Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in favor of Congress’s ban on TikTok. The Senate Majority leader voted to ban TikTok from U.S. app stores beginning Jan. 19, 2025. This pending ban attempts to pressure Chinese-owned ByteDance to sell the social media platform. The ban was signed into law by […]
Israel will hold on to swaths of land that formerly served as a buffer zone with Syria — with no plans for exiting the demilitarized region despite international outcry. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a trip on Tuesday to Mount Hermon — the highest peak in the 155-square-mile chunk of land nabbed by the IDF […]
Congressional lawmakers are racing to pass their second stopgap funding measure of the fiscal year to avoid a Friday shutdown deadline. The bill, known as a continuing resolution, would extend current funding levels through March 14 so the new Congress under President-elect Donald Trump can craft and pass an annual budget to last through Sept. […]
Businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will lead a new group called the Department of Government Efficiency to cut federal spending, are raising concerns over a proposal that would extend the lifeline of a controversial State Department-housed office. The provision has caused an uproar among Republican offices on Capitol Hill, where conservative lawmakers say […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) speakership could be in danger as the GOP conference revolts against negotiated government funding legislation that includes billions of dollars in additional spending and unrelated provisions tucked into the thousand-page document. The continuing resolution would extend current government funding levels until mid-March 2025 while also tacking on an extra $110.5 […]
A pizza restaurant in Tennessee argued it did not cater a same-sex wedding due to “personal beliefs” amid online criticism over its decision. The restaurant, Pizzeria Cortile in Chattanooga, stated it does not cater same-sex weddings in a direct message on Instagram, creating pushback online. In a statement released on the restaurant’s Facebook page, the […]
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) indicated that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has a trump card in his deck, which will prove to be invaluable once Congress conducts its House speaker vote next month. Many Republicans are becoming increasingly frustrated over Johnson’s leadership in the House, with the latest point of friction over […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has an increasingly narrow path to remaining as the leader of his party and, thus, the country, particularly after his deputy prime minister, who worked for him for more than a decade, resigned this week. Cries for his resignation as Liberal leader have grown louder, including from his fellow party […]
Ryan Routh, who tried to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump at his golf course in September, is facing a new felony attempted murder charge connected to his flight from law enforcement. The charge stems from when Routh fled law enforcement, forcing them to shut down traffic. The traffic shutdown caused an accident that almost killed a […]
Canadian officials proposed the creation of a joint Canadian-United States police force to help fight transnational crime. In a press release, as part of its new Border Plan, Ottawa announced that it would propose to the U.S. the creation of a “North American Joint Strike Force to target transnational organized crime.” Public Safety Minister Dominic […]
