Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) called former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Monday, a “patriotic American who loved his country.” “While we strongly disagreed on most policy issues, his patriotism was clear when he returned to the House Floor to commemorate the first anniversary of January 6th,” Pelosi said Tuesday on the social…
The Trump administration over the weekend fired Steven Hatfill, a senior adviser to the administration who opposed the COVID-19 vaccines and promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine during the pandemic. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed to The Hill that Hatfill had been fired for cause, not providing any further details. Hatfill’s firing…
Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was elected to the post on Tuesday after winning four more votes than the required majority. Takaichi’s career in politics spans across a handful of ministerial posts and a decade in Japan’s congress. Japan’s new leader is a…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday announced there had been another U.S. strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat days prior. “On October 17th, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), a Designated Terrorist Organization, that was…
The Senate on Thursday morning will hold its seventh vote on the GOP- and Democratic-led stopgap funding bills that could reopen the government. Senate Republicans need to flip at least five more Democrats to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to turn the lights back on. Despite three defections thus far, the last six votes on…
CHICAGO (WGN) — Federal authorities opened fire on a woman who was allegedly armed with a gun shortly after their vehicle was rammed and blocked in by a group of cars in Chicago on Saturday afternoon. According to officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the incident unfolded in an area near West 39th…
Democrat Mikie Sherrill is leading Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the New Jersey gubernatorial race more than a month out from the election, according to a new poll. A Fox News survey released on Tuesday, which was conducted by Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research, found Sherrill leading Ciattarelli by 7 points, 48 percent to…
It’s his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years.
Comedian Bill Maher said in a Wednesday interview that he does not think Republicans will “give up power” if they lose upcoming election cycles. In an appearance on SiriusXM’s “Straight Shooter with Stephen A,” Maher predicted that, as long as Republicans still view Democrats as an “existential threat to this country” in 2026 and 2028,…
Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano on Friday walked back his remark made earlier in the day that raising the retirement age was among the entitlement reforms being considered by the Trump administration. In an interview with Fox Business, host Maria Bartiromo asked Bisignano if he’d consider increasing the age for full federal retirement benefits, which…
