A summary of the most important social, economic and political news of the week.
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As President-elect Trump plans to resume federal executions, President Biden has now commuted sentences for most of those on federal death row. These prisoners will remain in prison for life, without the possibility of parole. “Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts,
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In typical Washington-meets-Broadway theatrics, the House of Representatives, responsible for D.C.’s purse strings, ran the government shut-down clock to a few minutes past the midnight deadline. The first Continuing Resolution bill (intended to only extend current government spending) was 1,547 pages and full of new initiatives, a
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Video footage pours in nightly from New Jersey residents concerned about the SUV-size drones flying over their state. Local officials have suggested there have been hundreds of sightings, with one mayor mentioning 180 drones flying over the state.1 According to a Department of Defense statement on Saturday, “Right now,
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Last Sunday, President Biden pardoned his son Hunter, who faced federal tax evasion and gun charges. President Biden had said numerous times that he would not pardon his son, most clearly saying in June, “I abide by the jury decision. I will do that, and I will not pardon him.
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Last Sunday, President Biden approved Ukraine to use U.S.-made ATACMS long-range missiles against Russian and North Korean forces in Russia's Kursk territory. On Tuesday, Russian President Putin responded by lowering Russia’s threshold for using nuclear weapons. Russia then reported that Ukraine had shot six of
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Republicans successfully ran the table in the elections last week, securing a majority in the Senate and House, and of course the presidency. The New Administration President-elect Donald Trump has begun naming his cabinet. Some names are quite conventional; others couldn’t be more disruptive and will likely face trouble
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On Tuesday, in a landslide election and historic comeback, Donald J. Trump was re-elected as the 47th U.S. President. He carried all battleground states (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada), and won the popular vote by nearly 4 million votes. He’ll be the first president
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With three days till polls open, statistician Nate Silver gives Donald Trump a 51.1% chance of winning at least the 270 electoral votes necessary to become the second U.S. president in history to serve two non-consecutive terms. Many polls put the election at a statistical tie. Meanwhile, Vice
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With just 10 days until the election, new Wall Street Journal and Forbes polls both show former President Trump at +2% nationally. New CNN and New York Times polling shows him tied with Vice-President Harris nationally. The Real Clear Politics average in battleground states shows Trump just ahead of Harris.
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Israeli officials announced Thursday that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, architect of last year’s October 7th attack, had been killed in Gaza by Israeli forces. “Hamas will no longer rule Gaza,” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu celebrated, while saying that the war is not yet over. “Today we have settled the
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“Although the Middle East remains beset with perennial challenges, the region is quieter than it has been for decades,” White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan wrote a year ago for Foreign Affairs. Before the article had even been released, Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel that became the
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On Tuesday night, Senator JD Vance and Governor Tim Walz debated as the vice-president picks of former President Donald Trump and Vice-President Harris, respectively. Most VP debates are considered generally inconsequential, and this debate had 25% less viewership than the 2020 VP debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris. Both