The White House took a series of questions about pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, reiterating that President Joe Biden opposes antisemitism while touting the things he’s done for young people. Several reporters tried to pin down the administration’s position on whether or not it supports the protesters or is sympathetic to their cause. “I understand […]
Former President Donald Trump mocked President Joe Biden and took a straw poll on the best nickname for his successor on Wednesday at a campaign rally. At the Waukesha County Expo Center in Wisconsin, Trump riffed on Biden’s recent teleprompter blunder, when he appeared to read off the instructions for how he should act. “Isn’t […]
The House passed a bill on Wednesday that will expand the definition of antisemitism used when applying the Civil Rights Act to universities despite Democratic pushback, as pro-Palestinian and anti-Jewish demonstrations are spreading across college campuses. House members voted, 320 to 91, to require the Education Department to codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working […]
Former President Donald Trump praised members of the New York Police Department who stormed Hamilton Hall at Columbia University to remove protesting college students during a Wisconsin campaign event. “That’s one good thing that really happened. You saw it last night because New York was under siege last night. And these people, first, they were intense,” […]
Vice President Kamala Harris heartily attacked former President Donald Trump on Wednesday for paving the way to the state’s new abortion ban. Trump has vacillated on abortion in recent months, both taking credit for the Supreme Court‘s 2022 decision that rolled back the federal abortion protections included in Roe v. Wade and rankling anti-abortion Republicans […]
Six House races in New York are believed to be up for grabs for both Republicans and Democrats. With five of them being held by first-term Republican lawmakers, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley is working hard to ensure that the party does not lose ground to Democrats in November. Following a Tuesday meeting with […]
Delegates of the United Methodists voted overwhelmingly to repeal its opposition to LGBT clergy on Wednesday. The vote at the church’s General Conference, which tallied 692-51, saw the church remove its ban on “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from serving in the church as ordained or appointed ministers. This new rule will go into effect starting Friday […]
One House Democrat has been quietly making a splash in Washington despite his low profile as a member of powerful committees. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) has been representing Illinois’s 8th Congressional District, which includes many northwestern Chicago suburbs, since 2017. Now, he’s set to co-host a dinner Wednesday as a campaign event for President Joe […]
The Air Force is pursuing charges against disgraced leaker Jack Teixeira under military law, according to a service spokesperson. Teixeira, who was a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, pleaded guilty to federal charges against him in March for leaking hundreds of classified documents, and he was sentenced to a maximum of nearly 17 years […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) showed off a new “MUGA” hat during a press conference on Wednesday, with the hat’s initials standing for “Make Ukraine Great Again.” Greene’s hat is a nod to former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hat, with her hat’s colors being blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine’s flag. […]
