Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urged his Republican colleagues not to support the imposition of term limits in a closed-door meeting. McConnell, 82, has previously spoken out against term limits and reiterated his position in a Wednesday meeting. According to Axios, he stressed that imposing limits would be a bad idea. The Senate minority […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments over the Biden administration‘s objections to a Rio Grande water compact between three Western states, prompting Justice Neil Gorsuch to quip that he’s coming to “regret” his 2018 ruling that said the federal government had special interests in the plan. During oral arguments in the case known as […]
The first human to be seen using a brain implant was livestreamed on the social platform X on Wednesday. Neuralink’s social media account showed 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh playing online chess with his mind during a historic live video stream. He is paralyzed from the shoulders down after having survived a diving accident eight years ago. […]
Republicans made grand accusations during an impeachment hearing Wednesday that President Joe Biden actively participated in his son’s and brother’s business dealings to enrich his family. But Democrats repeatedly dismissed the claims as lies and denounced the hearing as a waste of time, underscoring the partisan divide over the inquiry, which has stretched more than […]
The emergence of two cicada broods this spring will make 2024 an extra noisy year. This occurrence of two broods hasn’t happened in 221 years, which was 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president. The next double broods will not occur again until 2245. Brood XIX will emerge in 14 states in Southwest and Midwest states […]
A massive funding deal between Congress and the White House includes a ban on funding for the primary humanitarian aid organization in Gaza for one year. The deal, which was supported by President Joe Biden on Tuesday, would cost the United Nations agency millions of dollars and require other countries like Saudi Arabia to make […]
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) declared that he would only approve of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees if at least one Republican supports them. Manchin, who has attempted to rally centrists to his cause in recent years, is carrying out what he calls his “own little filibuster” by refusing to vote along the party line in […]
Former Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan leads his Democratic opponents for a coveted Senate seat by double digits, according to a poll released Wednesday. The poll found that Hogan beat out Rep. David Trone (D-MD) with 49% compared to Trone’s 37% and beat Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks with 50% to Alsobrooks’s 36% in […]
Senate Republicans gathered on Wednesday to begin setting up the process to elect Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) replacement. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and nine of his conservative colleagues requested the meeting “to develop a mission statement, goals for the Conference, and a process to elect a new Senate Republican Leader” in a letter […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reassured Senate Republicans that the “greatest part of their operations” in Gaza is complete during a video conference on Wednesday. Netanyahu gave Senate Republicans an update on the status of the war, speaking with them for about 10-15 minutes before taking questions. The prime minister’s virtual meeting with Senate Republicans […]
