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No Labels inches toward presidential ticket with selection committee announcement

The centrist group No Labels on Thursday announced its 2024 nominating committee for a third-party presidential ticket. This makes the group one step closer to challenging President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on the November general election ballot. The Country Over Party Committee, comprised of about a dozen individuals, was announced late Thursday by […]

UNRWA funding emerges as sticking point as lawmakers work to avoid partial government shutdown

As lawmakers work to finalize the text of the next round of government spending bills, a dispute over funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency is threatening to derail negotiations. The United States and more than a dozen other countries suspended funding for the main U.N. agency for Palestinians after Israel accused some […]

Popular toxic chemical used for sterilizing medical equipment slashed by EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency is enforcing limits on a cancer-causing chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, it announced Thursday.  Ethylene oxide, one of the most toxic air pollutants regulated by the EPA, is used to clean billions of daily medical instruments such as catheters and syringes. This colorless, flammable gas has been associated with types […]

Pro-Israel Democrats back away from Schumer’s call for new elections

Pro-Israel Democrats shied away from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) call for Israel to hold elections on Thursday. Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, delivered his strongest condemnation to date of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. The Senate majority leader criticized Netanyahu’s alleged refusal to allow enough aid into […]

Anna Paulina Luna introduces IVF legislation after leaving Democratic-led bill

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) introduced legislation on Thursday aimed at discouraging states from prohibiting in vitro fertilization a few weeks after she left a similar Democratic-led bill as a co-sponsor. A spokesperson for Luna told the Washington Examiner that her bill would prohibit states from blocking women from receiving IVF treatment if a doctor […]

Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez relishes in speculation on next political move

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on Thursday did not rule out the potential of running for his Senate seat as an independent following reports the indicted politician was considering the option. “When I announce, everybody will know what my intentions are, and until then, everybody can continue to speculate,” Menendez said, responding to questions from the […]

Bernie Sanders snaps at reporter in tense exchange about his workweek bill

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had an uneasy exchange with a reporter on camera on Thursday when questioned about the 32-hour workweek bill he introduced. Fox News Business correspondent Hillary Vaughn attempted to ask Sanders a question about his proposed legislation, which would cut down the 40-hour work week but still pay as much as a […]

Judge scrutinizes Trump’s requests to dismiss classified documents case

A federal judge pressed former President Donald Trump‘s attorneys on Thursday during a hearing about their arguments that his classified documents case in Florida should be dismissed. Judge Aileen Cannon showed skepticism at times toward Trump’s defense team while Trump himself sat quietly in the Fort Pierce courtroom listening, according to multiple reports. Cannon had […]

‘Squad’ up: AOC and company get new backers as challengers line up to oust them

Several “Squad” Democrats are expected to get help from a coalition of hard-left groups that are vowing to combat any efforts from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to campaign against progressive-left Democrats. The coalition, called Reject AIPAC, calls on candidates to take its pledge not to take any contributions or endorsements from the AIPAC […]

Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro ordered to prison while appeal plays out

A federal appeals court rejected former President Donald Trump’s onetime adviser Peter Navarro’s bid to delay his prison sentence on Thursday, meaning he will need to report to a prison in Miami next week. The three federal judges ruled Navarro’s legal team had failed to prove that his appeal would result in the reversal of […]
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