House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) announced Thursday he is launching a probe into a news-rating system that seeks to guard against misinformation by scoring news and information sites based on their reliability, trustworthiness and financial conflict of
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson fiercely defended his home turf after reports surfaced that former President Trump called it a “horrible city” in a meeting with congressional Republicans on Capitol Hill on Thursday. “If Donald Trump wants to talk about things that he thinks
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who chaired the committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, sharply rebuked former President Trump for returning to Capitol Hill on Thursday — the first time since that infamous day. “After inciting a deadly
Hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon are threatening to erupt into a full-scale war, compounding President Biden’s problems just as optimism about a cease-fire in Gaza fades. There have been clashes between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants since the day
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A majority of Republicans joined with Democrats on Thursday to vote down Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) amendment to the annual Defense bill that called for preventing any funds in the legislation from going toward assistance for Ukraine. The chamber voted 74-343 on
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an effort by abortion opponents to limit access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for a medication abortion. The case was brought by a group of anti-abortion doctors in Texas called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which
Two Senate bills from different sides of the aisle aimed at protecting access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) were voted down this week amid bipartisan squabbling. The Right to IVF Act — sponsored by Democratic Sens. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.), Patty Murray (Wash.) and Cory Booker
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House Republicans added a host of culture war amendments to the annual defense bill on Thursday, complicating the traditionally bipartisan measure's path to final passage later this year. Among the additions to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) approved on Thursday
Former President Trump has thrown his support behind Republican Larry Hogan in Maryland's Senate race, even after the former governor drew the ire of Trump allies for urging voters to respect the verdict in Trump’s New York hush money trial. “Yeah, I'd like to see him win. I
Tesla shareholders reapproved a controversial multimillion-dollar pay package for CEO Elon Musk on Thursday. The 2018 compensation agreement, which is now reportedly worth more than $45 million, was struck down by a Delaware judge in January. While Thursday’s vote affirms
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) threw her support behind Christy Goldsmith Romero to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) after President Biden announced Thursday he would nominate Romero, a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to replace
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) hit Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for meeting with former President Trump alongside the Senate GOP on Thursday. Cheney, who left Congress after losing reelection to her seat in 2022, said the meeting shows McConnell is enabling
The U.S. Navy has sent a nuclear-powered submarine to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, after a fleet of Russian warships and a submarine reached the island Wednesday ahead of planned military exercises. The USS Helena, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, arrived at the waters near
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is bringing back a dangerous idea to crack down on pro-Palestine protests: a mask ban to rat out protesters. Speaking with CNN’s Laura Coates in a softball interview Wednesday night, Hochul disseminated debunked disinformation about two recent
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) on Thursday protested an amendment added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that bars funding for drag performances with a blown-up photo of former President Trump and Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and Trump attorney,
Democratic strategist David Axelrod said Charlamagne tha God “has a point” after the radio host criticized Democrats and their messaging strategies. Axelrod joined CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” Thursday, where he argued Democrats may need to be more authentic with their
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It turns out Clarence Thomas has failed to disclose even more free trips from conservative billionaire Harlan Crow, a Senate Judiciary Committee investigation uncovered . At least three times, Crow provided trips on his private jet to the Supreme Court justice to destinations
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House Republicans nixed text aimed at protecting banks from cannabis crackdowns from a government funding bill after blowback from fellow GOP lawmakers. The measure was included in the party’s initial version of its annual financial services and general government bill, one of
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith sought to ease government scrutiny during a House hearing Thursday by acknowledging the company's shortcomings in allowing a recent China-backed hack to take place. As the sole witness at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing,
Millions of borrowers on the SAVE Plan will get to skip their July payment.
On Thursday on the House floor, Representative Adam Schiff sought to drive home the point of Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions in his hush-money trial. “Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty,
The United States will send another Patriot missile system to Ukraine as the country struggles with continued Russian bombardment on its cities and energy infrastructure. President Biden approved the system’s deployment last week after several high-level meetings, The New York
Former President Trump floated further cuts to the corporate tax rate during a Business Roundtable event Thursday with some of the country's most powerful executives, according to a source in attendance. The former president delivered his pitch shortly after White House chief
Republicans were quick to spin Donald Trump’s decision to call Milwaukee a “horrible city” after his private meeting with House GOP lawmakers Thursday, offering a confused array of cover-up possibilities. And Trump’s own explanation seemed to make the least sense out of the
Republican senators buzzed about former President Trump's pitch to get rid of taxes on tips after meeting Thursday with the presumptive GOP nominee on Capitol Hill, a move intended to elicit support from voters working in the service industry. “One of the other senators made
Donald Trump’s comment trashing Milwaukee, the site of this year’s Republican National Convention, has understandably not gone over well in the city. Mayor Cavalier Johnson, asked about Trump calling Milwaukee a “horrible city” in a closed-door meeting with House Republicans on
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) stock appears to have risen after former President Trump’s “pep rally” meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill. Johnson has come under fire from hard-line conservatives for cutting deals with President Biden — which sparked an effort by
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose three trips that were paid for by GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow, according to information obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee and released Thursday. According to the panel, Thomas did not disclose information on three
President Biden posted on social media apparently making a subtle dig at President Trump after it was reported he made comments disparaging Milwaukee, the capital city of a key swing state. “I happen to love Milwaukee,” Biden posted Thursday on the social media platform X. His
President Biden on Thursday ruled out the possibility of commuting the sentence of his son Hunter Biden after a jury delivered a guilty verdict this week on three charges related to the purchase of a gun in 2018. Biden was asked by a reporter whether he would commute his son's
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said former President Trump criticized the $61 billion for Ukraine passed under Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) leadership and signaled his disinterest in sending the war-torn country more support during his Thursday meeting with House Republicans.
President Biden on Thursday pushed back on a reporter's line of questioning about the Gaza cease-fire proposal during his press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A reporter asked Biden for an assessment of Hamas’s response to the proposal and to describe
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked legislation to protect in vitro fertilization, a reproductive rights procedure that has gained popularity in recent years to help people have families. Senate Democrats sought to codify federal protections for IVF as anti-abortion
Ukraine’s supporters have agreed to move forward with a $50 billion loan to Kyiv, financed by profits from frozen Russian assets in Europe and the U.S., the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries announced Thursday. The agreement marks a significant achievement for
Two MAGA soldiers appeared to be starstruck by Donald Trump during the former president’s meeting with House Republicans Thursday. Unfortunately for the country, they’re some of the top lawmakers in the country. In a press conference held shortly after the reunion, House
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and its charitable partner will invest $11.1 million in bolstering drought resilience across the Colorado River basin, the parties announced Thursday. The funds, which will come from the Inflation Reduction Act, will enable the Foundation