WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) needled former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for not taking questions at every campaign event, days before the 2024 Republican primary‘s opening nominating contest. DeSantis, who will debate Haley one on one for the first time on Wednesday before Iowa’s Jan. 15 caucuses, made the criticism as […]
Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) endorsed former President Donald Trump late Tuesday, making him the highest-ranking Senate Republican to get behind the former president’s bid to return to Washington. Barrasso’s Tuesday evening announcement, which came during a Fox News appearance, makes him the 20th GOP senator to endorse Trump in the Republican primary. […]
Melania Trump‘s mother died at age 78, the former first lady announced Tuesday evening. “It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved mother, Amalija,” she wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Amalija Knavs was a strong woman who always carried herself with grace, warmth, […]
Ecuador’s president declared the beginning of an “internal armed conflict” in the country as violence by drug cartels sent the country into chaos. The crisis began after a leading drug lord, Adolfo Macias, escaped an overcrowded prison on Sunday following an announcement from the government that high-profile convicts would be moved to maximum security prisons. […]
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) opened an inquiry into Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday over his failure to properly disclose his hospitalization and cancer diagnosis. Rogers sent three separate letters on Tuesday. They went to Austin, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, and Austin’s chief of staff, Kelly Magsamen, and were […]
A handful of House Republicans are conceding they’ll need to pass another short-term continuing resolution to keep the government open while they finalize a budget proposal despite outrage from some of their conservative colleagues. The disagreement within the party comes as some members are concerned they won’t have enough time before the Jan. 19 deadline […]
The World Bank is predicting a bleak economic future for the 2020s. A new report published Tuesday predicts the world economy will continue to underperform for the rest of the decade without some unforeseen change. “Without a major course correction, the 2020s will go down as a decade of wasted opportunity,” Indermit Gill, the World […]
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) took aim at former President Donald Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley during a protested televised town hall, one of his last platforms to speak directly to likely Iowa caucusgoers before next week’s opening 2024 Republican primary nominating contest. Using a question about Trump’s appearance […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israeli leaders to work with moderate Palestinians for a prosperous and safe long-term resolution to the war in Gaza. Blinken, who was in Israel to meet with leaders on Tuesday, reiterated many of the Biden administration’s stances, including that U.S. officials would like to see the Israeli military […]
Senate conservatives unsuccessfully attempted to pass a resolution expressing a lack of confidence in Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who is likely to be impeached by the Republican-led House. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), joined by several of his Senate colleagues, requested that the measure be adopted without a formal vote on Tuesday, but Sen. […]
