House Speaker Mike Johnson, hobbled by a one-vote majority and dogged by a small band of disgruntled archconservatives who want to fire him, is determined to defy his critics and remain speaker in the next Congress. He is also adamant that he is incrementally advancing a conservative agenda while battling a Democratic-run Senate and White […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was meeting with Israeli leaders on Wednesday in his push for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, saying “the time is now” for an agreement that would free hostages and bring a pause in the nearly seven months of war in Gaza. He […]
The United Methodist Church’s business session Tuesday voted to end a ban on using church funds to advocate for gay rights, a prelude to action expected later this week that would drop the denomination’s official restrictions on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage. The financial, clerical, and marriage restrictions were enhanced at a special legislative meeting […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management […]
President Joe Biden has repeatedly stated his intention, if he’s re-elected, to allow the tax cuts passed by the Republican Congress in 2017 under former President Donald Trump to expire. “Donald Trump was very proud of his $2 trillion tax cut that overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy and biggest corporations and exploded the federal debt,” Biden […]
Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, will move its operations to the city-state’s second, sprawling airfield in its southern desert reaches “within the next 10 years” in a project worth nearly $35 billion, its ruler said Sunday. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s announcement marks the latest chapter in the rebound of […]
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ governor is blocking an attempt by Republican legislators to give the state’s National Guard a “border mission” of helping Texas in its partisan fight with the Biden administration over illegal immigration. Top Republicans in the Kansas House were considering Thursday whether their chamber can muster the two-thirds majority necessary to override […]
Kim Kardashian has reportedly grown tired of her ongoing conflict with Taylor Swift, particularly with Swift’s latest release of the song “thanK you aIMee.” “She’s over it and thinks Taylor should move on,” a source told People of Kardashian’s response to Swift’s latest track, which many believe is about her. The source also said Kardashians […]
At least 100 anti-Israel protesters — many of them Jewish — were arrested outside of the New York City home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday night. On the second night of Passover, hundreds if not thousands of self-identified Jews converged on Schumer’s Brooklyn neighborhood for a protest event that they called “Seder in […]
The Biden administration may have just committed another foreign policy blunder. Explosions from an apparent Israeli drone attack were reported Friday in Iran’s Isfahan province, which is home to an airbase and nuclear facilities, according to The Associated Press. Fox News and CNN were among the outlets quoting U.S. officials as saying Israel carried out […]
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