Ballots have already been printed with President Trump’s name on them, and mail-in ballots with his name have been sent to voters. Attorneys for former President Donald Trump asked an Illinois appeals court on Feb. 29 to stay a judge’s order disqualifying him from the ballot. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Tracie Porter ruled on
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) grilled Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during a Thursday House Committee hearing over the latter’s failure to inform President Joe Biden of his hospitalization and absence from his post in the early days of January, 2024. Mr. Banks criticized a report on the situation, which he said sought to shift the…
The bill would be the fourth continuing resolution of this fiscal year, angering some Republicans who believe more should be done to curb government spending. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass continuing spending legislation to avert a partial shutdown of the federal government for the fourth time in five months, following an
The bill is the fourth continuing resolution of this fiscal year, angering some Republicans who believe more should be done to curb government spending. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a fourth stopgap spending bill for the 2024 fiscal year, narrowly averting another potential government shutdown that would have occurred at midnight on March 1.
The Supreme Court agreed on Feb. 28 to hear a second case concerning former President Donald Trump, with far-reaching implications for his 2024 court schedule. President Trump is facing four criminal indictments, the first of which will go to trial in less than a month, plus several other civil cases—all while campaigning for the presidency
Russian president Vladimir Putin told Western countries on Thursday they risked provoking a nuclear war if they sent troops to fight in Ukraine, warning that Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West. The war in Ukraine has triggered the worst crisis in Moscow’s relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Putin has previously
A key Federal Reserve inflation measure rose as expected in January, signaling that monetary authorities could witness stalled progress in their inflation fight. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index rose 0.3 percent monthly, up from 0.1 percent in the previous month and in line with the