Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may have won several rounds in the congressional arena, but it’s only thanks to the knockouts dealt by President Donald Trump. Since Johnson took the speaker’s gavel in the fall of 2023, he has had to deal with razor-thin majorities and pushback from his right flank. The level of party infighting […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded heavy aerial blows overnight, with both sides on Saturday reporting more than 100 enemy drones over their respective territories. The attacks come less than 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss details of the American proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the war with […]

PIEDMONT, Missouri (AP) — Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the United States, wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states, part of a monster storm that has killed at least 32 people as more severe weather was expected late on Saturday. The number of fatalities increased after the Kansas Highway Patrol reported eight […]

A progressive grassroots group is calling on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to leave his leadership perch after he helped pass a GOP-crafted government funding bill. Indivisible, a group formed during President Donald Trump‘s first administration, called the passage of the bill a “travesty,” directing specific ire at Schumer, who the group said squandered […]