Takeaways from a wild day of confirmation hearings in Washington
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel's confirmation hearings on Thursday capped a tumultuous week after the ...
Black Caucus blasts Trump’s DEI comments after Potomac plane crash
Not only are the President’s claims untrue, they also speak to the Republican Party’s desire to divide us as a country.” ...
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Mystery meeting with Syrian Prez fuels spy chief nomination fight
(): When Tulsi Gabbard returned to Washington from a clandestine sit-down with Syria’s then-president Bashar Assad eight years ago this month, she was greeted with a flurry of criticism. Lawmakers and ...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee moves to advance Elise Stefanik for floor vote
The Senate Foreign Relations Committe voted on Thursday to move forward New York Rep. Elise Stefanik for a floor vote.
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Secrecy, discretion and fear of a new crisis: The first deportation flights to Mexico in the Trump era
EL PAÍS is following the routes, planes and companies behind the repatriation of hundreds of immigrants to the Felipe Ángeles ...
Pew Research Center20h
4 facts about Americans’ views of the World Health Organization
More than half of Americans believe the U.S. benefits from its membership in the WHO. As of April 2024, 25% of U.S. adults say the country benefits a great deal from its membership, while about one ...
Utah’s anti-public union bill advances again with promise of ‘union-neutral’ rewrite — but union reps say they haven’t seen it
A bill that would ban public employee unions from collective bargaining is one step closer to becoming law, despite a firestorm of opposition. Lawmakers have assured a significant substitute, but ...
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Trump’s scare tactics
Though the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress during Trump’s first two years, the party had not yet been turned into a full-on personality cult. Senator John McCain, for instance, famously ...
Gabbard’s dodges on whether she thinks Snowden is a traitor exacerbate questions about her confirmation chances
In 2020, then-Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard introduced legislation calling on the federal government to drop all ...
Evening Report — Trump blames Democrats, DEI for plane crash
GOP lawmakers were caught off guard by the president’s remarks Thursday about the deadly collision …{beacon} Evening Report ...
Robert Santos resigns as US Census Bureau director midway through a 5-year term
Robert Santos, who emphasized inclusivity and outreach to overlooked communities, has resigned as director of the U.S. Census Bureau, midway through his ...
Trump-endorsed Fine, Patronis easily win GOP primaries for open Florida congressional seats
President Donald Trump-endorsed candidates Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis won Republican primaries Tuesday in special elections for seats in districts vacated by former Florida Congressmen Mike Waltz ...