Rep. David Trone, the Democratic frontrunner in the battle for Maryland’s open Senate seat, is in hot water for using a racist slur to attack Republicans during a hearing Thursday. Trone used the notorious racist term as he bantered with Office of Budget and Management director Shalanda Young, a black woman, during a House Budget
Sen. Bob Menendez (D. N.J.), who has faced federal charges over his alleged role in a bribery scheme, on Thursday said he will not seek reelection as a Democrat but said he hopes to run as an independent. “I will not file for the Democratic primary this June. I am hopeful that my exoneration will
The House of Representatives on Friday passed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill with more support from Democrats than the majority Republicans, leading to a fresh threat by a hardline conservative lawmaker to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. The House’s 286-134 vote sends the measure to the Democratic-majority Senate, which has hours to act ahead of
The United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to pass the United States’ resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after Russia and China vetoed the measure, objecting to the resolution’s demand that Hamas release all its remaining hostages as a condition of the ceasefire. The resolution, which Guyana also abstained from voting for, called
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken on Friday that Israel is prepared to continue its war against Hamas alone by launching an offensive into Rafah, amid tense relations between the two allies over the six-month-old Gaza conflict. Blinken met one-on-one with Netanyahu in talks aimed at ensuring more food flows
So as you’re struggling to stay in the theater, or just stay awake, through the entire—not very long—running time of the new Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, you might find yourself noticing that Bill Murray only appears in about five minutes of the picture and he seems, well, divorced from the other people in the movie. In
California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) in a Thursday open letter to California’s Muslim, Palestinian, and Arab-American communities called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza. “It is time to work in earnest toward an enduring peace that will furnish the lasting security, autonomy, and freedom that the Palestinians and the Israeli people both deserve,” Newsom wrote.