California lawmakers are scheduled to vote on a legislative bill providing aid to wildfire survivors after rejecting an ambitious proposal by Governor Gavin Newsom. The governor's failed plan would have limited electrical utility companies' financial liability for equipment-sparked blazes and barred insurance companies from suing utilities for reimbursements. Newsom acknowledged...
The United States and New Zealand have agreed to co-fund a port development project on Penrhyn Atoll in the Cook Islands, committing fifty million dollars and ten million dollars respectively. Announced by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, the infrastructure initiative builds upon the Critical Minerals Framework signed earlier...
A divided United States Supreme Court voted five to four on Monday to allow the Trump administration to continue construction on a four hundred million dollar White House ballroom project. The high court decision lifted lower court orders that had previously halted above ground work on the controversial development. The...
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submitted his formal resignation to President Donald Trump following mounting internal tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The White House confirmed the major departure on Monday, concluding Driscoll during his eighteen month tenure leading the military branch. Administration officials praised his contributions to military readiness...
U.S. House lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill following a five-week summer recess, facing an immediate legislative showdown over federal funding alongside surging foreign policy crises. The return of Congress coincides with heightened domestic tension as Republican leadership attempts to advance a stopgap spending bill to prevent a government shutdown before...
The United States Department of State is coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security to revoke the non-immigrant visas of up to 200,000 foreign nationals. The initiative targets individuals who entered the country legally on short-term visitor visas but subsequently filed applications for asylum. If fully executed, the action will...
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday that the U.S. military has no plans to deploy federal troops or federalized National Guard personnel to polling places during the November 2026 midterm elections. In a letter to Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Caine also said the Joint...
Vice President JD Vance addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on Monday, aiming to ease conservative Jewish activists' concerns regarding his foreign policy views on Israel. The closed-door meeting occurred amid heightened sensitivities over antisemitism and U.S.-Israel relations ahead of midterm elections. Activists expressed discomfort over past remarks...
House lawmakers returned to Washington on Aug. 31 facing an agenda led by a Senate-passed stopgap spending bill intended to prevent a federal government shutdown after Sept. 30. The Senate measure, approved 90-6 on Aug. 8, would fund agencies through Dec. 11 and includes provisions addressing federal grants, border funding...
Voters across Massachusetts headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide a competitive Democratic primary contest for the United States Senate between incumbent Senator Ed Markey and challenger Representative Seth Moulton. Markey, seeking a third full term, defended his legislative record on progressive policies while drawing endorsements from prominent national...
