The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League on Thursday said he has spoken with Vice President Kamala Harris’ office after the vice president’s interaction earlier in the week with a student at George Mason University, who criticized the US’ funding of Israe…
‘She is just absolutely standing in the way’: Sinema’s critics in Arizona speak out
When Kyrsten Sinema won her US Senate seat in 2018, she was the first Democrat from Arizona elected to the chamber in three decades. It was a triumphant gain for her party — bolstered further when Democrats took over the White House and the Senate two…
Fact check: Did the Marine who Trump brought on stage at rally actually hoist a baby over a wall at Kabul airport?
During a rally in Georgia over the weekend, former President Donald Trump invited Lance Cpl. Hunter Clark to the stage, implying he was the Marine in a viral video who lifted a child over a wall at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Harriet Hageman once rebuked Trump and endorsed Liz Cheney. She’s now challenging her with his support
Harriet Hageman, who earned the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in her 2022 bid to challenge Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, once called her current opponent a “proven, courageous, constitutional conservative.”
Pelosi delays vote on trillion-dollar infrastructure bill after hours of negotiations
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been working furiously behind the scenes to build support for the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill, personally calling Democrats and talking to members on the House floor as progressives threaten to tank it.
Refugee groups race to find housing for 53,000 Afghan evacuees
Refugee resettlement agencies are racing to find housing for the approximately 53,000 Afghans on military bases in the United States who will eventually be resettled in the country, but the groups are facing a strained — and expensive — housing marke…
New York City public school teachers ask Supreme Court to block vaccine mandate
A group of public school teachers in New York asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to block the New York City vaccine mandate.
Suicide rate among active duty service members increased by 41% between 2015 and 2020
The suicide rate among active duty service members in the US military increased by 41.4% in the five years from 2015 to 2020, according to data provided in the annual report from the Department of Defense on suicide in the military.
DC appeals court grapples with the question of due process rights for Guantanamo detainees
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit grappled on Thursday with the question of whether to issue a significant decision about the due process rights of Guantanamo detainees — a case that has put the Biden administration on complicated footing as …