After the passage of two foreign aid bills in the House on Saturday, the representatives who voted against them continued to voice their opposition. First was the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, which appropriated $60.84 billion for the war against Russia, which has lasted over two years. The 311-112 vote, featuring exclusively Republicans in opposition, […]
A Republican lawmaker is looking to restrict the display of foreign countries’ emblems inside the House chamber after Democrats waved the Ukrainian flag in celebration of the passage of $60.84 billion aid legislation on Saturday afternoon. Shortly before the foreign aid bills passed the House, Democrats were seen cheering while waving Ukrainian flags — prompting […]
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver Saturday evening remarks in Wilmington, North Carolina, a critical swing state. This will be his first campaign event since the hush money trial began in New York City this week. Trump is expected to begin speaking at 7 p.m. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Trump […]
President Joe Biden signed a law Saturday to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows the government to collect intelligence information about foreigners outside the United States. The bill, known as the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, passed the House earlier this month, and the Senate had to race to […]
Hard-line House Republicans are blasting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over the passage of his four-pronged foreign aid package on Saturday, claiming that his days are numbered. However, they deflected on when a motion to vacate could come to the House floor. A bipartisan House voted to pass aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific nations, as […]
In a historic first, the United States is set to sanction a unit of the Israel Defense Forces. According to three sources speaking with Axios, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will announce sanctions against the IDF’s 97th Netzah Yehuda Battalion. Notably, the sanctions are not due to any actions during the war in Gaza, but […]
Some 20 climate protesters were arrested Saturday during a runway demonstration at Massachusetts‘s Hanscom Field Airport. Massachusetts State Police confronted a group of 25 protesters from the group Extinction Rebellion Boston, which was demonstrating in opposition to the airport’s proposal to add 27 more hangars across 47 new acres on the airport’s western side. A […]
Eric Hovde, the 2024 Republican Senate candidate in Wisconsin, continues to stir controversy. Hovde is challenging incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) this November, and he drew fire in recent days for suggesting widespread voter fraud occurred in Wisconsin nursing homes during the 2020 general election, and that nursing home residents should not be allowed to […]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton predicted that should Donald Trump win reelection in November, he could pursue violent ends to his opposition in politics and in the media. Clinton appeared on the podcast Defending Democracy in an episode that aired Friday, where she spent the majority of the nearly 45-minute interview discussing Trump, who […]
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 […]
