After Myanmar’s Earthquake, Where Is the Military?
Internet restrictions and tight media controls initially limited footage of the destruction caused by a massive earthquake in central Myanmar last month. In one of the first videos to trickle...
Politics
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow transgender military ban
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce a ban on transgender service members in the military. Solicitor General D. John Sauer...
German coalition member backs US easing Nord Stream sanctions in Russia peace talks
BERLIN — One of Germany’s leading social democrats said Thursday that a potential U.S. move to ease sanctions on Russian energy could be justified in the interests of securing peace...
This senator met with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. He tells us what he saw.
Since being deported to El Salvador last month, Kilmar Abrego Garcia has had very little contact with the outside world — something that Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen tried...
Democrats have little to lose — and everything to prove — by defending Abrego Garcia
President Donald Trump has been sending undocumented immigrants to a mega prison in El Salvador without due process. Most of these deportees have no criminal record, yet our government has...
GOP Sen. Grassley gets another earful at Iowa town hall
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley faced another room of hearted constituents at a town hall in Northwood, Iowa, on Wednesday. In video shared by The Associated Press, Grassley faces a room...
Trump admin will boost Gulf of America oil production by 100K barrels a day under new drilling policy
WASHINGTON — The Interior Department is helping to increase oil production in the newly renamed Gulf of America by 100,000 barrels per day under a new policy following President Trump’s...
UK lifts sanctions on Syria’s defense ministry
LONDON — The British government lifted asset freezes on numerous Syrian government agencies Thursday, the latest easing of sanctions following dictator Bashar Assad’s fall from power. The Syrian interior and...
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is first to run for Dick Durbin’s Senate seat
CHICAGO — And the race is officially on. One day after longtime Sen. Dick Durbin announced he would retire and not seek reelection, Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, launched her...
Fetterman calls for bombing Iranian nuclear facilities: ‘Waste that s—‘
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is continuing to advocate for the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program. “Waste that s—,” the lawmaker declared to the Washington Free Beacon. “You’re never going to...
