Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) says he and a congressional delegation were briefly detained by armed Israeli settlers while visiting the occupied West Bank, describing the incident as an unfiltered, firsthand look at the conditions Palestinians face under occupation. Khanna told Reuters the encounter occurred Wednesday while he was touring the ruins of Khirbet Zanuta, a […]
A Christian advocacy group is sounding the alarm after reporting that a West Bank village came under attack Thursday, warning the violence could spread to the region’s last entirely Christian town. According to the Vulnerable People Project, more than 100 Israeli settlers entered the Palestinian village of Deir Jarir under the protection of Israeli security […]
Pennsylvania’s two senators are taking bipartisan cooperation to a level rarely seen in Washington. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman and Republican Sen. Dave McCormick have launched a joint fundraising committee, an uncommon move for sitting senators from opposing parties that highlights their growing political partnership. Joint fundraising committees are normally used by members of the same […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has granted a full pardon to an Albanian refugee whose decades-old second-degree murder conviction placed him at risk of deportation, a move that supporters say could allow federal immigration authorities to terminate removal proceedings against him. Whitmer issued the pardon on July 2 to Deda Malota Margilaj, 74, who was […]
This will be one of the more embarrassing stories on the cell block. According to numerous reports (and Luke McCoy), convicted felon Brandon Harper of Atlanta opened fire on another man during a verbal altercation. His intended victim returned fire and, as it turns out, was a better shot. The 38-year-old Harper apparently missed the […]
FBI Director Kash Patel was summoned to the White House on Friday after abruptly canceling a planned trip to Chicago, fueling fresh speculation about his standing inside the Trump administration as questions continue to mount over his alleged use of government resources for luxury perks. According to a report by MS NOW, Patel had been […]
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign is drawing attention after criticizing Rep. Haley Stevens for voting in favor of a House resolution honoring Charlie Kirk following his assassination, injecting another flashpoint into an increasingly rancorous Democratic primary. The social media attack centered on Stevens’ support for a bipartisan congressional resolution condemning Kirk’s killing and […]
The Federal Reserve is facing criticism after appointing Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to a newly created advisory task force just days after Microsoft announced thousands of layoffs while continuing to hire foreign workers through the H-1B visa program. Sharma, who leads Microsoft’s Xbox division, was named Thursday to the Federal Reserve’s new “Productivity and Jobs” […]
President Donald Trump is making a political statement without stopping one of Congress’ biggest bipartisan victories. Rather than signing the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Trump is allowing the sweeping housing package to become law automatically, using the moment to protest the Senate’s refusal to advance his preferred voter ID legislation. “I will not sign the […]
President Donald Trump said he has left instructions for the United States to launch an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran if Tehran succeeds in assassinating him. “I’ve been on their list for a long time. That’s what we’re dealing with,” the president told the New York Post Friday. “I’ve left instructions — if anything happens, to just literally bomb […]
Billionaire hedge fund founder Ken Griffin appears to have tipped his hand in the early jockeying for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, signaling he would be inclined to support Secretary of State Marco Rubio over Vice President JD Vance should the two face off in a future GOP primary. Griffin made the remarks during an […]
Europe’s Unelected Machinery Overruled Its Own Parliament Twice In One Morning Last Week
Imagine Congress votes on a bill. The nays win, 314 to 276. Now imagine the speaker announces that the nays actually lost, because under an obscure rule the nays needed not a majority of votes cast but a majority of every seat in the chamber, including the members who stayed home that day. The bill […]