The 81st United Nations General Assembly begins on Tuesday, an occasion when the world’s heads of state and top officials can plead their case before the world. The president of the U.N. General Assembly, Khalilur Rahman, will preside over this year’s session, which has the theme “Restoring trust, managing transformation: A United Nations that delivers […]
Fox News’s decision to suspend its responsibilities as part of the TV pool in a demonstration of unity in response to President Donald Trump’s press access ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico is leaving the president with a glaring cable news coverage vacuum. Fox News announced on Monday that it, along with ABC News, […]
Will former Vice President Kamala Harris be the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee? It depends on who you believe. If you believe the national polls, the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee is heavily favored to win the nomination again. A new poll conducted by the Center for Strategic Politics, for example, has Harris in the lead with […]
The Trump administration is facing growing pressure to lower diesel prices, with rural Republicans calling for a ban on diesel exports just weeks ahead of the November elections. Several Republicans in rural districts who are locked in competitive races called for the White House to take action on high gas and diesel prices caused by […]
President Donald Trump’s state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping continues a time-honored tradition, one with its fair share of memorable moments. State dinners allow diplomacy to take place in a more informal environment, one that likewise opens the door for some more unguarded moments. Here are four notable state dinner incidents across the years. […]
Democratic House candidates are telling voters on TV screens that they support “common-sense rules” for keeping transgender student athletes out of girls’ sports and giving greater control to parents, even going so far as to say they agree with Republicans on the hot-button cultural issue. But their voting records from their time as state or […]
The Senate is readying its latest vote on a war powers resolution in a bid to end the war in Iran that could highlight breaks between Republicans and President Donald Trump heading into the midterm elections. But the White House is largely unfazed by the latest Democrat-led effort to peel off GOP detractors, even as […]
Vice President JD Vance warned a vote for Democrats in November is a vote for a return to higher crime and inflation, arguing the Trump administration needs another term of GOP power to iron both issues out. Vance’s comments came as he was pressed on what his message is to voters ahead of the midterm […]
A federal appeals court in Missouri on Monday ruled that the state’s newest congressional map must be used in the November elections, setting the issue up for another hearing before the Supreme Court. The battle over the state’s new map, which favors Republicans and was passed by the legislature in 2025, has persisted for months. Critics […]
President Donald Trump on Monday renewed his affable overtures toward New York City’s first socialist mayor, expressing hope that Zohran Mamdani would be a “great” leader. Trump, a New York City native, met with Mamdani in a closed-door meeting at Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s personal residence, this week. In a press conference afterward, the pair […]
