President Biden on Monday vetoed a bill that would have added 66 federal district judgeships over a span of more than a decade, a once-bipartisan effort designed so that neither political party would have an advantage in molding the federal judiciary. Three presidential administrations, beginning with the incoming Trump administration, and six Congresses would have had the opportunity to appoint ...
Amid negotiations to forge a hostages-for-cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and as the truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon mostly holds, Jerusalem has an opportunity to direct additional military resources to cut Yemen’s Houthi leadership down to size, according to former Israeli officials. ‘Israel has to accelerate and expand attacks [in Yemen], not only on national infrastructure but ...
As President-elect Trump begins his second term in the White House, his days as a candidate are numbered. But even though he’s term limited and his name will no longer be on the ballot, Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley says Trump will play a ‘significant’ role in supporting GOP candidates in the 2026 midterm elections. ‘President Trump is going ...
The House Democrat who chairs the party’s campaign committee says she wants to ‘build on’ the ‘things we did right’ in the 2024 elections as she works to win back the chamber’s majority in the 2026 midterms. While the party lost control of the White House and Republicans flipped the Senate majority while holding on to their fragile control of ...
A group of four NATO leaders and a representative from the European Union on Sunday said they agreed it was time to invest more in defense spending as Russia remains a chief security threat in Europe amid the war in Ukraine, and as Western leaders brace for the incoming Trump administration. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis argued the era of ...
Iran has recruited young children to commit attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets across Europe, a new trend amid several blows to Iranian proxies in recent months and dwindling influence in the Middle East. The troubling pattern includes incidents in Sweden, Belgium and Norway as Tehran has expanded its proxy war against Israel into Europe. In Stockholm, a 15-year-old boy ...
Johnson allies urge Trump to intervene as messy speaker battle threatens to delay 2024 certification
Allies of Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., are urging President-elect Trump to publicly reaffirm support for the House GOP leader to avoid a messy, protracted battle that could delay the certification of his own victory. ‘If we have some kind of protracted fight where we can’t elect a speaker — the speaker’s not elected; we’re not sworn in. And if we’re ...
The White House is concerned that Iran’s weakened position will prompt the regime to pursue a nuclear weapon, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan is coordinating with the Trump team on this concern. Iran has suffered a year of setbacks amid Israeli assaults on its proxy forces and a pull-out from Syria amid the takeover by Sunni Muslim forces, hostile ...
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is calling out the Biden administration for spending over a trillion taxpayer dollars on ‘government waste’ this year, including on a bearded lady cabaret show, Arabic Sesame Street, and ‘girl-centered climate action.’ The Kentucky senator released his annual ‘Festivus’ report that details different ways in which the current administration spent taxpayer dollars throughout the year. The ...
Concerns over a resurgence of the Islamic State in Syria remain heightened following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime and an increase in attacks targeting U.S.-aligned Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). President-elect Donald Trump may well face another round against the extremist group as the SDF faces a reality in which it may have to divide its focus between ISIS ...