Washington — When lawmakers return to Washington next week, they’ll have less than a week to pass a bill to fund the government and avert a partial government shutdown after March 1. And a slew of setbacks in recent weeks suggests the odds of a shutdown are at least even. Tensions remain high in Congress
AP freelance photographer Hassan Eslaiah had advance knowledge of Hamas attack, suit alleges Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, freelancer Hassan Eslaiah (@visegrad24 Twitter) Victims of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror strike on Israel are suing the Associated Press, alleging the news organization “materially supported terrorism through payments that they made to known agents of Hamas,” according to
The hybrid political action committee American Values 2024 continues to draw support from billionaire heir Timothy Mellon. Wealthy investor Timothy Mellon simultaneously funded the candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former President Donald Trump in January, according to new federal filings. On the evening of Feb. 20, the two central fundraising bodies associated with
A federal judge appointed to the bench by President Biden largely dismissed a class-action lawsuit targeting the sale of gas-powered stovetops over their emissions.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said in a speech he made at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday that Congress members need to stop squabbling over petty matters—and instead reassert the United States as a dominant force across the globe. Mr. Donalds called out the Chinese Communist Party on its aim to “pu… Original
Washington — President Biden on Thursday called the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are considered children under the law “outrageous and unacceptable.” “Make no mistake: this is a direct result of the overturning of Roe v. Wade,” Mr. Biden said in a statement, vowing to keep fighting for women’s reproductive rights “until we
Republicans in Congress concerned Biden admin trying to erode Israeli control over its capital A tourist photographs a sign painted on a wall in the West Bank biblical town of Bethlehem (Getty Images) The Biden administration will not say if its decision to impose sanctions on Israelis it accuses of committing human rights abuses in