The United Nations can offer no information regarding suspects in the looting of almost 100 humanitarian aid trucks that took place last weekend in Gaza as lawlessness and black markets spread across the region. Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, was asked at a Monday press conference for updates on the Saturday […]
President Joe Biden was at the forefront of the latest round of photos with world leaders at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, following a mishap that caused him to miss yesterday’s photo. Footage of Biden making his way to the stage with the other global leaders was shared online. He stood between […]
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell told Congress on Tuesday that she will request an investigation from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general after the agency terminated an employee for withholding services to hurricane victims for political reasons. Criswell’s declaration came during testimony before a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing, her first […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) sidestepped questions on how he’ll address proposals to ban transgender lawmakers from using female bathroom facilities inside the Capitol building, even as GOP lawmakers vowed this is only the start. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) defended her decision to file a bill targeting Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE), who is set to […]
Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello had his pastoral duties reduced nearly to none Monday when the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn discovered money transfers to New York City Mayor‘s office. As Mayor Eric Adams is facing his own barrage of corruption and bribery charges from a federal court, Bishop Robert Brennan issued a statement to announce that […]
Politico received major pushback over its headline reporting on President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for transportation secretary, which labeled former Rep. Sean Duffy as a “reality TV star.” Duffy, who served eight years in Congress as a Wisconsin lawmaker, is among the latest of Trump’s nominations for the president-elect’s Cabinet. Despite Duffy being in Congress for […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says the pro-Israel lobby is responsible for Democrats failing to flip the House and losing the Senate. “If people want to talk about members of Congress being overly influenced by a special interest group pushing a wildly unpopular agenda that pushes voters away from Democrats then they should be discussing AIPAC,” […]
Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough continued to defend himself Tuesday for interviewing President-elect Donald Trump. Scarborough and his cohost and wife, Mika Brzezinski, admitted Monday that they had met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago following his victory in the Nov. 5 election. The occasion marked the first time in seven years that the three had spent […]
A panel of appellate court judges in Washington, D.C., appeared skeptical on Monday of a longtime journalist’s argument that she should not be held in contempt of court for refusing to disclose her sources. The three-judge panel grilled former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge’s attorney about the case during oral arguments and appeared poised to […]
(The Center Square) – Prosecutors on Monday took the jury in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan through nearly a decade of payments to subcontractors who they allege did little or no work for the state’s largest utility despite getting paid. Jurors watched as Madigan associate Jay Doherty’s lobbying contract with […]
