The U.S. House of Representatives delivered a blow to Republican speaker Mike Johnson when it voted on Tuesday against impeaching President Joe Biden’s top border official. In a 214-216 vote, the House blocked a committee’s impeachment charges against Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Four Republicans bucked their leadership, joining Democrats in opposing the charges against
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) equated Israel’s actions in Gaza with the “war crimes” committed by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and slammed pro-Israel lobbying groups for “spending enormous sums of money right now to influence our political system.” The former Democratic presidential candidate also likened Israel’s “terrible human rights” record to the repressive governments of
U.S. media personality Tucker Carlson said on Tuesday he would soon interview Russian president Vladimir Putin and urged Americans to watch the exchanges to learn what lay behind Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Carlson, in a post from Moscow on X, formerly Twitter, gave no further details on when the interview would take place. He said the
Israel estimates that a fifth of Hamas’s hostages remaining in Gaza have died, the New York Times reported Tuesday. At least 32 of the remaining 136 hostages are dead, the outlet reported, citing four anonymous Israeli military officials. The government has informed families of those whom the military has confirmed to be deceased. Most of
President Joe Biden appeared to forget the name of the Hamas terrorist group on Tuesday while answering a reporter’s question about negotiations over a possible hostage deal between Israel and Hamas. “There is some movement, and I don’t wanna, I don’t wanna, let me be choose my words—there’s some movement,” Biden said. “There’s been a
California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) on Tuesday said he is sending 120 state law enforcement officers to help manage Oakland’s surging crime problems, as the city’s top two progressive leaders face potential recalls over the crisis and state voter worries over crime ding the governor’s own approval ratings. “What’s happening in this beautiful city and
Several migrants accused of beating NYPD officers in Times Square and later fleeing the city have been apprehended in Arizona by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE officials arrested the migrants Monday evening at a Greyhound bus station in Phoenix but have not yet released their identities, according to Fox News. Videos emerged last week showing