Just one week after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his leadership position, GOP voters remain divided on whether the move was the right call against the backdrop of a looming government shutdown and emerging wars abroad.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown are holding a press conference after the Ukraine Defense Group meeting.
As war rages between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas following the group's fatal weekend attack on Israeli civilians, comments made by a few House Democrats regarding the region have been thrust back into the spotlight.
House Republicans are set to hold a closed-door meeting on Wednesday to select a nominee for House speaker, a week after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the position in a historic vote.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was heckled off the stage as climate protesters chanted "Stop Petro Pete" and "End Fossil Fuels Pete" during an event on Wednesday.
Millions of recipients of Social Security payments will get their next retirement checks for the month of October, which are worth up to $4,555 per payment, on Wednesday.
The fallout from the surprise Hamas militant attack against Israel on Saturday didn't just reignite long-held tensions in the Middle East; it could also heighten continuing problems on Capitol Hill and in the GOP presidential primary.
Donald Trump's niece, a vocal critic of the former president, is puzzled as to why her uncle is not behind bars, seemingly blaming him for Hamas's attack against Israel that has reportedly led to the deaths of more than 1,900 people in Israel and Palestine.
