Republican lawmakers in the House are once again at each other’s throats, this time over their efforts to secure hardline border and immigration reform. On Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) skewered former President Donald Trump — and members of his own party — for failing to secure the border during …
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Donald Trump, who has a penchant for crowing about hoarding classified documents and the crowd size on Jan. 6, 2021, boasted about acing a basic cognitive test in his continued efforts to prove his self-proclaimed title of an“extremely stable genius.” During a campaign stop in New Hampshire Wednesday night, the …
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The D.C. Federal Court of Appeals is expected to hand down a decision on Donald Trump’s claim to “absolute” presidential immunity any day now, and the former president is upping his public pressure campaign for a favorable decision. Early Thursday morning, Trump took to Truth Social to rant about the …
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For months now, Republicans in the House of Representatives have been holding major legislation hostage and threatening a full-blown government shutdown over their demands for hardline, extreme immigration reforms. Now, as congressional leadership works to finalize a Biden-endorsed immigration reform package, Trump is trashing the deal publicly, and privately referring …
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The Department of Justice is recommending the adoption of “national standards” to confront active shooters — with the aim of empowering local law enforcement to “rapidly stop the killing and the dying.” This “critical” recommendation is a top takeaway from the federal government’s new incident review, which was made public …
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Every morning, Veronica Mata goes into her daughter Tess’ room to raise the blinds — even if Tess is no longer there to see the sun. Thursday, though, the ritual took on a new significance. She had at least a few more answers about Tess’ final moments. On May 24, …
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the notion of Palestinian statehood in a news conference on Thursday, claiming it “would endanger the state of Israel.” But he also invoked geographical language that has become a point of bitter contention as Israel’s continued military bombardment of Gaza continues in response to …
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ABC News cancelled a Republican presidential debate scheduled for Thursday in New Hampshire, hours after Nikki Haley refused to appear in further debates unless Donald Trump or Joe Biden were participating. The GOP presidential candidateaccused Trump of avoiding his rivals on stage. “We’ve had five great debates in this campaign,” …
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On Tuesday night, the United States Senate tabled a resolution that would have required the State Department to report to Congress on Israeli human rights violations committed in Gaza involving the use of U.S. arms and equipment. Only 11 senators voted in favor of the resolution: nine Democrats [Sens. Laphonza …
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Judge Lewis Kaplan threatened to kick Donald Trump out of court during E. Jean Carroll‘s second defamation trial against the former president. Throughout Carroll’s testimony on Wednesday, Trump maintained a stream of commentary and reactions from his place at the defense table. During a break in which the jury was …
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