Lawmakers send message to White House on impending Iran drone attack to Israel: ‘Stand firm’
Lawmakers reacted after Iran launched drones from its own territory toward Israel late Saturday, calling for the White House to ‘stand firm’ and ‘stop coddling Iran.’ Speaker Mike Johnson pledged America’s ‘full resolve’ to stand with Israel. ‘As Israel faces this vicious
Dow tumbles 475 points, S&P 500 suffers worst day since January as inflation woes erupt
Stocks sold off Friday as inflation and geopolitical worries once again dented investor sentiment on Wall Street. A broad decline in major bank shares also weighed on the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 475.84 points, or 1.24%, closing at 37,983.24. The S&P
Free cash programs spread as more cities expand the anti-poverty safety net
Just weeks after Kiki Ramos received her first $500 monthly payment from the Richmond Resilience Initiative, her car was stolen. “It would have been a big domino effect if I didn’t have this extra money,” she said. Her damaged vehicle was soon
Trump’s hush money trial strategy: deny, delay and denigrate
The opening of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial on Monday will put to the test a defense strategy his lawyers have been honing for a year — a confrontational gambit that has angered the judge and could cost the presidential
Iran launches massive drone and missile attack against Israel
JERUSALEM — Iran launched a massive attack of more than 300 missiles and drones toward Israel late Saturday, a stunning assault that put the Israeli military on high alert and threatened to unleash more violence in an already turbulent region. Interceptions
Trump endorses a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate he once condemned
SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump backed former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick on Saturday in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, after excoriating him two years earlier. “I am officially giving my endorsement to David McCormick tonight,” Trump told the crowd.
How Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake has shifted her abortion stance
In 2022, Republican candidate Kari Lake, who was vying to be governor, called abortion the “ultimate sin” and praised a 160-year-old Arizona measure that virtually outlawed abortion as “a great law.” But in recent weeks, as it became clear the Arizona
Kansas governor vetoes a ban on gender-affirming care; GOP vows override
The Democratic governor of Kansas vetoed a bill Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors, setting up a confrontation with the state’s Republican supermajority as it tries to join more than a dozen states restricting transgender care. The Republican-led
Voters think the nation is going off rails — just not in their state
Voters are not shy about saying how bad they perceive things are. Ask if the nation is heading in the right direction, and barely a quarter of voters will say yes. Ask them whether the national economy is good, and more
Evangelicals are fed up with the House GOP’s Israel aid holdouts
GREENVILLE, N.C. — The father and son pastors, Danny and Stephen Hoell, had just returned from Israel, and it was time for the congregants gathered before them to hear what American Christians can — what they must — do to