Israeli officials believe that the southern Gaza city of Rafah is “not as important” for Hamas as other bastions where the Israel Defense Forces have conducted major ground operations, according to a top Israeli military spokesman. “We took an operational plan for the war for approval by the political echelon,” IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said at […]
Top Senate leaders are plotting a path forward on legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, even as the House passed a one-week extension to avoid the air travel funding legislation from expiring at midnight Friday. While leaders have said progress has been made toward extending the FAA’s authority for the next five years, senators […]
The House rejected an effort from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from his top leadership position, bringing an end to a weekslong saga of the Georgia Republican seeking to leverage her motion to vacate to make conservative demands in the lower chamber. Lawmakers voted 359-43 to table the […]
RACINE, Wisconsin — President Joe Biden issued a warning about former President Donald Trump during a Wisconsin campaign stop held to engage black voters and underscore the high stakes of November’s general election. “I really think democracy is at stake here — not a joke,” Biden told a crowd Wednesday at a Racine community center. […]
The View hosts defended porn star Stormy Daniels as a “believable person” and questioned former President Donald Trump‘s denials in court. “It’s about the fact that they paid her as a cover-up and then they used, sort of — they pretended it was a business expense and it was over the campaign contribution amount,” co-host […]
The NAACP and 14 other civil rights organizations called on President Joe Biden in a letter to pardon Marilyn Mosby, a former state’s attorney for Baltimore, on federal charges related to mortgage fraud and perjury. Mosby was convicted in February of making a false mortgage application in an attempt to secure a lower interest rate, […]
A conservative advocacy group once known for raising the national profile of the tea party movement is closing down operations in a surprise move announced on Wednesday. FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon confirmed the organization’s closure to the Washington Examiner on Wednesday, pointing to a shift in the “modern Republican Party” as a reason for its […]
(The Center Square) — Early data is showing that America’s streets are getting safer for pedestrians, though deaths are still higher than pre-pandemic. Pennsylvania is doing better than most states, but hasn’t bucked the general trend. The Governors Highway Safety Association projects that 76 Pennsylvanians died walking from January-June 2023, 9 fewer compared to 2022. […]
(The Center Square) – Prostitution is illegal in all states except certain parts of Nevada. Illinois legislators and LGBTQ advocates pushed for the state to decriminalize prostitution at a news conference Wednesday. Equality Illinois board member and former sex worker Reyna Ortiz said the criminalization of adults engaging consensually in sex work is what makes […]
Civil rights groups insisted that the Supreme Court take up Louisiana’s redistricting battle on Wednesday in an attempt to maintain a second majority-black congressional district that was recently drawn. A group of voters that described themselves as “non-African American” filed a lawsuit against the state in January, claiming the new district violated the equal protection […]
