‘Your Voices Should Be Heard’: Biden Affirms Gaza Protests During Morehouse Commencement

Several protesters were observed during the event, including some students who turned their backs to the president. ATLANTA, Ga.—President Joe Biden addressed the commencement at Morehouse College in Atlanta on May 19, acknowledging the concerns expressed by graduates regarding the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza. “I support peaceful nonviolent

GOP Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Abolish the Federal Reserve

‘If we really want to reduce inflation, the most effective policy is to end the Federal Reserve.’ Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has introduced legislation to end the Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank responsible for managing the country’s financial and banking system. The bill titled the “Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act” or “End the Fed”

UN Report Clearing UNRWA of Terror Ties a ‘Whitewash,’ Witnesses Tell Congress

Congress has cut off aid to UNRWA until March 2025. Experts told it UNRWA has for years failed to clean up its act or investigate staffers’ links to Hamas. Three expert witnesses testifying before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee denounced as a whitewash a recent U.N. investigation into its troubled agency assisting Palestinians in Gaza.

Abortion, Party Lines Dominate Georgia’s ‘Nonpartisan’ Supreme Court Election

Gov. Brian Kemp announced that he would spend more than $500,000 to help get Justice Pinson, whom he appointed in 2022, elected. When Georgia voters participate in their state’s general primary election on May 21, they will also get to vote for their state Supreme Court Justices. However, the officially nonpartisan contest for a seat

Trump’s New State Targets Could Get Even Bigger Than Virginia, Minnesota: Lara Trump

BURLINGAME, Calif.—At the California GOP’s Spring Training, Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump suggested that her father-in-law’s presidential campaign was still in an expansionist mood. She hinted that the 2024 Republican presidential “map”—the states in which former President Donald J. Trump’s campaign may invest serious resources—could be poised to grow. “Did you guys hear we’re

Republicans Highlight Early Voting, Ballot Harvesting, and Drop Boxes at California GOP Meeting

It’s part of a national trend in the Grand Old Party after the 2020 election cratered rank-and-file Republicans’ confidence in same-day voting alternatives. BURLINGAME, Calif.—Midway through her remarks at the California GOP’s spring meeting, Harmeet Dhillon quipped about some of the alternatives to conventional same-day voting in the Golden State. Election administration includes “mail-ballots and