POLITICS

Senate to Vote on Dueling Health Care Bills Tackling Expiring Obamacare Subsidies

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.). WASHINGTON—The Senate is poised for a Dec. 11 vote on competing measures to resolve the standoff over extending the expiring subsidies for Obamacare. Both are likely to fall along party lines, and to fail to reach the 60-vote threshold required to advance

New York’s Next Top Cop? Meet Saritha Komatireddy, the Former Federal Prosecutor Who Took Down ISIS Terrorists—and Is Now Gunning for Letitia James

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Saritha Komatireddy believes in longshots, she told the Washington Free Beacon. Komatireddy, a 41-year-old mother of four and former federal prosecutor, announced her candidacy for New York attorney general last week as a Republican in a state former vice president Kamala Harris won by double digits in the 2024 presidential election. Less than a quarter

Wes Moore Won a Key White House Post Claiming He Was ‘Touted as a Foremost Expert’ on Radical Islam and Was Studying for an Oxford PhD—But His Thesis Is ‘Missing’ and There’s No Evidence He Was Ever a Doctoral Student

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Maryland governor Wes Moore, now considered a serious prospect for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, got his big break in 2006. Fresh off a one-year deployment to Afghanistan, President George W. Bush awarded Moore, then 27, a White House fellowship, a prestigious, year-long internship during which he served as a special assistant to then-secretary of

The Senate’s ‘Blue Slip’ Tradition Is Hampering Trump’s Appointments

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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has been frustrated by a Senate tradition that has negatively affected his appointments for U.S. attorney positions. The “blue slip” is a tradition in the upper chamber where home state senators of U.S. attorney and district court nominees either approve or disapprove of that person. Both state senators must return their blue

Land Along Southern Border Is Transferred to Navy to Become Part of ‘National Defense Area’

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The U.S. border with Mexico near San Diego on Jan. 31, 2025. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo The Trump administration said on Dec. 10 that it would transfer roughly 760 acres of public land along the U.S.-Mexico border in California to the Navy for three years to support border security operations. While announcing the decision Wednesday,

Ukraine, US Officials in Agreement on Ukraine Reconstruction Plan

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the media after a meeting of the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” in London on Oct. 24, 2025. Kirsty Wigglesworth – WPA Pool/Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed Wednesday that Ukraine has agreed to key aspects of a strategy for rebuilding the country after the war following discussions

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Trump’s attacks on her a “very poor reflection on him”

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Washington — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene argued President Trump lacks self-awareness as he continues to hurl insults at the conservative firebrand who was once one of his fiercest allies in Congress.  “I actually am starting to feel very sorry for President Trump,” the Georgia Republican told CBS News in an interview Wednesday. “It’s actually a