The View co-host Joy Behar called Darline Graham Nordone’s appointment in South Carolina the “definition of a DEI” hire for the state. Graham Nordone’s appointment comes after her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), died on Saturday after a “brief and sudden illness.” Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) called for her appointment to the Senate, as did […]
France’s National Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to a bill allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication, the culmination of years of debate over end-of-life care. The lower house of parliament approved the measure in a 291-241 vote, after backing it in three previous readings, completing parliament’s work on the legislation announced by French President […]
Second lady Usha Vance is offering students a new incentive to pick up a book this summer, unveiling a prize website Wednesday for children who complete her 2026 summer reading challenge. This is the second year of Vance’s summer reading challenge, and now students have an “expanded prize selection” to choose from upon completing the […]
Democratic Socialists of America co-chairman Ashik Siddiqu defended the organization’s call to abolish the Senate, arguing the chamber is fundamentally undemocratic and that eliminating it would make the federal government more representative. “The Senate is a very undemocratic institution,” Siddiqu said on a C-SPAN appearance. “I talked a bit about democracy, a ‘small d’ democracy, […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) found himself under fire from the Left on Tuesday after refusing to endorse Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel during a contentious interview with Drop Site News, despite his increasingly sharp criticism of the Israeli government following a recent trip to the West Bank. The interview, conducted by Drop Site […]
Senators pressed President Donald Trump’s nominees to handle major public health programs, asking whether they supported the vaccine skepticism of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the upper chamber grows increasingly frustrated with the administration’s management of vaccine policies. Dr. Erica Schwartz, the nominee to be the director of the Centers […]
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg teamed up with Democratic Iowa Senate candidate Josh Turek in hopes of boosting his campaign, as the state representative falls behind Trump-backed Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) on the fundraising front. Turek secured the nomination over anti-establishment candidate state Sen. Zach Wahls, and his victory turned heads in the Democratic Party […]
The explosive feud between the Israeli government and the nation’s supreme court has found a new point of conflict after judges froze a bill granting ultra-orthodox believers temporary exemption from military service. The High Court of Justice issued an injunction on Thursday blocking the implementation of the law, which was passed by the governing coalition […]
Former Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene labeled Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) a “murderer” after he died on Saturday from an aortic dissection. Greene, who left the Republican Party over its support of Israel and handling of the Epstein files, eulogized Graham as a “neo-con warmonger” on The Young Turks podcast Monday, distancing herself from […]
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) announced Wednesday morning that she will support an effort from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to cut off U.S. aid to Israel. Clark’s support for the amendment puts her at odds with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who told Democrats he would vote against the amendment in a Dear […]
