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 […]
Washington Examiner White House Reporter Haisten Willis joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss the first trial of former President Donald Trump, what President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign is doing to capitalize on his absence from the campaign trail, and how Biden has had a lot of support from union leaders but the Teamsters union […]
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Republican Party 2024 Convention saw delegates getting rowdy Friday inside the Spokane Convention Center as the morning session stretched into the scheduled lunch break. Angry supporters of gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird objected to the Candidate Committee’s report initially withdrawing the governor’s race from the endorsement process due to what was described […]
(The Center Square) – On the heels of Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s announcement earlier this month of $45 million in budget cuts, Denver is now set to approve spending $30 million over the next three years for stagehand services at city-owned theaters and arenas throughout the city. Johnston announced the Newcomer Program Strategy Plan for $45 million in […]
