A congressional delegation that met with the Dalai Lama this week has sparked anger from China, which also pushed back on recent U.S. legislation urging the country to mend ties with the spiritual leader. The bipartisan congressional delegation, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), met with the Dalai Lama on Wednesday...
President Biden, joined by former President Bill Clinton and former first lady Hillary Clinton, raised over $8 million at a fundraiser in Virginia Tuesday evening. The fundraiser was held at the home of former Virginia Gov. Terry McCauliffe (D) and included 450 attendees. In three events since Friday, the campaign has pulled in more than...
To help you stay safe amid scorching temperatures this summer, here are a few things you should consider.
The source of the structural imbalances in our electoral system isn’t Congress. It’s the conservatives on the court.
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) took aim at the two candidates in the GOP primary for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, saying that the choice between them is like choosing between “dysentery or the flu.” “Well, in my mind, it's like, would you rather have dysentery or the flu? So, you know, you got to pick...
This Juneteenth, think about how far we still have to go. But also spare a thought for how far we have come.
The lapse of GSP is costing U.S. consumers and businesses $1 billion per year and pushing more manufacturing toward China and away from friendlier shores.
Alongside celebrating a history of newfound freedom, the memory of Juneteenth should redouble our efforts to establish a new baseline of racial and economic justice in our time.
Former President Obama honored the life of legendary baseball star Willie Mays, who died Tuesday afternoon at the age of 93. “Willie Mays wasn’t just a singular athlete, blessed with an unmatched combination of grace, skill and power," Obama wrote in a statement posted Tuesday evening on social media platform X. "He was also a...
During the 2000 election, Democrats lowered expectations too far for George W. Bush. Republicans now risk doing the same for Joe Biden.
Former President Trump lavished praised on the city of Milwaukee during a campaign stop in Wisconsin Tuesday evening, just days after it was reported that he thought the city was “horrible.” Trump kicked off his rally in Racine, Wis. by declaring his love for the largest city in the Badger State. He also said he was...
Voters seem to think that current members of Congress deserve, at the least, to keep their jobs. It shouldn’t be unreasonable, then, to suggest that the jobs they do get cost-of-living adjustments.
Vice President Kamala Harris has kicked off Juneteenth’s National Day of Action by highlighting organizations working to expand the right to vote for Black Floridians. In a new letter, Harris spotlighted the Florida-based Equal Ground Education Fund, a Black-led, non-partisan organization working to expand Black political power in the state. “As you all know, the...
A group aligned with House Republican leadership is launching an ad buy of close to $12 million highlighting the cost of living in more than a dozen Republican districts. American Action Network, the sister organization of the House GOP leadership-aligned super PAC Congressional Leadership Fund, is launching an ad buy advocating for legislative reform aimed...
Companies that can show they are effectively using AI to automate processes, cut costs and optimize services have a better shot at attracting investment.
A conservative House incumbent’s too-close-to-call race in Virginia and a defeated Georgia candidate convicted of illegally demonstrating in the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, stood out in Tuesday’s closely watched GOP primaries. Contests in Virginia, Oklahoma and Georgia tested incumbents’ staying power and the make-or-break power of endorsements by former President Trump. A Virginia primary...
President Biden’s announcement shielding some undocumented immigrants from deportation is firing up Hispanic organizers on the left, who see the move as the biggest immigration win since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program launched in 2012. The action is also drawing expected criticism from the right, with Republicans accusing Biden of playing electoral...
The stakes with respect to immigration are as high as they can be in November's election — and Tuesday’s events showed it. President Biden announced a new plan that could enable around 500,000 unauthorized migrants, married to U.S. citizens, to gain legal status and ultimately become citizens themselves. At a White House event announcing the...
White House officials are aggressively pushing back against a wave of “cheap fake” videos that purportedly show President Biden being confused or meandering, and which question his mental and physical fitness ahead of the election. The rise of the videos, which do not use artificial intelligence (AI) but are cropped or edited in a way...
A small group of Senate Democrats is calling on the Biden administration to hold back a military sale to Israel so it could be leveraged to influence the conduct of the war in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s policies toward Palestinians. The sale includes about 50 F-15 fighter jets, air-to-air missiles and Joint Direct Attack Munition kits that transform...
Bipartisanship is falling apart at the Senate Commerce Committee after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) won plaudits last month for shepherding the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization through committee and into law. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ripped Cruz on Monday night for fighting “petty partisan culture wars” over the Spectrum and National Security Act,...
Stacy Dean will be the first executive director of the José Andrés-backed Global Food Institute at George Washington University. Dean was most recently deputy under secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services and was previously vice president for food assistance policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “Under...
As the nation recognizes Juneteenth this year, leading Black voices plan to use the holiday to call for widespread political changes and protections for Black Americans. “It’s not lost on any of us in the fight for social justice that this Juneteenth comes at a time when every right we’ve won since the Civil War...
The formal loss of the wartime Cabinet this week revealed how polarized Israel has become over the war in Gaza, with a once-united coalition now battling over the conflict’s direction, the return of hostages and a growing threat from Hezbollah. The exit of opposition leader Benny Gantz from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet leaves the...
Fox News' Kayleigh McEnany attacked President Biden's campaign for "doing cheap fakes" after the White House addressed a string of edited videos depicting the president looking confused or wandering off. McEnany and the other co-hosts of Fox News’ “Outnumbered” on Tuesday discussed White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's comments about a number of videos of Biden...
