GOP lines up culture war-heavy spending bills targeting military abortions, drag shows
House Republicans are using three key government funding bills to pass conservative priorities on abortion, diversity and drag performances. The House is expected to consider appropriations bills this week funding the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and
Israel’s Supreme Court rules ultra-Orthodox men must serve in military in unanimous decision
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a unanimous decision that ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted for military service. The court said without a law that distinguishes between Jewish seminary students and other draftees, Israel’s compulsory military service system applies to the
Biden vs. Trump. Is a debate fair game to test mental acuity?
Presidential debates matter, but not always in the ways that the participants think. Seven years after the first ones, in 1960, Richard Nixon admitted that he felt his lack of proper makeup was a big factor in his losing the
Obama again stepping into role as Joe’s closer ahead of Trump v Biden rematch
Former President Obama is again stepping in to help lock up votes and dollars during the home stretch of President Biden’s quest for the White House, apparently having ditched the concerns that reportedly made Obama wary of Biden’s candidacy in
‘It’s just obscene’: House eyes crackdown on US dollars going to Taliban
The House of Representatives is expected to pass a bill on Tuesday aimed at blocking countries that receive U.S. foreign aid from sending money to the Taliban. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., introduced his No Tax Dollars for the Taliban Act late
Why Jamaal Bowman’s New York primary is huge for pro-Israel groups
Pro-Israel groups make up an increasingly large presence in Democratic primaries for Congress. Even so, the effort to unseat Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) in Tuesday’s primary is extraordinary. And the result could reverberate greatly in the evolving internal Democratic debate over
‘Angels’ and an ‘animal’: Biden, Trump spar on immigration ahead of debate
President Biden and his presumptive opponent Donald Trump each amplified the case of a particular undocumented immigrant last week, using vastly divergent language in a preview of the sharp contrast they plan to draw on immigration during their debate Thursday. At
Golf shirts and classified docs: New court filings show Trump’s clutter
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Special counsel Jack Smith revealed new photos in a court filing Monday evening that depict how haphazardly Donald Trump stored classified materials at his Florida property post-presidency, with golf shirts stuffed into boxes alongside the sensitive
The deep, generational skepticism that’s influencing the 2024 race
One of the underrecognized elements of the country’s political tensions is the unusual generational split that exists at the moment. America is getting more gray and less White, both trends that overlap with age, given that the increased racial diversity
Infant death rate spiked in Texas after restrictive abortion law, study finds
After Texas passed a law restricting abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, the infant death rate increased along with the number of babies who died of birth defects, according to a new study. The study, led by researchers at