Politics

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Mike Johnson became the GOP’s last man standing on Tuesday night after winning the House speaker nomination from his party. He becomes the fourth speaker designee. The House is expected to vote on Johnson as speaker Wednesday afternoon. It took several rounds on Tuesday night to […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In June, the Supreme Court all but closed the door on the use of race-conscious college admissions, touching off major changes in higher education. Education advocates said they believe the decision, while dismaying, puts a new “spotlight” on the value of historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, for Black […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis traded memes and criticisms while, elsewhere on the trail, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott made an unusual warning about Chinese students in the U.S., President Joe Biden slammed a decision to restrict abortion in a key swing state — and a suspected Democratic primary candidate […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Mike Johnson became the GOP’s last man standing on Tuesday night after winning the House speaker nomination from his party. He becomes the fourth speaker designee. It took several rounds on Tuesday night to narrow things down from a five-candidate field, but Johnson stayed in the […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After President Joe Biden’s primetime address from the Oval Office where he announced he was requesting that Congress pass $105 billion in aid predominantly to Israel and Ukraine and expressed his dedication to bringing home hostages, some Arab and Muslim Americans described feeling “dumbfounded” and “disheartened.” “He doesn’t even mention the […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks without a speaker, House Republicans are again trying to fill the top spot, gathering behind closed doors Tuesday morning to cast secret ballots until one candidate gets a majority. Seven Republicans are officially running for speaker after the historic removal of Kevin McCarthy earlier […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans made clear Tuesday they hope to make some major modifications to President Joe Biden’s $106 billion national security funding request that includes aid to Ukraine and Israel. “It’s pretty clear that the supplemental that was sent over is just a starting point,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said at […]

Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans’ chaotic speaker battle has left many Democrats saying they’re frustrated yet willing to find solutions for a path forward. But would that include helping a new speaker candidate get enough votes to clinch the top spot? House Majority Whip Tom Emmer won the speaker nomination Tuesday after several […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks without a speaker, House Republicans are again trying to fill the top spot, gathering behind closed doors Tuesday morning to cast secret ballots until one candidate gets a majority. Seven Republicans are officially running for speaker after the historic removal of Kevin McCarthy earlier […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks without a speaker, House Republicans are again trying to fill the top spot, gathering behind closed doors Tuesday morning to cast secret ballots until one candidate gets a majority. Seven Republicans are officially running for speaker after the historic removal of Kevin McCarthy earlier […]