Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) voted against a resolution put forth by House Republicans to honor Charlie Kirk and criticized the text, saying it would bring “great pain” to millions of people. Speaking after her vote, Ocasio-Cortez condemned political violence in all forms, but said the “resolution only underscores the majority’s recklessness by choosing to author […]

President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in November on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea. Trump confirmed the pair’s first face-to-face meeting of his second term in a social media post on Friday after the two leaders spoke on the phone for approximately two hours. “I just […]

A new cultural center themed around the “American Dream Experience” is set to open this weekend in Washington, D.C. The Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream is scheduled to open on Saturday, capping off over a decade of work on the roughly $500 million project.  The main attraction at the five-story museum, which boasts […]

Alex Acosta, the former federal prosecutor who orchestrated the controversial 2008 plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein, arrived for testimony Friday in a closed-door transcribed interview before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers ramp up scrutiny of past failures in the long-running federal investigation. Acosta, who later served as Labor Secretary under President Donald Trump during his first term, […]