A ‘painful’Israeli response weighs over the heads of the Iranian regime after their ballistic missile attacks on Tel Aviv on Tuesday.  President Joe Biden has insisted that an angry Israel should not strike Iran’s nuclear sites – and should make sure its response is measured – proportional.  ‘Iran launched a war into Israel,’ said former deputy director of national intelligence Kash ...

Former National Institutes of Health employee Margaret Moore, accused by Republicans of helping others shield emails from the public, invoked her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination at a deposition before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Friday. Moore, a former FOIA public liaison for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), also declined to answer ...

Newly revealed emails show senior military officials raised concerns with the White House within days of Israel commencing its operation in Gaza.  Reuters obtained and examined emails between senior State Department and Pentagon officials between Oct. 11-14 that showed concern and alarm as Israel started hitting the Gaza Strip with missile strikes.  The emails specifically focused on the mass evacuation ...

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to block new Biden administration rules requiring fossil-fuel-fired power plants to slash emissions of mercury and other toxic substances and oil and gas firms to curb methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from their operations. The issues were two of three playing out on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket over a suite of Biden administration ...

In the final stretch before Election Day, Republicans are ramping up efforts to distance themselves from the restrictive abortion positions that have defined their party since the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade — scrambling to soften, or appear to soften, their hard line positions. The group includes everyone from former president Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. ...

Former president Donald Trump will appear Friday in Georgia, one of the states hardest-hit by Hurricane Helene, after spending the week falsely telling voters that the U.S. government is unable to fund the disaster response — claims the White House slammed in a memo as “poison.” Without naming Trump, the Biden administration on Friday said Republicans are spreading “bald-faced lies” ...

Melania Trump is not the only first lady to express pro-choice views. She joins several former Republican first ladies who have shared similar perspectives, often in their memoirs, despite this stance historically contrasting with the GOP platform. Other spouses of Republican presidents, such as Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush and Laura Bush, have been recorded either during ...

Taiwan’s de facto U.S. ambassador is warning that China, Iran and Russia are forming an ‘alliance’ that the rest of the world should be ready for. It comes days after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the three autocratic countries were working together but not an ‘axis,’ as they have so often recently been called. ‘They’re working together, that’s for ...

Rep. Michael Lawler (R-N.Y.) has acknowledged that he wore blackface as a college student nearly two decades ago, darkening his face as part of a Michael Jackson Halloween costume. “Obviously I can’t change what happened 18 years ago,” Lawler said in an interview with CNN on Thursday night. “But I certainly, with wisdom and age, understand that that is not ...

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) defeated her Democratic opponent for reelection by double digits six years ago in a race that drew virtually no national attention. This year’s campaign is proving far more competitive — even without a Democrat on the ballot. Dan Osborn, an independent candidate with a populist appeal, has attracted millions of dollars in outside support and forced ...