Donald Trump promised in a campaign video released Tuesday to end birthright citizenship on “day one” of his presidency if he wins the 2024 election. The former president claimed the constitutional guarantee of US citizenship for anyone born on US soil, regardless of their parents’ immigration status, ‘didn’t work’ in a long screed filled with … Read more
A woman who accused Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race of sexual assault appeared in Moscow on Tuesday and said she was asking President Vladimir Putin for Russian citizenship. Tara Reade, who worked in current President Biden’s congressional office for a short time in 1993, said she wanted to stay in Russia after a … Read more
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (right) has made ‘woke’ a central part of his identity and a key to his 2024 presidential aspirations, even using the word seven times in 20 seconds at an event the month last. But MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace didn’t have her final attempt to use it as a talking point. On Tuesday, … Read more
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Wednesday ahead of Congress’s vote on an agreement to avoid a government debt default, while a slowdown in Chinese factory activity worsened, adding signs that global economic activity is weakening. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney fell. Oil prices have fallen. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index edged … Read more
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Qatari prime minister held secret talks with the Taliban’s supreme leader this month on resolving tensions with the international community, a source briefed on the meeting said, signaling a new resolve among Afghan leaders to discuss ways to end their isolation. The May 12 meeting in Kandahar city, … Read more
Andrei Rudakov/Bloomberg Oil prices fell on Tuesday as concerns over demand for the commodity accelerated. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 5% to $69.02 a barrel. Two of the nine Republicans on the House Rules Committee have signaled their opposition to the debt ceiling agreement. Oil prices fell on Tuesday as demand worries gathered pace on … Read more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton before the Supreme CourtThe Washington Post/Getty Images Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached on Saturday. Many members of the Texas House who voted to impeach him were themselves Republicans. The vote reveals a larger split between the far-right and moderate wings of the GOP. After eight years of surrounding … Read more
Several Justice Department whistleblowers have come forward to Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley as part of his ongoing investigation into Biden family business practices, according to three sources familiar with the matter, including a former Justice Department tax official. . The sources told CBS News that the whistleblower disclosures raised concerns about the Hunter Biden surveywith … Read more
The debt ceiling agreement negotiated by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy removed a major procedural hurdle on Tuesday night, just days before a potential default by the US government. The House Rules Committee has given the go-ahead for the Fiscal Responsibility Act to go to the full House so members can schedule … Read more
Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), left, with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), who faces a challenge to get the debt ceiling agreement passed. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press) Despite the scathing rhetoric that preceded last weekend’s debt and budget deal, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden stand to benefit politically. Biden and McCarthy and their aides were … Read more