President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that he is not giving up on diplomatic talks with Iran as the Jewish state expresses skepticism that Tehran will give up its nuclear program. “There was nothing definitive reached other than I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a […]
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) mocked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as a “good boy” for President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he argued that she and five other congressional Democrats should be charged with obstruction. “The speaker of the House should take a beat and remember why he’s there, and that our founding fathers designed […]
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-TX), the chairman of the Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission, removed Carrie Prejean Boller from the commission following her remarks in a heated hearing on antisemitism. “Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission. No member of the Commission has the right to hijack a hearing for […]
Rumors floating around Capitol Hill that retiring Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) plans to resign from Congress early are shining a spotlight on the fragility of Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) majority heading into a competitive midterm election year. The 72-year-old Dunn, who announced in mid-January that he would not seek reelection, is rumored to be considering […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer‘s woes continue as he answers yet again for an ally’s connections to a convicted child sex offender. Starmer was forced to strip Matthew Doyle, his former chief of communications, of his membership in the Labour Party on Monday after it emerged that Doyle previously campaigned for a friend charged with […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) on Wednesday called on the state Senate to put forward the congressional map he favors during his State of the State speech. Moore addressed the redistricting battle before the joint state legislature while standing next to Democratic state Senate President Bill Ferguson, who has been leading the charge against Democrats’ redistricting […]
Despite months of opposition to key points of President Donald Trump‘s international Board of Peace, Israel has officially joined the club. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed Israel’s agreement with the international body on Wednesday during a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The pair posed for a photo with the documents formalizing Israel’s […]
Vice President JD Vance said United States Olympians can expect “some pushback” when they share their thoughts on current events in their home country. President Donald Trump slammed Olympic skier Hunter Hess as “a real loser” when the athlete said representing the U.S. “brings up mixed emotions,” and “wearing the U.S. flag “doesn’t mean I […]
A civil rights organization is suing the Trump administration for pressuring major technology companies to remove information tracking Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arguing Washington violated free speech rights. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free speech absolutist group, is representing two plaintiffs who filed the lawsuit against the Departments of Homeland Security and […]
A growing divide between MAGA and traditional Republicans is playing out in Utah, a state known for its comity and Mormon genteelism, as its two GOP senators stake out opposing sides of a fight over the filibuster. Sen. Mike Lee wants the Senate to revert to a “talking filibuster” to pass the SAVE Act, which would […]
