House to vote on resolution of support for Israel in wake of Jayapal comments
The House will vote Tuesday on a resolution affirming support for Israel, according to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise -- a direct response to Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal's now walked back comments about Israel being a "racist" state.
2023-07-18 20:55
Biden to welcome Israel's Herzog to White House
Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to the White House on Tuesday is meant to demonstrate steadfast American commitment to Israel and its security 75 years after the country's establishment.
2023-07-18 19:47
Kemp rules out 2024 presidential bid and calls on GOP candidates to stop talking about 2020
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp ruled out running for president in 2024 and warned Republicans -- including frontrunner Donald Trump -- that they can't win Georgia if they continue to spout false claims about election fraud from 2020.
2023-07-18 09:21
Manchin refuses to rule out third party presidential campaign, says 'if I get in a race, I'm going to win'
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday defended his flirtation with a third-party presidential campaign, telling voters at a No Labels forum at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire that he had no plans to play "spoiler" in the 2024 election.
2023-07-18 07:51
Georgia Supreme Court dismisses Trump bid to shut down Fulton County probe
The Georgia Supreme Court has dismissed a longshot legal bid from former President Donald Trump to essentially shut down the Fulton County criminal probe into his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state.
2023-07-18 06:22
Accused Discord leaker Jack Teixeira argues he should be let out of jail as he awaits his classified documents trial, citing Trump's release
The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who is accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media asked a judge to reconsider his detention on Monday, pointing out that he is charged with the same federal counts as former President Donald Trump and that prosecutors did not opposed Trump's release.
2023-07-18 06:17
The curse of third-party presidential candidates
The viable third-party presidential option is the fever dream of American politics.
2023-07-18 05:57
State judge temporarily blocks Iowa's 6-week abortion ban
Abortions in Iowa will for now remain legal up to 22 weeks into a pregnancy after a judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state's newly signed law that would ban the procedure as early as six weeks.
2023-07-18 05:15
White House says Biden and Netanyahu will 'probably' meet this year
US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will "probably" meet before year's end, the White House says, a step toward easing what had been a strained relationship but still short of the full-blown Oval Office invitation Netanyahu has long sought.
2023-07-18 03:59
US orders deployment of fighter jets and Navy destroyer to Middle East in response to Iranian activities
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered F-35 and F-16 fighter jets deployed to the Middle East, as well as the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner, in response to Iranian activities in the Strait of Hormuz.
2023-07-18 03:54
Common typo causes millions of emails intended for members of the US military to be sent to accounts in Mali
Millions of emails intended for Pentagon employees were inadvertently sent to email accounts in Mali over the last decade because of typos caused by the similarity of the US military's email address and the domain for the West African country, according to a Dutch technologist who discovered the problem.
2023-07-18 03:27
Xochitl Torres Small sworn in as first Latina to serve as USDA's No. 2
Xochitl Torres Small was sworn in as deputy agriculture secretary of the US Department of Agriculture on Monday, making history as the first Latina in the No. 2 position.
2023-07-18 01:46