A little-known environmental organization founded by the heir of a billion-dollar fortune has quietly organized large grants for local news outlets to boost climate change coverage and, sometimes, hire new…
Antisemitism and antisemitic incidents are on the rise, but as Jewish people face hate at a higher rate than any other religious group in the U.S., there are organizations working…
President Biden is expected to bestow the second-highest civilian award to members of the Capitol Police who defended the building on Jan. 6, 2021. Biden is expected to give the…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said he expects the vote tally for speaker to remain “pretty much” the same Thursday. “Nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to,”…
Rep.-elect George Santos has received an awkward welcome to Washington so far. The newly elected New York congressman, who has been embattled in scandal over his fabricated resume, appears to…
President Biden on Thursday will make a major speech on border security and enforcement, in which he will announce expanded border measures, ahead of his first ever visit to the…
GOP opponents of Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid indicated Thursday morning they still aren’t ready to support him, even after McCarthy hinted at new concessions late Wednesday aimed at winning them…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., appears to be making progress in negotiations over the speakership with his critics in the House Freedom Caucus, but Thursday’s meeting of Congress will…
Democratic socialist Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., trolled Republican Rep.-elect Kat Cammack of Florida by visiting a D.C. rum distillery Wednesday night after Kammack accused the Democrats in the House chamber…
Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei expressed openness to relaxing hijab rules Wednesday, following months of protests and executions. Iran has been in uproar for months following the police killing of…
