Washington — President Trump praised Elon Musk for his work through the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency as the billionaire’s tenure as a “special government employee” comes to an end, saying his work “has been without comparison in modern history.” “He’s one of the greatest business leaders and innovators …
Read More »Helsinki, Finland— President Biden on Thursday declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin “has already lost the war” in Ukraine. Mr. Biden was wrapping a four-day long European trip which included the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where the alliance reaffirmed their commitment to Ukraine. But as Mr. Biden celebrated Finland’s …
Read More »The Pentagon has launched a formal investigation into a strike in Syria, following allegations that the strike may have killed a civilian, not the senior al Qaeda leader the U.S. had targeted. “The civilian casualty credibility assessment process has become an AR 15-6 investigation,” U.S. Central Command said in a …
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Officials for the PGA Tour have agreed to testify next month before a Senate subcommittee which is investigating the organization’s controversial plan to join with Saudi-backed LIV Golf. In a letter Wednesday addressed to PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Ron Johnson said that the Senate Permanent …
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For more than three years, tens of millions of Americans haven’t had to make federal student loan payments because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the deal reached to address the looming debt limit crisis guarantees the end of that payment pause. But it does not end the president’s effort to …
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A court in Texas began sentencing proceedings Tuesday for Daniel Perry, an Army sergeant who was convicted last month of murder in the deadly shooting of a protester in 2020. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said he wants to pardon Perry after he is sentenced. Sentencing is expected to continue Wednesday. …
Read More »Two candidates representing opposite ends of the Democratic party are on the ballot in the highly-watched Chicago mayoral runoff on Tuesday. Paul Vallas, the former CEO of the Chicago school system, and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, a former teacher who is heavily backed by the Chicago Teachers Union, were …
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Reps. Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat from New York, and Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, had an intense exchange in the hallways of the Capitol on gun control Wednesday evening, two days after the deadly shooting at a school in Tennessee. The confrontation started in a hallway outside the House …
Read More »California Rep. Barbara Lee announced in a tweet Tuesday that she’s running for Senate in California, a week after Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced she will not be running for reelection in 2024. “Today I am proud to announce my candidacy for U.S. Senate,” Lee wrote. “I’ve never backed down from …
Read More »As President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met in Washington Friday, the leaders shared some awareness of what it’s like to walk in one another’s shoes. Mr. Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump in a fraught race, securing victory with thin margins in several battleground states. …
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