The announcement was made a day after the State Department approved a potential foreign military sale to Japan. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit South Korea, Japan, and France on what is likely to be his final diplomatic trip before the incoming Trump administration takes office later this month. The State Department announced
A motorcade carrying former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s remains travels on Jan. 4 from the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center through his hometown of Plains and then to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where he will lie in repose for mourners to pay their respects until Jan. 7. Before arriving at the Carter Presi…
A motorcade carrying former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s remains travels on Jan. 4 from the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center through his hometown of Plains and then to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where he will lie in repose for mourners to pay their respects until Jan. 7. Before arriving at the Carter Presi…
Recipients include musician Bono, actor Michael J. Fox, basketball star ‘Magic’ Johnson, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. President Joe Biden announced 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Jan. 4, with a list that includes famous actors, musicians, athletes, scientists, entrepreneurs, and political leaders. The nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential
Earlier in the day, Vance attended the swearing-in of senators at the U.S. Capitol. Vice President-elect JD Vance underwent a planned surgery after attending the kickoff to the new Congress, according to his spokesperson on Friday. Vance was admitted to George Washington Hospital in the afternoon. “The Vice President-elect is having long-planned, minor sinus surgery
Thursdays remain the busiest air travel days of the entire year. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Jan. 3 that 2024 was America’s second-busiest year in history for flights. The previous record was set before the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement that was also published through Medium, the FAA said its preliminary data showed
The package also formally disbands the Diversity and Inclusion Office and restores gendered language to the House rules. A rules package that will make it harder to remove the House speaker was passed in the chamber along party lines on Jan. 3. The 215–209 vote happened hours after Republicans handed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) the