EXCLUSIVE — The House Oversight Committee is kick-starting an investigation into how often government employees engage in union activities while on the clock. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX), and Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) sent letters to the 23 agencies on […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken commemorated the anniversary of D-Day on Thursday by comparing the offensive effort to the war in Ukraine. Blinken appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe from Normandy, France, where the Allies began their strategy to take back France from German occupation. The offensive began with troops from the U.S. and Britain arriving […]
New York City‘s Metropolitan Transportation Authority now faces a $15 billion gap in its budget, with critical repairs to the subway and bus systems needed, and the plans to pay for it have been put on pause. On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) stalled plans to implement congestion pricing for drivers coming in and out […]
Eric Hovde, the leading Republican candidate for Senate in Wisconsin, released an ad that features executives from his business without disclosure. The ad features three people sitting at a bar discussing numerous Democratic policies they take issue with. Hovde is running to unseat Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), a two-term senator, this November. The video, called […]
Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, will face trial Thursday in a Russian court after he was arrested on theft charges earlier this year in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok. Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported from the courtroom in the Pervomaisky District Court that Black has agreed to testify in the trial […]
WILMINGTON, Delaware — Hallie Biden took the witness stand at her brother-in-law Hunter Biden‘s trial on Thursday and testified that she was alarmed to find a gun in his truck in 2018 and worried about what he would do with it. Hallie Biden, the widow of Hunter Biden’s late brother Beau, said she was cleaning […]
President Joe Biden delivered a speech at a ceremony Thursday marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France. On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy in the largest amphibious invasion in military history. About 2,500 American soldiers perished in the attack. Biden joined other world leaders, including […]
Pope Francis offered his take on global public debt hitting a record $97 trillion last year and called for major reform to prevent it from increasing. The United Nations released a report on Wednesday that examined the increase of $5.6 trillion in debt from 2022. Developing nations seem to be shouldering the highest interests, as […]
EXCLUSIVE — A Republican House district in California could wind up more competitive than anyone thought it would be, according to a new poll obtained by the Washington Examiner. Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA), a two-term representative of California’s 45th Congressional District, may face trouble holding on to her seat, according to the poll. Her challenger, […]
Former Trump administration adviser Steve Bannon was ordered to self-surrender for his four-month prison sentence no later than July 1, a district court judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, lifted his previous stay on Bannon’s prison sentence. However, he did allow Bannon to appeal his decision […]
