Politics
Biden Defense secretary argues women, racial diversity ‘make us stronger’ as Trump admin looms
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin defended his efforts to expand diversity in the military during a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday. Austin...
Read moreSprint to confirm Trump nominees kicks off in January
How many? And how fast? That’s the question for the Senate in early January as it will sprint to confirm...
Read moreTrump lawyers demand Bragg case be ‘immediately dismissed,’ say election ‘supersedes’ political ‘motivations’
President-elect Donald Trump's lawyers called for an "immediate dismissal" of New York v. Trump, declaring that the American people’s choice...
Read moreBiden admin warns AI in schools may exhibit racial bias, anti-trans discrimination and trigger investigations
On Tuesday, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released presidentially-mandated guidance that lays out how schools' use...
Read moreTrump taps former acting AG Matthew Whitaker as NATO ambassador
President-elect Trump on Wednesday tapped former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to become U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty...
Read moreFetterman would be willing to confirm Dr. Oz — on one condition
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said he would vote to confirm his former political opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as...
Read moreCalifornia voters narrowly reject $18 minimum wage; first such no-vote nationwide since 1996
California voters rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour; the first...
Read moreBiden skips taking questions at G-20 in Brazil, despite reporter pleading with him
President Biden ignored a reporter's pleas to speak to the press as she screamed questions at him while he boarded...
Read moreAfter declining to state whether trans Rep-elect is a man or woman, Johnson says ‘A man cannot become a woman’
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declined to answer when asked on Tuesday whether Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., is a man...
Read moreCongressional election observers deploy to Iowa for recount in uncalled House race
Congressional election observers are being deployed to Iowa to monitor the recount in an uncalled House race. The House Committee...
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