of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) amid fallout from the leader shrinking away from a government shutdown fight with Republicans. Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, Murphy said Schumer “certainly can lead this caucus.” Pressed by host Kristen Welker if he was the “best […]
Voters are souring on the Democratic Party amid inner turmoil among Democratic congressional leadership, according to a new poll released Sunday. Democrats’ favorability rating stands at a record low of 29% in a CNN poll, per a history of the outlet’s surveys. A majority of Democrats and Democratic-aligned independents, 57%, say the party should focus […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) condemned the Democratic members of the House and Senate that voted “to shut the government down to try to make some sort of aimless political point.” Johnson is fresh from successful votes from both chambers of Congress to fund the government and avoid a government shutdown through September […]
KOCANI, North Macedonia (AP) — A massive fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kocani early Sunday, killing 59 people and injuring 155, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 2:30 a.m. during a concert by a local pop group at Club Pulse, Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski told reporters. He said 39 […]
President Donald Trump has sent a clear message to Europe in his first six weeks back in office that the era during which the continent could assume an American security blanket would cover it is over. The corollary is that Europe must bolster its own security and do more to look after itself. Trump says […]
Republicans are grappling with the possibility they will soon have to work with the Democrats as a deadline to raise the debt ceiling threatens to fray party unity. Washington has until the late spring or summer to raise the borrowing limit past its $36 trillion cap, setting up a test with economy-reverberating consequences for Republicans. […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may have won several rounds in the congressional arena, but it’s only thanks to the knockouts dealt by President Donald Trump. Since Johnson took the speaker’s gavel in the fall of 2023, he has had to deal with razor-thin majorities and pushback from his right flank. The level of party infighting […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded heavy aerial blows overnight, with both sides on Saturday reporting more than 100 enemy drones over their respective territories. The attacks come less than 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss details of the American proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the war with […]
PIEDMONT, Missouri (AP) — Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the United States, wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states, part of a monster storm that has killed at least 32 people as more severe weather was expected late on Saturday. The number of fatalities increased after the Kansas Highway Patrol reported eight […]
A progressive grassroots group is calling on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to leave his leadership perch after he helped pass a GOP-crafted government funding bill. Indivisible, a group formed during President Donald Trump‘s first administration, called the passage of the bill a “travesty,” directing specific ire at Schumer, who the group said squandered […]
