‘We understand that there’s some introspection that is needed,’ Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas said at a retreat with other House Democrats outside Washington. LEESBURG, Va.—At an issues retreat outside Washington, House Democrats from multiple wings of the party said they needed to improve their communications strategy after the 2024 election. Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas),
Columbia students hit with multi-year suspensions, expulsions, and temporary degree revocations, a week after Trump admin cancels $400 million in federal funds Anti-Israel protesters barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall at Colombia University (Alex Kent/Getty Images) Columbia University disciplined radical student activists nearly a year after they stormed a campus building, imposing multi-year suspensions, expulsions, and
Grijalva had said last year he would not run for reelection in 2026 while receiving treatments for cancer. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) died on March 13, leaving behind a more than 20-year legacy in Arizona’s congressional delegation. The congressman’s office confirmed his death in a statement on Thursday. He passed in the morning from cancer
The minority leader’s support in the Senate all but guarantees that the stopgap funding bill will be able to pass the Senate. WASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that he will support advancing a House-passed stopgap funding bill, effectively foreclosing the risk of a government shutdown. “I will vote to keep the government open
An agency spokesperson confirmed the visit in a statement to The Epoch Times. Elon Musk, who is heading the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), visited the National Security Agency (NSA) on March 12, one week after saying the intelligence agency “needs an overhaul.” NSA Director Gen. Timothy Haugh, who is also the commander
‘We will not comply, Mahmoud, we are on your side,’ anti-Israel agitators chanted (@Jvplive / X) Police arrested dozens of Jewish Voice for Peace agitators after they stormed Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Hamas Columbia University activist in ICE custody. “We want justice. You say how, free
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the world’s largest funder of medical research, granting billions of dollars to U.S. colleges and universities each year. A point of contention in NIH funding is the little-known and less well-understood practice of paying indirect costs for medical researchers. Indirect costs are the expenses an organization incurs while