Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said he thinks former President Trump should avoid calling the 2020 presidential election “stolen” during the debate on Thursday. In an interview slated to air Wednesday night on NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Leland Vittert asked Johnson how
President Biden's "parole in place" program, which allows undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens to adjust their status to that of lawful permanent residents, could face legal challenges due to its potential to enable marriage fraud and its lack of congressional approval.
Racial healthcare disparities persist in every state in the nation despite two decades of attempts to improve health outcomes for minorities, according to a new report released Wednesday. The report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found that
An independent watchdog says the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) delays in resolving identity theft cases are “unconscionable.” A mid-year report to Congress from The National Taxpayer Advocate, an independent watchdog within the IRS, found that while the 2024 tax season
The Congressional Budget Office has declared that current federal law, which enshrines the direction of almost all future spending at levels increasingly above projected revenues, is unsustainable and must be reformed.
Presented by Working Forests Initiative — 'Squad' member Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s loss is sending shockwaves through progressive circles {beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Wednesday. The gymnastics Olympic trials begin tomorrow, and I can’t contain my excitement. If you haven’t been
A rising push to pull energy from the world’s forests is heating the planet — despite industry claims otherwise, a new report argues. The report from Princeton researcher Timothy Searchinger and Yale economist Steve Berry cuts against the idea at the core of the growing wood
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) is continuing to defend his Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB), claiming the "establishment" is trying to discredit him after the Army revised his military record to show he did not qualify for the badge he often wears on his lapel. "I don't have to
Instagram accidentally changed users’ settings to limit political content automatically, even if those users had turned the option off, the company confirmed Thursday. Several Instagram users spoke out after noticing their settings had been changed to limit political content,
The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that the government must start drafting Haredi men immediately, and the Haredi population is projected to be 20 percent of the overall Israeli population by 2030.
A progressive group unveiled five recommendations for President Biden ahead of the first presidential debate of the general election season Thursday. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) sent Biden a debate memo outlining the group's suggestions for the president to
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the House Judiciary Committee plans to file a lawsuit to force Attorney General Merrick Garland to turn over audio recordings of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The suit would be the latest effort to secure the
Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Emma Tucker predicted reporter Evan Gershkovich’s trial will end in a “bogus” conviction, as court proceedings begin this week after 15 months of pretrial detention in Moscow. “To even call it a trial,” Tucker wrote Tuesday in a letter from
Vladimir Putin has shuffled some senior officials in his government, including the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, to bolster his rule in the years ahead, with the most noteworthy changes being in the defense establishment.
A group of House progressives is forming a caucus that aims to reframe the country’s immigration debate. The group consists of Reps. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) and will be named the Congressional Caucus on Global Migration,
Former Representative Adam Kinzinger, one of the few Republicans to vote for Donald Trump’s second impeachment and a consistent critic of the convicted felon, has endorsed Joe Biden for president. In an interview Wednesday on Morning Joe , Kinzinger said that his “entire life
Justice Samuel Alito railed against the White House in a dissenting Supreme Court opinion Wednesday, accusing the Biden administration of leading a “campaign to coerce Facebook” when it attempted to moderate misinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic on social media. Joined by
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and her primary challenger, Wesley Bell, are locked in a dead heat in what is expected to be a competitive primary in August, according to a poll released this week. The survey, conducted by the polling firm The Mellman Group for the organization
With Donald Trump’s felony convictions inscribed in the historical record and the first debate of the presidential cycle about to take place, time is ripe for both more accountability and additional iconoclasm. First, accountability. I recently argued here against the
Iran's upcoming presidential election is a democratic charade, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei retaining his grip on power and his son Mojtaba waiting in the wings, while the nation faces economic hardship, a women's movement, and a nuclear ambition that has led to
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took her conservative colleagues to task Wednesday over a ruling weakening a federal statute that prevented public officials from receiving bribes in the form of gratuities. In her dissent , Jackson issued a brutal smackdown of the
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced some Medicare beneficiaries will save money on 64 prescription drugs for the third quarter of this year as part of a program intended to rein in massive price hikes. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which President Biden and
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is slated to hold a hearing Wednesday on fighting workplace antisemitism at universities. The event is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. EDT. Watch the video above.
As many municipal landfills belch out gas from decomposing organic matter, they are also releasing toxic "forever chemicals" into the air, a new study has found. Scientists measured unexpectedly high levels of airborne per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at three dumps
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will lay out his foreign policy agenda in a speech at a leading conservative think tank in Washington D.C., on July 8, one day before the start of the NATO summit hosted by President Biden. Johnson will deliver remarks at Hudson Institute, a
Hagari’s remarks echo a lesson U.S. forces learned the hard way in Iraq: “In counterinsurgency, you cannot kill your way to victory.”
MAGA Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has joined the list of Donald Trump’s allies bashing the moderators of CNN’s upcoming presidential debate, but she’s giving it her patented conspiracy theory twist. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday, the Georgia Republican
The Wall Street Journal editorial board on Wednesday deemed North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) the best option to serve as former President Trump's running mate of those being considered for the role. The Rupert Murdoch-owned Journal described Trump's vice presidential selection
The Supreme Court delivered a surprising opinion on Wednesday, siding with the Biden administration and giving a kick in the face to conspiracy theorists and purveyors of disinformation. Missouri, Louisiana, and five social media users sued U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected challenges to Biden administration officials’ communications with social media companies aimed at combating misinformation online. The 6-3 decision does not address the First Amendment issues at the center of the cases and instead denies
NATO has appointed outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the next head of the western security alliance, bringing a change in leadership for the first time in a decade. Ambassadors representing the 32 alliance members agreed to select Rutte as the replacement for NATO
Many states are failing to track how often children in foster care facilities are abused, the Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General said in a report. The report, published Wednesday, assessed how states monitor if children are being mistreated in residential
South Carolina state Sen. Katrina Shealy was defeated by fellow Republican Carlisle Kennedy in a runoff election Tuesday, becoming the third Republican woman who filibustered against South Carolina's abortion ban two years ago to lose a primary. Shealy is the last of the
Trump’s anti-Midas touch showed up strong on Tuesday, as three Trump-endorsed candidates lost bigly in their primaries in Utah, Colorado, and South Carolina. The 0 for 3 showing suggests that even in an election year where Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, his
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who is rumored to be on former President Trump’s vice presidential shortlist, said there would be a “little bit of disappointment” if he’s not chosen as a running mate. Vance and his wife, Usha, joined Lawrence Jones on Fox News Channel’s "FOX & Friends"
More than 260 million Americans suffered last week under an unprecedented early summer “heat dome,” yet the issue of climate change has been ignored in our presidential debates.
Restaurants and bars across the nation’s capital are preparing to host watch parties for the most highly anticipated political event so far this year: the first debate between President Biden and former President Trump. The Thursday debate, set to air on CNN, represents a