Tag: 2024
Zelenskyy’s Blunder in the Oval Office: A Setback for U.S.-Ukraine Relations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is going to have to come to terms with the new reality of Washington: America’s posture toward Ukraine has dr [...]
Elon Musk Orders Federal Employees to Share Weekly Accomplishments or Face Dismissal
A lack of response, Elon Musk said, “will be taken as a resignation.” | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Elon Musk's Controversial Order for Federal Employe [...]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Takes Control of Health and Human Services Amid Radical Changes
New HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands with his wife Cheryl Hines prior to being sworn in at the White House on Feb. 13. | Jason Andrew for P [...]
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chair in Unprecedented Pentagon Shakeup
Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on July 25, 2024. | Kevin Wolf/AP
President Dona [...]
Voters Were Right About the Economy: Flaws in Government Data Exposed
Many in Washington bristled at the public’s failure to register how strong the economy really was, but were they relying on flawed statistics? | Fred [...]
UN Investigator Condemns Trump’s Plan to Displace Palestinians as ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
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Trump’s Gaza Plan Violates International Law, Says UN Investigator
A top United Nations human rights investig [...]
Could Donald Trump Seek a Third Term? Legal and Political Challenges Explained
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Constitutional Barriers to a Third Term
Former President Donald Trump has frequent [...]
U.S. Military Conducts First Airstrikes in Somalia Under Trump’s Second Term
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, [...]
Red and Purple States Push for Abortion Pill Restrictions, Citing Water Contamination
Anti-abortion activists walk past the Supreme Court in the annual March for Life, in Washington, Jan. 24, 2025. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP
A new wav [...]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Faces Tough Senate Scrutiny Over HHS Nomination
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent much of his Finance Committee testimony trying to downplay his history of anti-vaccine activism under withering question [...]
