Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant canceled a visit with Pentagon officials scheduled for Wednesday, amid a rapid escalation of the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East. Deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters during a briefing Tuesday that the Pentagon was informed Gallant had postponed his trip to Washington, D.C. ‘Minister Gallant was traveling to the U.S. and the ...
A group that has labeled Vice President Harris a ‘pro-genocide candidate’ has endorsed third-party presidential candidate Jill Stein in the 2024 contest. The ‘Abandon Harris’ campaign says America, as well as presidential candidates Harris and former President Trump, is supporting an ‘Israeli project of Palestinian annihilation’ and urges Muslim Americans and those who oppose genocide to cast their ballot for ...
President Joe Biden praised GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for being ‘cooperative’ and doing a ‘great job’ in his response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, despite Vice President Kamala Harris slamming DeSantis for ‘playing political games’ instead of doing his job in response to the storms. NBC News reported Monday that DeSantis was denying phone calls from Harris’ team. ‘People ...
The Supreme Court offered clear support Tuesday for continued federal regulation of so-called ‘ghost guns’ that can be assembled from kits into a working firearm without a background check or the usual serial numbers. At issue in oral arguments was whether the devices meet the federal definition of a ‘firearm’ and ‘frame and receiver,’ and whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...
Michael F. Cannon Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris proposes to expand Medicare by having it subsidize in-home long-term care for enrollees—paying for someone to help them with activities of daily living, that sort of thing. One report estimates the proposal could cost the federal treasury $40 billion per year—more than double the amount of the Children’s Health ...
Alex Nowrasteh American presidents have enormous and growing power over our lives, liberty, and private property. Article II of the Constitution vests the president with “executive power,” which includes faithfully executing laws passed by Congress and acting as the commander in chief of the armed forces. For generations, successive Congresses have delegated much of their power to the president or ...
Neal McCluskey Over the last few years, the country has experienced especially heated culture war in public schools. But new data from Cato’s Public Schooling Battle Map suggest things might be cooling off. The first chart below shows the number of conflicts we have tracked annually since 2012, when our collection became more regular. There is a clear leap in ...
Tuesday, Nov. 5, is Election Day – but if Americans vote like they did in the last two election cycles, most of them will have already cast a ballot before the big day. Wisconsin kicks off early voting today; the first state to make absentee ballots widely available to voters. By the end of the month, more than half of ...
Vice President Kamala Harris had harsh words for Iran in an interview Monday evening as she said the regime is America’s biggest foe. In a sit-down with CBS’ ’60 Minutes,’ the Democratic presidential nominee was asked to name the U.S.’s greatest foreign adversary. ‘I think there’s an obvious one in mind, which is Iran. Iran has American blood on their ...
Increased support from Republicans appears to be one factor fueling Vice President Kamala Harris with four weeks to go until Election Day in her White House showdown with former President Trump, according to a new national poll. The vice president and Democratic presidential nominee stands at 49% support among likely voters nationwide, with the former president and GOP nominee at ...