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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday said the U.S. would carry out airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza in the coming days. Speaking in an Oval Office meeting with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, he referred to what he called the “tragic and alarming event” in North Gaza on Thursday in […]
Alexander Welscher/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is expected to lift its flight ban on V-22 Osprey as early as next week, clearing the way for the services to fly the tilt-rotor aircraft once again after nearly three months after it was grounded. The decision was briefed to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin […]
Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — The University of Florida has eliminated all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) positions at the university, according to an administrative memo that was released Friday. The memo cites a recent state ban on the use of public funds for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, activities and […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell is stepping down as Senate Republican leader in November after nearly two decades in the role. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, announced the decision in a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday. He is the longest-serving Senate leader in history. “To serve Kentucky in the Senate […]
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Gov. Nikki Haley on Friday morning reiterated her promise to stay in the presidential primary race through Super Tuesday and said running as an independent on the third-party presidential movement No Labels ticket wouldn’t work for her. Haley — who has recently lost to former President Donald Trump in […]
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday passed a short-term funding bill that averts a partial government shutdown that was expected late Friday night. The final vote tally was 77-13. The measure now heads to the president’s desk. The new funding deadlines for the government spending bills are now March 8 and March […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats helped Speaker Mike Johnson to pass a short-term funding bill in the House to avert a government shutdown before a Friday deadline — but it only kicks the can down the road for a week. The House voted 320-99 in bipartisan fashion to approve the […]
Andi Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — The Alabama House of Representatives has passed legislation to restore access to in vitro fertilization after a controversial state Supreme Court ruling that embryos are children raised questions about the treatment in Alabama. Thursday’s vote, which was 94-6 with three abstentions, completes another step in a process […]
Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are both visiting the southern border on Thursday, with the issue of the border and high rates of illegal immigration as a flashpoint between them in the race for the White House. The Biden campaign slammed Trump in a statement […]
Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has made immigration a central campaign message and spent nearly every appearance on the trail talking about the issue while touting what he would do about it should he win another term. Both he and President Joe Biden are making competing trips to Texas on Thursday […]