Subpoena vote in Supreme Court ethics probe postponed

The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned a meeting Thursday without holding a vote on subpoenas amid a blow-up with Republican members.  Committee Democrats have been seeking to subpoena conservative political donors Harlan Crow and Robin Arkley II, and conservative activist Leonard Leo on their funding luxury travel and other freebies for Supreme Court Justices. […]

Iran-backed groups hit U.S. troops 4 times in one day

U.S. troops were hit four times on Wednesday by Iran-backed militant groups in the Middle East, bringing the total number of attacks on the U.S. since October 17 to 46. The string of assaults on Wednesday came after the U.S. military carried out an airstrike on a weapons warehouse in eastern Syria that was used […]

Palestinian Islamic Jihad says it will release 2 hostages

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad said Thursday it was prepared to release two Israeli hostages on humanitarian grounds.  The names of the two hostages were being withheld by CNN at the request of their families, but they’ve been described as a 77-year-old woman and 13-year-old boy. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari referenced […]

Sen. Joe Manchin says he will not run for reelection

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced Thursday that he will not run for reelection in 2024. A Democratic Senator from a deep red state, Manchin’s vote this past year has been highly valued amid the party’s razor-thin majority in the upper chamber, often being the tie-breaking vote—though not always without concessions. However, he would have faced […]

Biden touts UAW deal following strike against Big 3 automakers 

President Biden visited a Stellantis plant in Illinois Thursday to tout the deal United Auto Workers (UAW) union negotiators made with the Big Three automakers, ending a months-long strike. “To the members of the UAW, you’re as tough, tough, tough as they come,” Biden said, wearing a red union t-shirt he was handed ahead of […]

Fentanyl sent to election offices in Washington State and Georgia

Federal authorities on Thursday were investigating suspicious envelopes containing fentanyl that were sent to election offices in Washington state and Georgia on Tuesday while workers were processing ballots. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice said the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service were investigating, but had no further comment.  Workers discovered the powder inside […]

Democrats urge Biden to grant Palestinians protected status

A group of Democrats in Congress on Wednesday urged President Biden to allow Palestinians currently in the U.S. to remain amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. In a letter to the President, more than 100 Congressional Democrats, let by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), beseeched Biden to grant residents of Israeli-occupied Palestinians relief from deportation and […]

Biden says he’s asked Israel for a longer-than 3-day humanitarian pause 

President Biden on Thursday said he has been asking Israel for a humanitarian pause in its war with Hamas that’s “a lot more than three days” long. Earlier this week but U.S. and Israeli officials said that during his call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone on Monday, that the leaders agreed to […]

U.S. & Chinese finance ministers lay groundwork for Biden-Xi meeting

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier He Lifeng, were set to meet in San Francisco Thursday to begin two days of talks aimed at laying the groundwork for an expected meeting between Presidents Biden and Xi Jinping next week. Yellen and He were planning to hammer out a number of economic […]

Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack goes on trial in San Francisco

David DePape, the suspect in last year’s brutal attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was set to go on trial Thursday in San Francisco. Opening statements were scheduled, during which prosecutors would assert that DePape assaulted the then-82-year-old in the early morning hours October 28, 2022 in the […]

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