Politics

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was criticized late Tuesday after a video emerged of him at a press conference in Ecuador calling a record number of drug seizures in the country a "good news, bad news" story. Blinken was participating in a joint press conference with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Mauricio... Read more

The U.S. Defense Secretary's itinerary to Eastern Europe was bound to anger Moscow, which announced it was shuttering its NATO mission and kicking NATO diplomats out of Moscow."We don't have proper conditions for basic diplomatic activities," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.  Moscow blames NATO for not being interested in... Read more

President Joe Biden’s nominee for Comptroller of the Currency in the Department of Treasury once used a strong epithet to refer to those in the financial services industry, raising questions about her objectivity if confirmed to the post."The financial services industry, in my view, and I don’t think I’m alone... Read more

Glenn Youngkin lays out his education plan Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin laid out his education plan on Tuesday night, addressing teacher pay, higher standards for students, a ban on critical race theory in schools, and concerns about alleged sexual assaults involving a male student in a girls' restroom.BURKE,... Read more

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, along with 16 other state attorneys general, penned a letter to President Biden and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding the federal government cease efforts to intimidate parents into silence at school board meetings."Your recent action seeks to chill lawful dissent by parents voiced during... Read more

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., was indicted Tuesday for allegedly lying to investigators who were looking into foreign donations to his congressional campaign.Fortenberry, who represents Nebraska's 1st Congressional District, was charged with one count of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal... Read more

A California school district sent an email to parents telling them their children will be forced eat lunch outside in the rain due to coronavirus restrictions."Rain is forecasted this week which will present an added challenge to our lunch routines," Patwin Elementary School Principal Gay Bourguignon notified parents this week.... Read more

EXCLUSIVE: The man who allegedly raped a woman in front of passengers on a Philadelphia area-train already has a criminal record and had overstayed his student visa – but was protected from deportation by the immigration system.Tucker Carlson Tonight has confirmed that Fiston Ngoy, who was arrested last week for... Read more

The House Jan. 6 select committee voted Tuesday night to recommend that Steve Bannon, a one-time top adviser to former President Donald Trump, be held in contempt of Congress over his refusal to cooperate with an ongoing investigation into the Capitol riot.The panel’s unanimous recommendation will advance to the full... Read more

In the final weeks before Election Day, more than 300 Black churches across Virginia have agreed to play a video in which Vice President Kamala Harris urges churchgoers to vote after the services for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe — a move that some experts claim violates the law.Some... Read more