The White House declined to comment Friday on a soon-to-be-released report from the State Department regarding Israel’s use of U.S. weaponry. News reports say that the investigation carried out by the Biden administration concluded that Israel has not violated its terms of use for American weapons. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will soon deliver the […]
The University of California, Berkeley, rescinded its invitation to host a debate between Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and former baseball player Steve Garvey in their race for Senate. Although neither candidate had accepted the invitation, UC Berkeley withdrew its offer, citing the cost to hire security guards in a time of campus unrest. The Institute […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams left for Italy on Friday ahead of a planned meeting with Pope Francis. The mayor posted a video from the airplane’s runway wearing a New York Knicks hat and a sweatshirt from Brooklyn’s youth basketball league. “I’m traveling to Rome because the solutions to the problems facing our city, […]
New York Judge Juan Merchan on Friday told prosecutors to inform Michael Cohen, their primary witness in former President Donald Trump‘s criminal hush money case, to stop talking about the case as Cohen prepares to take the stand next week. Prosecutors say Trump’s former attorney was also his fixer who made a hush money payment […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes that he and President Joe Biden can overcome their difference of opinion over potential Israeli military operations in Rafah. The U.S. and Israeli governments have publicly disagreed over these potential military operations due to concerns that they could lead to significant numbers of civilian casualties given more than a million […]
A pair of Republican lawmakers are pushing back on news of the House Ethics Committee extending investigations into them, though it’s unclear if the two cases are related. The bipartisan lower chamber committee, which reviews alleged misconduct among members and is referred matters from the Office of Congressional Ethics, separately announced the investigations on Thursday […]
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield will no longer be speaking at Xavier University of Louisiana’s commencement ceremony on Saturday. The decision comes after students pressured the university to cancel her commencement address over her stances on the war in Gaza. This is the second school to cancel her commencement speech, following the […]
The Office of Congressional Ethics voted unanimously to continue an investigation into Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) after finding “probable cause” that the Texas Republican may have converted his campaign funds for personal use and failed to disclose required information in annual finance reports. The OCE released the findings of its ethics investigation on Friday, detailing […]
A petition organized by the liberal group MoveOn to remove Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) from office reached over 23,000 signatures Friday. The petition came after an excerpt from No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward revealed that Noem killed her 14-month-old hunting dog Cricket because it was “less […]
Senate conservatives are crafting a list of demands in anticipation of the GOP leadership race this fall, as the group looks to shape how the conference operates in a post-Mitch McConnell (R-KY) future. The group is currently discussing changes to conference rules that would steer more power to the conservative wing of the Senate, according […]
