President Biden's previous promises to "shut down the virus" have slowly been walked back after the discovery of the omicron variant, with the president saying the United States will need to "beat it back" before we "shut it down." Biden routinely promised on the campaign trail that he would "shut …...Read More

The bars are shut in Vienna , and the Christmas market is empty in Munich , as several European nations tighten up or even lock down to combat a spike in coronavirus infections. Meanwhile in London, couples sip mulled wine at a seasonal market near the River Thames, full-capacity audiences …...Read More

The Supreme Court has agreed to expedite and hear procedural elements of two challenges to Texas' new anti-abortion law, which effectively bans most abortions after six weeks. One case is the Department of Justice's challenge against the Texas law, and the other is by an organization called Whole Women's Health. …...Read More

Sen. Joe Manchin said Thursday that he never considered leaving the Democratic Party as a tactic in negotiations over his party's spending plans, as Mother Jones reported this week, but that he instead discussed becoming an independent to avoid embarrassing other Democrats. "The only thing that was ever said that …...Read More

President Biden is traveling to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to pitch his agenda amid reports that he has privately informed Democratic lawmakers that he will slash his proposed spending plan by nearly a trillion dollars in order to garner support from both progressives and moderate Democrats in …...Read More

U.S. Army veteran, former NFL player and Arkansas Senate primary candidate Jake Bequette said it is "shocking" to him that the Biden administration and Democrats have "tried to move on" from the "crisis" in Afghanistan, slamming officials for "attempting to legitimize a murderous regime." Bequette, during an interview with Fox …...Read More

A federal judge on Monday denied a last-minute bid by more than three dozen state employees, health care providers and school staff to temporarily stop the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon rejected their motion for a temporary restraining order, marking the first federal judge’s ruling …...Read More

In a nearly party-line vote Friday, the House of Representatives approved a Democrat-backed bill to guarantee a woman's right to abortion nationwide, which goes even further than Roe v. Wade in an effort to stem the tide of pro-life legislation on the state level. A GOP-led motion to recommit – …...Read More

Pro-Israel Democrats are pushing back after far-left members of the party successfully pushed to have $1 billion in funding for the Iron Dome missile defense system stripped from a spending bill last week. After members of the so-called "Squad" of House members led by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rashida …...Read More

Tuesday is decision day in California's recall election of embattled Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom, who was overwhelmingly elected governor in 2018 in the heavily blue state of California, is facing a recall sparked last year mainly over accusations that he mishandled his state’s response to the coronavirus. NEWSOM'S CLOSING …...Read More