Dr. Cornel West claimed Saturday the New York City government “unjustly canceled” his planned rally for April 20, just days after the 2024 Independent candidate for president appeared at the Columbia University demonstrations protesting Israel’s military operations in Gaza. More than 100 activists set up tents on Columbia’s campus earlier this week to protest Israel’s […]
House Republicans looking to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from his position are split as to how to go about it. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) are all in agreement to remove Johnson, mainly over his push for a new $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, […]
A bipartisan House passed a massive aid package to Ukraine, ending a monthslong stalemate over whether the United States had the political will to continue funding Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s ongoing invasion. Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favor of the $60.84 billion package during a rare weekend vote series on Saturday, marking the first Ukraine aid supplemental to pass the […]
The House overwhelmingly passed a national security supplemental package that combines multiple pieces of legislation seeking to bolster U.S. security as well as force sanctions on Iran after an attack on Israel last weekend. Lawmakers voted 360-58 to advance the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, one of the bills in Speaker Mike Johnson’s four-pronged […]
The House rejected a revised version of its signature border bill, offered by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as a way to appease some hard-line conservatives upset with the Republican leader over his proposed foreign aid supplemental package to Ukraine and Israel. Lawmakers voted 215-199 to shoot down the border security package, falling short of the […]
The University of Southern California has pulled all speakers slated for its commencement next month. First, valedictorian Asna Tabassum was removed from the graduation ceremony program. Even though Tabassum was selected among 200 student applicants who qualified based on an impeccable grade point average, she will not deliver remarks during the ceremony, as the university […]
House leaders are taking another step toward signing off on billions in new foreign aid Saturday, with the chamber prepped to pass a group of bills weeks after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) blocked a similar package backed by the Senate and President Joe Biden. Floor debate opened Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m., with large […]
Talk show host Bill Maher raged against a lack of protections around children in Hollywood, accusing the left of overlooking child abuse “if the guy from the wrong party calls it out.” A segment on Friday’s airing of Real Time with Bill Maher was centered on the documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids […]
The man who set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump was being tried died a day after the incident. On Saturday morning, the New York Police Department confirmed to the Associated Press that Max Azzarello, 37, was pronounced dead at an area hospital. He was seen being carried away from […]
President Joe Biden commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting by again calling on Congress to pass new gun violence legislation. Though the president signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law in 2022, the package lacked a number of gun violence initiatives he’d pushed for, including nationally mandated background checks for […]
