Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered an unmistakable rebuke of the Republicans opposed to further funding for Ukraine on Tuesday. He brought along 31 GOP votes for the legislation, nine more than voted for an earlier version of the legislation in February and, most significantly, a majority of his conference in the Senate. He […]
Border Patrol agents remain unable to access the border in Eagle Pass more than 100 days since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ordered the state military to fence the area to prevent federal police from cutting through state-installed barbed wire. Federal law enforcement has been locked out of a strip of the border in south-central […]
The deadline to remove pro-Palestinian supporters from the encampment at Columbia University has been extended until 8 a.m., according to a report from WCKR-FM, the student-run radio station of Columbia University. According to the New York Times, the original deadline was Wednesday at 12:00 a.m., which the university set late Tuesday. After the deadline, the New York Police […]
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday night that he would sign the National Security package bill into law on Wednesday. “Tonight, a bipartisan majority in the Senate joined the House to answer history’s call at this critical inflection point,” Biden announced in a press release. “Congress has passed my legislation to strengthen our national security and […]
Voters in Pennsylvania headed to the polls on Tuesday to select the nominees in a series of key primary races up and down the ballot. While the primary races for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump were largely ceremonial as both candidates claimed the required delegates to become their party’s presumptive nominee earlier […]
A Jewish-led protest gathered a block away from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) New York home to protest an Israel aid bill. Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Schumer’s neighborhood to demand a cessation of aid to Israel. The group gathered around a large display reading, “No one is free until everyone is free […]
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) decried Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) as the biggest threat to the Republican Party’s electoral chances. Speaking to CNN, Tillis issued one of the strongest condemnations of the conservative firebrand delved out from a congressional Republican. “I think she’s uninformed. She is a total waste of time,” he said. “She is […]
Voters in Pennsylvania are headed to the polls on Tuesday to select the nominees in a series of key primary races up and down the ballot. While President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will appear on the state’s primary ballots, the presidential nominating contests are largely ceremonial as both candidates claimed the required […]
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Republican challenger David McCormick are set to face off against each other in November for a seat that will help determine which party retains control of the Senate. Both Pennsylvania candidates easily won their primary races on Tuesday, as neither candidate had any competitors running against them. The Associated Press […]
Two people are presumed dead after a Douglas C-54 plane crashed by a river in Fairbanks, Alaska. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the crash, adding that the National Transportation Safety Bureau would investigate. “A Douglas C-54 crashed southwest of Fairbanks International Airport around 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, April 23. Two people were on […]
