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 […]
House Republicans looking to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from his position are split as to how to go about it. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) are all in agreement to remove Johnson, mainly over his push for a new $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, […]
A bipartisan House passed a massive aid package to Ukraine, ending a monthslong stalemate over whether the United States had the political will to continue funding Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s ongoing invasion. Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favor of the $60.84 billion package during a rare weekend vote series on Saturday, marking the first Ukraine aid supplemental to pass the […]
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 […]
