Republican members of the House Oversight Committee are calling on the city government to provide police support to clear pro-Palestinian protesters at George Washington University. Led by Chairman James Comer (R-KY), Republican members of the House Oversight Committee visited the pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University on Wednesday, where tensions have increased since tents first […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is spearheading a lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over its rule change on the private sale of firearms. The rule change, which is meant to close the so-called gun show loophole, centers on firearms sellers needing to secure licensing in order to conduct background checks […]
Russia is looking to develop a new satellite that could carry a nuclear device and pose a threat to all other satellites, a senior Pentagon official told lawmakers on Wednesday. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb confirmed Russia’s intended military development to lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Strategic […]
The White House took a series of questions about pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, reiterating that President Joe Biden opposes antisemitism while touting the things he’s done for young people. Several reporters tried to pin down the administration’s position on whether or not it supports the protesters or is sympathetic to their cause. “I understand […]
Former President Donald Trump mocked President Joe Biden and took a straw poll on the best nickname for his successor on Wednesday at a campaign rally. At the Waukesha County Expo Center in Wisconsin, Trump riffed on Biden’s recent teleprompter blunder, when he appeared to read off the instructions for how he should act. “Isn’t […]
The House passed a bill on Wednesday that will expand the definition of antisemitism used when applying the Civil Rights Act to universities despite Democratic pushback, as pro-Palestinian and anti-Jewish demonstrations are spreading across college campuses. House members voted, 320 to 91, to require the Education Department to codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working […]
Former President Donald Trump praised members of the New York Police Department who stormed Hamilton Hall at Columbia University to remove protesting college students during a Wisconsin campaign event. “That’s one good thing that really happened. You saw it last night because New York was under siege last night. And these people, first, they were intense,” […]
Vice President Kamala Harris heartily attacked former President Donald Trump on Wednesday for paving the way to the state’s new abortion ban. Trump has vacillated on abortion in recent months, both taking credit for the Supreme Court‘s 2022 decision that rolled back the federal abortion protections included in Roe v. Wade and rankling anti-abortion Republicans […]
Six House races in New York are believed to be up for grabs for both Republicans and Democrats. With five of them being held by first-term Republican lawmakers, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley is working hard to ensure that the party does not lose ground to Democrats in November. Following a Tuesday meeting with […]
Delegates of the United Methodists voted overwhelmingly to repeal its opposition to LGBT clergy on Wednesday. The vote at the church’s General Conference, which tallied 692-51, saw the church remove its ban on “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from serving in the church as ordained or appointed ministers. This new rule will go into effect starting Friday […]
