| 02.10.2023 16:54
Could US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy lose his job?
It was a moment of victory for United States House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy that has also left the veteran Republican's job at risk. On Saturday, the House approved a McCarthy-brokered funding bill that will keep the US government running until November 17 after weeks of negotiatio...
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| 02.10.2023 15:28
White House bans top officials from events boosting fossil fuels: report
The White House has barred senior administration officials from attending international conferences that promote fossil fuel production . The National Security Council prohibits US officials from pursuing any "carbon-intensive engagements" for oil, natural gas and coal, according to a Sept. 15 memo...
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| 02.10.2023 15:24
The Supreme Court opens its new term with a case about prison terms for drug dealers
Length of thousands of prison sentences for drug dealers is at stake in ruling. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with a case about prison terms for drug dealers and rejections of hundreds of appeals, including one from an attorney who pushed a plan to keep former Presi...
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| 02.10.2023 13:50
US Supreme Court rebuffs long-shot candidate's bid to disqualify Trump in 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a case involving whether former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from the 2024 election under a constitutional provision barring anyone who "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" from holding public office. The justices rejected an appeal by...
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| 02.10.2023 12:23
More big strikes loom, with thousands of health care and casino workers set to walk off the job
From President Joe Biden joining auto workers on the picket line to 75,000 health care workers girding to strike in multiple states, organized labor in the U.S. is enjoying a resurgence this year, while finding its most receptive audience in more than half a century. "There is a feeling that the sy...
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| 02.10.2023 11:01
Supreme Court declines to take up appeal from John Eastman involving emails sought by House Jan. 6 select committee
Washington - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from conservative attorney John Eastman that involved his efforts to shield his emails from investigators with the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. Notable in the unsigned order turning away Eas...
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| 02.10.2023 10:41
Curtain comes up on new term for conservative US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to open its new nine-month term on Monday featuring cases that will test how far its 6-3 conservative majority is willing to steer American law in a rightward direction. The justices kick off the term with arguments scheduled for 10 a.m. (1400 GMT) in a case from Iowa...
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| 02.10.2023 10:18
US Supreme Court ruling may help Hunter Biden fight gun charge
Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son, may get a legal boost from an unlikely source - the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court - when he contests his indictment on firearms-related charges, thanks to the reasoning expressed by the justices in their most recent expansion of gun rights. Hunter...
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| 02.10.2023 07:35
Ramaswamy campaign asks RNC to slash the number of GOP presidential candidates on the next debate stage
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign urges RNC to make changes as 'frontrunner is absent' from center of debate stage. Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign reportedly asked the Republican National Committee to significantly limit the number of GOP presidential candidates on stage for the party's next presidential prim...
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| 02.10.2023 04:00
White House prohibiting official travel to fossil fuel conferences, internal memo shows
Biden admin officials must get approval before attending any 'international energy engagement': memo. EXCLUSIVE: The White House is prohibiting senior administration officials from traveling for international energy engagements that promote carbon-intensive fuels, including oil, natural gas and coa...
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| 01.10.2023 23:03
Bidenomics is postponing Americans' retirement dreams for YEARS
Americans trying to retire for the last two years have felt like Charlie Brown ready to kick the football. They think their nest egg is large enough, but then another round of monthly inflation data shows the cost of living has risen once again. That's when President Joe Biden yanks the football aw...
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| 01.10.2023 22:22
Bill Maher tells Biden to drop out of 2024 race, compares him to RBG: ‘Voters think he's too old'
Bill Maher called on Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential election, saying the 80-year-old incumbent is too old to run for president and likened him to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg . The host of "Real Time with Bill Maher" mocked Biden on Friday night, describing the president as the "onl...
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| 01.10.2023 21:21
Jimmy Carter celebrates 99th birthday
Former President Jimmy Carter celebrated his 99th birthday in Plains, Georgia, breaking his routine of watching church services online to spend the day with his family. The gathering took place in the same house where the Carters lived before he was first elected to the Georgia Senate in 1962. As t...
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| 01.10.2023 21:10
Governor Hochul suddenly realizes we have a border crisis
By golly, she gets it! New York has been awash in budget-busting border crossers for many months now, and Gov. Hochul has been in near-total denial. Suddenly, it seems, the light bulb has popped on: The border, she declared Sunday, "is too open right now." Governor, you don't say! "People coming fr...
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| 01.10.2023 20:58
On a Warm Day in Iowa, Trump Heats Up His Push for Caucus Support
By the time the doors opened Sunday morning, the line to enter former President Donald J. Trump's caucus organizing event in Ottumwa, Iowa, snaked down the sidewalk and around the parking lot. The hundreds of people who stood outside an event center in this small city, sweating through their "Make...
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| 01.10.2023 19:04
US lawmaker Phillips, eyeing 2024 challenge to Biden, leaves House leadership role, Axios reports
Democratic U.S. Representative Dean Phillips, who has floated a possible primary run against President Joe Biden for the 2024 election, has stepped down from his leadership role in the House of Representatives, Axios reported on Sunday, citing a statement....
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| 01.10.2023 18:42
Ron DeSantis turns focus to Trump, Iowa after second Republican debate
Following last week's rough-and-tumble Republican primary debate , the campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has opted to pass on attacking the other GOP candidates in the field - instead zeroing in on overhauling former President Donald Trump in the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses. While national and state...
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| 01.10.2023 16:38
Senator Meghan Markle? Speculation mounts Duchess of Sussex will try to replace Feinstein
Could it be Sen. Meghan Markle? It's unlikely the Duchess of Sussex will be tapped to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who died Friday at the age of 90 - but that doesn't mean the actress-turned-royal won't toss her hat in the ring, the Daily Mail reports. Sources told the outlet within mi...
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| 01.10.2023 13:22
US Political Infighting Intensifies, Even as Government Stays Open
Washington - The U.S. government stayed open Sunday, with funding assured through mid-November, but the political infighting among Republican lawmakers surrounding the votes to keep it operating only intensified. Renegade Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida told news talk shows that he wou...
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| 01.10.2023 10:43
Rep. Byron Donalds says McCarthy is 'in trouble' after budget deal: 'We didn't get anything'
Rep. Matt Gaetz has vowed to file a motion to vacate against McCarthy's speakership. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., says Speaker Kevin McCarthy is "in trouble" after the last-minute vote to fund the government this weekend, saying the deal was a victory for Democrats. Donalds made the comments during...
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| 01.10.2023 10:02
Shutdown near-miss illustrates Washington dysfunction
The U.S. narrowly dodged its fourth partial government shutdown in a decade on Sunday, but the past week exposed the depths of political dysfunction in Washington and particularly within the splintered House Republican caucus. A last-minute decision by Republican House of Representatives Speaker Ke...
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| 01.10.2023 10:00
The 'terrifying' trade-offs millions of Americans face as student loan repayments resume
Tens of millions of Americans with federal student loan debt have had a financial reprieve for more than three years as a pandemic-era repayment pause was extended multiple times since March 2020. Now many face a new reality on Sunday, Oct. 1, when they are due to resume making payments, all while...
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| 01.10.2023 02:39
Despite Wall Street and voter reservations, the money is on a Trump vs. Biden rematch
I ??‰know it seems like there's a real race to be the GOP presidential nominee in 2024. There was a debate the other night, sponsored by my employer, Fox Business, with all seven of the top GOP candidates duking it out. Well not all the top GOP candidates. The top, top candidate boycotted the event...
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| 01.10.2023 01:58
Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul are putting the priorities of the Democratic party over New York
"Sometimes party loyalty asks too much," President John F. Kennedy once said. New Yorkers know what he meant because they are bearing the brunt of one of those times. There can be no honest doubt that President Biden is responsible for the open southern border and the migrant crisis convulsing the...
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| 01.10.2023 01:12
Republican House Speaker McCarthy faces ouster threat for avoiding shutdown
Top U.S. House Republican Kevin McCarthy could face an untimely end to his role as speaker if party hardliners oust him , for averting a costly government shutdown on Saturday with a stopgap bill that drew more support from Democrats than Republicans. The Republican-controlled House of Representati...
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| 30.09.2023 23:55
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Body Returns to San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned Saturday to her hometown for the final time when a military jet carrying the late Democratic senator's body landed at San Francisco International Airport. The long-serving senator and political trailblazer died Thursday at her home in Washington,...
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| 30.09.2023 19:10
Biden accuses Republicans of 'absolute dereliction of duty' as US government shutdown looms
Hardliners push back against temporary funding proposals that would at least keep the lights on. Joe Biden accused Republicans of an "absolute dereliction of duty" as the US government braced for its fourth partial shutdown in a decade on Saturday night. It came after the Republican-led House of Re...
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| 30.09.2023 17:19
Trump calls for store robbers to be shot in speech to California Republicans
Former president and frontrunner for GOP nomination also warns this country will die if Joe Biden wins election. Donald Trump called for shooting store robbers on Friday in a bleak speech to California Republicans -and warned "this country will die!" if Joe Biden remained president. During the addr...
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| 30.09.2023 16:59
Trump Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty in Georgia Election Interference Case
Scott Hall, a defendant in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty on Friday to misdemeanor charges related to the conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performing election duties. Hall, an Atlanta bail bondsman, is the first defenda...
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| 30.09.2023 13:15
US Supreme Court Will Take Up Abortion, Gun Cases in New Term
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics - guns and abortion - while concerns about ethics swirl around the justices. The year also will have a heavy focus on social media and how free speech protections apply online. A big unknown is whether the cou...
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| 30.09.2023 11:30
Maher begs Biden to step aside, predicting Trump victory: You'll do 'great damage' to the country if you don't
The HBO star said that while Trump looks 'robust,' Biden looks like 'his own skeletal remains'. "Real Time" host Bill Maher closed his show Friday night by begging Joe Biden to not seek reelection, predicting his decision to run will do "great damage" to Democrats and the country as the current pre...
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| 30.09.2023 11:18
Robert Kennedy Jr's Potential Independent Run Adds Intrigue to 2024 Trump-Biden Race
In a surprising turn of events, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced that he will be running as an independent in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, abandoning his previous bid as a Democratic candidate. Kennedy, a prominent anti-vaccine activist and member of the well-known Kennedy political...
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| 30.09.2023 11:16
Kamala Harris Shouldn't Worry About Getting Dumped as Vice President
Quite a few political commentators are calling for President Joe Biden to drop Vice President Kamala Harris from the presidential ticket and replace her with a newer, presumably more electorally popular, running mate. At an earlier point in American history, Harris may have had cause for concern. T...
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| 30.09.2023 11:00
Voter drive: Biden and Trump battle for blue-collar votes in auto heartland
It"s no coincidence the likely 2024 election rivals were both in Michigan wooing car workers - a key bloc in a key state. Joe Biden became the first sitting US president to join a picket line when he stopped at a General Motors facility just outside Detroit to show support for striking United Auto...
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| 30.09.2023 10:56
Georgia indictment: First Trump co-defendant pleads guilty in Fulton County court
Scott Hall pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges and has agreed to testify in future proceedings in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Scott Hall, an Atlanta bail bondsman who is one of former President Donald Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia 2020 e...
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| 30.09.2023 10:46
A President on a Picket Line
On Tuesday, Joe Biden became the first sitting American president to walk a picket line. Specifically, he joined strikers and spoke briefly outside a General Motors facility in Van Buren Township, Mich., where hundreds of striking autoworkers were demanding their fair share of the profits they prod...
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| 30.09.2023 10:17
California's Newsom promoting Biden in '24 - and perhaps himself in '28
Shortly after Wednesday's second Republican presidential debate concluded, California Governor Gavin Newsom was holding court in the so-called "spin room," bouncing from one network to another to tout Democratic President Joe Biden as the real winner of the evening. It was an increasingly familiar...
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| 30.09.2023 07:00
Ramaswamy, Burgum reject Gingrich's claim that 'the race is over,' Trump will be GOP nominee
Neither candidate attacked the former president, but both said the primary is not over yet despite others' claims. GOP presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum rejected claims from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich that "the race is over" and former President Donal...
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| 30.09.2023 07:00
Trump's G.O.P. Rivals Must Unite or Die. (They'll Probably Still Die.)
I'm not sure that an assembly of presidential candidates have ever given off stronger loser vibes, if I may use a word favored by the 45th president of the United States, than the Republicans who debated at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library this week. A snap 538/Washington Post/Ipsos poll and...
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| 30.09.2023 04:15
How Matt Gaetz's anti-McCarthy drive could upend Biden impeachment inquiry
Rep. Matt Gaetz has offered to give Democrats on the House Oversight Committee subpoena power in the impeachment inquiry into President Biden in exchange for backing an effort to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, The Post has learned. The Florida Republican's backroom proposal would potentially al...
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| 30.09.2023 04:00
NRA mocks Biden's new 'gun violence prevention' office with advice on its name
The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention will be led by Vice President Kamala Harris and longtime Biden aide Stefanie Feldman. FIRST ON FOX: The NRA slammed President Biden's launch of the first-ever federal office to address "gun violence prevention," while criticizing the office's direct...
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| 30.09.2023 02:06
Migrants Being Raped at Mexico Border as They Await Entry to US
REYNOSA, Mexico - When Carolina's captors arrived at dawn to pull her out of the stash house in the Mexican border city of Reynosa in late May, she thought they were going to force her to call her family in Venezuela again to beg them to pay $2,000 ransom. Instead, one of the men shoved her onto a...
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| 29.09.2023 23:43
Robert Kennedy Jr to run as independent, could complicate Trump, Biden 2024 contest
U.S. presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce he is running as an independent instead of pursuing his long-shot bid to oust President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party nominee, a shift that could complicate the 2024 election. Anti-vaccine activist Kennedy, a member of a storied U.S....
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| 29.09.2023 23:07
The ‘no evidence' claim about Biden corruption is looking increasingly ridiculous
Joe Biden's defenders have been on a wild ride this past year. It began with them arguing that the president knew absolutely nothing about his family's influence-peddling business to arguing that it's no big deal that ChiCom wire payoffs happen to have Biden's home address listed on them. The quali...
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| 29.09.2023 22:46
Key US lawmaker calls to pause millions of dollars in aid to Egypt
A top Democratic lawmaker in the United States has urged pausing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, amid growing calls to slash assistance. Congressman Gregory Meeks, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the request on Friday, sayi...
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| 29.09.2023 22:34
SEAN HANNITY: New polls show Americans are over the Biden-Harris administration
Hannity says Biden's now drawing comparisons to the Crypt Keeper. FOX News host Sean Hannity reacts to President Joe Biden 's latest polls numbers, the first impeachment inquiry hearing, America's border crisis and more amid another 'disastrous' week for the president. SEAN HANNITY: We are at the e...
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| 29.09.2023 21:28
The Democratic Party has been pretty effective in shutting down any challenges to President Biden: Byron York
York reacts to the GOP primary debate. Byron York of The Washington Examiner weighs in on the 2024 presidential race and gives his prediction on the next vice president on "The Ingraham Angle." BYRON YORK: Well, I think the Democratic Party has been pretty effective in shutting down any challenges...
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| 29.09.2023 20:47
Scott Hall, Trump ally indicted in Georgia election case, pleads guilty
Scott Hall, one of the 19 co-defendants in a case over election interference in the state of Georgia, has pleaded guilty to five criminal counts as part of a deal with Fulton County prosecutors in the United States. He becomes the first to plead guilty in the wide-ranging case, which alleges that f...
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| 29.09.2023 20:45
Robert Kennedy Jr to run for president as independent in 2024 - report
Scion of US political dynasty, who had been challenging Joe Biden for Democratic nomination, expected to announce on Sunday. Robert F Kennedy Jr is reportedly set to end his challenge to Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination and run instead as an independent candidate, in a move that...
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| 29.09.2023 20:42
US presidential race: what are the key dates?
Nine main Republican candidates are jostling to be their party's presidential nominee in the 2024 election, while President Joe Biden faces two long-shot challenges for the Democratic nomination. Here is a timeline of events between now and Election Day on Nov. 5, 2024. 2023 Oct. 15: Federal Electi...
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