Seven Democratic Massachusetts state senators called on President Joe Biden Thursday night to stand down as the party nominee, saying "it is time for him to pass the torch," in a joint statement. "We are calling for President Biden to step aside so that a different candidate can be nominated at the Democratic convention in...
Presented by PhRMA — ✈️ Plus: Major tech outage grounds thousands of flights {beacon} 12:30 REPORT Happy Friday! What a wild, fun week this has been. I’m on my way back to Washington, but this has been a weird travel morning with the major technology outages. I’ll explain more below if you haven’t been following...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to receive a warm reception from Congress, but it is important to remember that the vast majority of Israelis no longer support him, and his legacy is tainted by the greatest catastrophe visited upon the Jewish people since 1945.
The top United Nations court on Friday said Israel's settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are unlawful and that Israel must end its presence in occupied Palestinian territory. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) opinion determined for the first time that Israel’s annexation and settlement of Palestinian territory violated a prohibition of acquiring...
The U.S. Department of the Interior is responsible for the management and conservation of federal lands and natural resources.
Republicans are increasingly looking to Virginia as a state that is in play ahead of November, signaling yet another potential shift in the electoral map toward former President Trump. A number of polls out this week show Trump and President Biden within 2 to 5 points of each other in the state, which has not gone...
If war is 99 percent boredom, then providing security during peace time must be 99.9 percent boredom.
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), who is up for reelection this cycle, on Friday became the third Senate Democrat to call on President Biden to exit the race. While Heinrich called the president “one of the most accomplished presidents in modern history” in a statement, he also argued that “this moment in our nation's history calls...
Six more House Democrats are calling on President Biden to step aside from the 2024 race, increasing the pressure on the incumbent as concerns mount in the party over his ability to beat former President Trump in November. Reps. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Marc Veasey (D-Texas), Jesús “Chuy” García (D-Ill.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) issued a...
The CEO of cybersecurity company CrowdStrike said Friday his company is “deeply sorry” in the wake of a global internet outage that hit airlines and businesses worldwide. “I wanna start with saying we're deeply sorry for the impact that we've caused to customers, to travelers, to anyone affected by this, including our company,” George Kurtz...
MILWAUKEE — The long-running feud between former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) hit the road this week, putting a spotlight on the tensions still percolating through the House GOP conference as the Republican Party pushes a message of unity. McCarthy — who was ousted from the top job in an historic fashion last...
A global technology outage affecting Microsoft grounded flights, took broadcasters off the air and even had “limited” impacts on the Paris Olympics early Friday. The outage has been attributed to a “defect” in a software update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which said shortly before 6 a.m. ET the issue had been “identified, isolated and...
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) on Friday awarded law enforcement officials and agencies for their work in disrupting the flow of illicit drugs like fentanyl into the country. The United States Interdiction Coordinator (USIC) Awards recognized work in areas including cyber investigations, domestic investigations, international investigations, emerging threats, highway interdictions...
Biden World is digging its heels in Friday, defiant that President Biden is not dropping out of the 2024 race and touting new endorsements amid speculation that he will end his bid in the coming days. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) became the third senator to call for Biden to move aside on Friday and Reps. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Marc Veasey (D-Texas),...
It is time for a regulatory reboot that balances innovation with regulation, growth with accountability, and profit with public good.
Any decent citizen abhors violence and its presence in the political system. But can we ever eradicate it?
Democratic strategist Van Jones compared the 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC), during which former president Trump accepted the GOP nomination for the third time, to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in 2008 when former President Obama received his party’s nomination. “This spirit that this guy has, you guys think that’s ‘cause he’s drunk, he’s not,”...
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced on Friday to 16 years in prison, according to Russian state media. Gershkovich was sentenced in a closed-door trial in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg in a case that the U.S., press freedom groups and his employer have all called a sham trial with fabricated charges. Earlier...
The U.S. must prioritize crafting a tax code that fosters economic growth while ensuring stability and fairness. Balancing immediate fiscal concerns with long-term investment incentives is essential for sustaining a competitive edge in the global market.
The International Court of Justice in The Hague is set to issue an advisory opinion, which is likely to be devastating for Israel, undermine the court's reputation, and unleash further violence and antisemitism.
The darkest hour of President Biden’s political career looked to be growing near on Thursday, as senior Democrats leaned on him to step aside, polls showed continued erosion in his position against former President Trump and donors worried that fundraising was drying up. Biden has tried several times to heal the wound he inflicted upon...
Democrats are sharpening their attacks against former President Trump's vice-presidential pick, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), calling him an anti-abortion extremist and a Trump clone who will pursue a far-right agenda hostile to women. Democrats think abortion is a key weakness for the Trump ticket and are eager to highlight Vance's past comments and positions...
Phone calls this week between lawmakers and the heads of the Secret Service and FBI have done little to quell a growing litany of questions as to what actions law enforcement officers did and didn’t take to allow an assassination attempt on former President Trump. New admissions that the Secret Service had flagged gunman Thomas...
California has thrown down a new gauntlet in the fight over transgender students. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) this week signed a law saying teachers could not be required to tell parents about a student’s name or pronoun changes in most circumstances, leading to at least one district filing a lawsuit and tech billionaire Elon...
Republican efforts to win over Black voters during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee may have fallen short as GOP members failed to showcase party diversity and fell back on controversial talking points. Though former President Trump is hoping to siphon Black voter support from Democrats this year, only eight of the speakers at the convention...