A new “report card” created to chart how often House and Senate members side with God shows that just half of Congress votes with biblical principles sometimes in mind. The new voter tool from the Christian Employers Alliance, created by the Institute for Legislative Analysis, found that Republicans dominate the top positions in the “Biblical […]
Comedian Rosie O’Donnell apologized Sunday for claiming the Annunciation Catholic School shooter supported President Donald Trump, saying she “messed up.” Last week, a shooter, Robin Westman, openly fired at children praying in the school. The number of victims as of Sunday was 23, including two children killed and 18 children and three adults injured. O’Donnell, […]
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) said a discharge petition regarding the late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein would be proof that Congress is “not working together.” “No, I will not vote for a discharge petition. The discharge petition is essentially when we‘re not working together, not when we are working together,” Sessions said Tuesday on CNN […]
The Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, surged in value before dipping and losing most gains on its first day of market trading. Still, the family amassed $5 billion due to an unusual insider arrangement. The trading debut appears to be the biggest financial success for the president’s family, or any president’s family, since […]
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said the death toll from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured, as the United Nations warned of an exponential rise in casualties. The figures provided by Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid were just for the province of Kunar. Sunday night’s powerful […]
A federal judge on Tuesday barred the Trump administration from sending the National Guard to fight crime in California, ruling the president’s deployment of troops violated federal law. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued the order for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, according to a court filing. Breyer prohibited the […]
The Democratic advocacy group Majority Forward is running two negative digital advertisements against Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and her stance on congressional members trading stocks. The $700,000 ad campaign, reported by Punchbowl, targets Collins for her opposition to Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) bipartisan bill that proposes banning members of Congress and their spouses from holding, […]
President Donald Trump‘s desire to force the sale of the Chinese-owned app TikTok has fallen victim to his own agenda, with a deal remaining out of reach as his administration prioritizes trade negotiations with Beijing. Since entering office, Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest to American buyers or […]
EXCLUSIVE — Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is escalating his Senate primary campaign against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, launching a new ad asking the public for anonymous tips regarding allegations of wrongdoing by Paxton through a “KenStoppers” website and hotline. Cornyn’s campaign announced the website, a play on the community organization Crime Stoppers, which encourages […]
With Congress returning Tuesday, President Donald Trump will soon learn if he has escaped a firestorm over Jeffrey Epstein, or whether the negative headlines will come roaring back with lawmakers back in Washington. For the last few weeks, Trump has largely managed to shift the news cycle away from Epstein, the late financier accused of […]