House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) may find himself caught in the very blue wave he hopes to ride into power this November. More and more Democratic candidates are telling Axios that they can’t promise to support his leadership. Advertisement This group of new students could potentially be the first challenge to the previously unyielding […]
President Donald Trump’s top diplomat in Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire from the State Department at the end of the month. Jonathan Pratt, the Bureau of African Affairs deputy assistant secretary, will take his position. Fitrell, a foreign service diplomat, formerly served as the US ambassador to Guinea. Advertisement He has held various positions at […]
The head of CBS News told employees on Wednesday that longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley was being fired due to a breakdown of trust. “I’m only interested in working in a newsroom that is built on trust and mutual respect; we cannot do our work without it,” Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss reportedly told the newsroom […]
The Republican-led Senate has advanced a significant funding package for immigration enforcement. However, there’s a kicker. Senate Republicans only advanced the immigration package after forcing the Trump administration to abandon a controversial settlement fund and stripping a separate White House security proposal from the legislation. Advertisement Senators voted 53-46 to begin debate on the roughly […]
John Bolton, who served as national security adviser to President Donald Trump during his first term, just got more bad news. Bolton has reportedly agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge involving the retention of classified information in a personal diary, according to Thursday reports. Advertisement Under the reported plea agreement, Bolton would plead […]
President Donald Trump told a private gathering at the White House this week that he has settled on a replacement for former US Attorney General Pam Bondi. Trump will nominate now-acting AG Todd Blanche, according to a video of the president at a dinner in the Rose Garden announcing his decision posted to X by […]
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve a war powers resolution aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the conflict with Iran. The move marks the most significant congressional challenge yet to President Donald Trump’s management of the war and its economic consequences. Advertisement The measure passed 215-208, with four Republicans joining Democrats to form […]
The Democratic Party is appealing a federal judge’s decision not to immediately block President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at tightening rules surrounding mail-in voting. The appeal comes after U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols ruled on May 28 that Democrats’ request for a preliminary injunction was premature because federal agencies had not yet taken concrete […]
The world’s richest man is generating backlash for a controversial tech tool. Elon Musk’stech company Grok allegedly recently showed an AI image of a female UK politician on X. The AI tool was allegedly used to strip photos of her, putting the politician in a bikini. The tool comes from the Grok chatbot. It has […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Alabama to use a new congressional map in this year’s midterm elections. The decision is expected to strengthen Republican prospects and reduce the number of districts that black Democrats will represent in the state’s congressional delegation. Advertisement The ruling came in an unsigned order issued over […]
