Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Katie Britt (Ala.) announced Monday that they are introducing legislation to protect legal access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created by the treatment are children.
Republicans can no longer afford to kick the can down the road and tinker around the edges of ObamaCare while the whole system falls apart and our fellow citizens suffer. The time for excuses is over. The time for health care freedom is now.
A federal judge in Texas on Sunday blocked a Biden administration rule that expanded the requirements for background checks when selling a firearm. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk granted an injunction against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to prevent the federal
The Dali ship, which caused the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse two months ago, was successfully refloated Monday morning and was moving toward the Baltimore port. The Dali appeared to begin moving shortly after 6 a.m., the Associated Press reported, after starting
Star witness Michael Cohen is set to get his final shot on the witness stand in Trump’s hush money trial, with cross-examination resuming earlier than usual on Monday. Cohen’s testimony is expected to last through midday before prosecutors could rest their case early this week.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other officials were found dead on Monday after their helicopter crashed in a foggy region, state media reported. State television did not provide an immediate cause for the crash, which spurred an
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday issued arrest warrants for the Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister as the court's prosecutor said he found evidence of war crimes committed
Fed up with humiliation and mistreatment, Cuban soldiers of the 428th regiment, based in Donetsk, carried out an operation to kill their own regiment's commander.
Six months out from Election Day, some vulnerable Democrats are looking at President Biden’s poll numbers with concern. Some Senate Democrats are distancing themselves from Biden’s ailing brand after polls show him trailing former President Trump in several battleground states,
Did you know that Jesus Christ didn’t want two Mercedes-Benz plants near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to unionize? Or anyway, the union was opposed by His representative on earth, the Rev. Matthew Wilson, pastor of the Providence Missionary Baptist Church in nearby Marion. We know this
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is tee-ing up a second attempt at passing the bipartisan border bill — after Republicans blocked it earlier this year — a move that comes as the situation at the southern border remains top of mind for voters ahead of the November
Democrats should be very worried about November because the White House’s pro-Israel policy may well cost them dearly in an election that could be decided by under 100,000 total votes in a few key states. It is not too late for President Biden to switch gears on Israeli policy,
A Democratic super PAC is targeting Republicans over the issue of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the battleground state of Arizona as Democrats ramp up their attacks on reproductive access ahead of the 2024 election. Progress Action Fund, which notably aired the ad “Ohio
The shock of that upside-down flag at Samuel Alito’s house still hasn’t worn off. Hats off to the amazing Jodi Kantor for one of the great political scoops of our time . So seemingly insignificant, in a way; just a silly little symbol. But what a symbol. It says everything
The White House is trying to strike a difficult balance: Saving the climate, which the Biden administration says it wants to do, may conflict with the administration’s industrial policy and foreign policy goals—and particularly its goals during an election year. In theory,
A clash is looming between anti-abortion red states and the blue state telemedicine shield laws trying to preserve abortion access. More than a dozen states have laws shielding medical providers and others from out-of-state investigations and prosecutions regarding abortions
Congress is setting the stage for another partisan government-funding fight, as conservatives look to chip away at a previous “side deal” struck between Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and the White House aimed at boosting nondefense dollars. Democrats have been sharply
Vulnerable Senate Democrats are distancing themselves from President Biden’s ailing brand after polls show him trailing former President Trump in several battleground states. Democrats in tough races are breaking with Biden over border security, liquified natural gas exports,
The GOP’s embrace of Donald Trump’s authoritarianism is growing more blatant. Republicans have joined him in attacking his criminal trials as illegitimate. Those angling to be his running mate say they wouldn’t have certified his 2020 loss. And many Republicans are echoing his
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan reiterated Biden administration pressure on Israel to limit its military operation in Gaza during a visit to the country on Sunday. Sullivan is on a combined trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia as the U.S. leans on its lead Arab
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) stood by previous comments praising Hungarian President Viktor Orban for a regulatory crackdown on the country’s universities on Sunday, saying the U.S. should embrace a similar mindset. Orban, as part of anti-democratic reforms which included changes to
President Biden asked the audience at an NAACP Detroit chapter dinner to consider whether they think former President Trump, if elected for a second term in the White House, would fill hypothetical vacancies at the Supreme Court with “anybody who has a brain.” In a political
The U.S. military will pull all of its assets out of Niger by mid-September, the Pentagon announced Sunday, after days of talks with the country’s military junta finalized a timeline. A group of military leaders executed a coup in Niger last year, forming a military junta
Elon Musk traveled to Bali this weekend to officially launch Starlink, the SpaceX satellite internet service, in Indonesia this Sunday. At a launch event with ministers in a health clinic in Indonesia, Musk stressed the significance of providing internet access to far-reaching
The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. urged American leaders on Sunday to speed up shipments of arms and aid to the country as it struggles to defend against the Russian military. “There is no such thing as fast enough when we are up against such a bad enemy, and we have to
The condition of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi remains unknown Sunday after his helicopter crashed in the rural and mountainous border region between Iran and western Azerbaijan. Iranian state media IRINN reported that the crash site had not yet been located as of about 1
Several leaders in Asia and Europe offered their support and prayers to Iran as the country continues rescue operations for a helicopter that crashed while carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday. Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province on his way back
The White House hit back against House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) speech before the Israeli government’s legislative body on Sunday, when she attacked President Biden for his policy approach to Israel and the war in Gaza. In a statement, White House
President Biden will give remarks Sunday at a campaign event with the NAACP in Detroit, Mich., following his commencement speech at Morehouse College, where the president made his first appearance on a college campus since the start of the student-led protests amid the
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) harshly denounced President Biden’s policy toward Israel during a speech to the country’s parliament, the Knesset, on Sunday in Tel Aviv. Stefanik, the highest-ranking Republican to visit Israel since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, blasted
The looming November rematch between President Biden and former President Trump could be decided by just a handful of states. Six months out from Election Day, all eyes are on seven toss-up states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
Former President Trump suggested Saturday that he could be considered a three-term president if he clinches a win next November. Speaking to the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Saturday, Trump questioned whether he would be a two- or three-term president if he secures a win
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday refused to commit to accepting the 2024 election results, instead pinning the blame on Democrats for creating doubts about election credibility. When asked on NBC News's "Meet the Press" whether he would accept this year's election outcome
“It’s a country of laws, and the laws are greater than any one person’s ambitions or desires,” began editor Michael Tomasky in his opening remarks at TNR’s Stop Trump Summit in Philadelphia, held Saturday afternoon at the Independence Visitors’ Center, a stone’s throw from the
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s rocket company, sent its first crew into space in nearly two years, after a failed, uncrewed test flight in 2022 temporarily grounded passenger flights. The New Shepard rocket successfully completed its 25th mission into space Sunday. The 10-minute
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face a British High Court on Monday to ultimately decide whether the accused classified information leaker will be extradited to the U.S. after more than a decade of legal battles. Assange has been in British custody since 2019 after the
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Sunday that the Dali container vessel that slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March will be removed from the bay "within days." A container vessel hit the Baltimore bridge in late March, causing the entire structure to collapse into
Search and rescue efforts are underway in Iran after a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a "hard landing," state news media reported Sunday. Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, returning from a ceremony to open a dam on Iran's