Politics

(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Though Republicans held a presidential primary election in Michigan on Tuesday, their delegates to the Republican National Convention will officially be allocated on Saturday at a state convention. Former President Donald Trump is running against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for the delegates, though he beat her by double digits […]

Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI will examine what may be debris from a balloon found by fishermen off the coast of Alaska, multiple sources familiar with the matter said Friday. The fishing vessel carrying the debris is expected to return to shore sometime this weekend, sources said, at which […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday said the U.S. would carry out airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza in the coming days. Speaking in an Oval Office meeting with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, he referred to what he called the “tragic and alarming event” in North Gaza on Thursday in which more than […]

Alexander Welscher/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is expected to lift its flight ban on V-22 Osprey as early as next week, clearing the way for the services to fly the tilt-rotor aircraft once again after nearly three months after it was grounded. The decision was briefed to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin […]

(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — The University of Florida has eliminated all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) positions at the university, according to an administrative memo that was released Friday. The memo cites a recent state ban on the use of public funds for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, activities and policies — as well as activities […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former Gov. Nikki Haley on Friday morning reiterated her promise to stay in the presidential primary race through Super Tuesday and said running as an independent on the third-party presidential movement No Labels ticket wouldn’t work for her. Haley — who has recently lost to former President Donald Trump in primaries in Michigan […]

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday passed a short-term funding bill that averts a partial government shutdown that was expected late Friday night. The final vote tally was 77-13. The measure now heads to the president’s desk. The new funding deadlines for the government spending bills are now March 8 and March […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are both visiting the southern border on Thursday, with the issue of the border and high rates of illegal immigration as a flashpoint between them in the race for the White House. The Biden campaign slammed Trump in a statement ahead of his border visit […]

(WASHINGTON) — Democrats helped Speaker Mike Johnson to pass a short-term funding bill in the House to avert a government shutdown before a Friday deadline — but it only kicks the can down the road for a week. The House voted 320-99 in bipartisan fashion to approve the short-term continuing resolution, pushing the funding deadlines […]

(WASHINGTON) — Facing angry lawmakers for the first time since his cancer diagnosis, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified Thursday that he takes “full responsibility” for keeping the White House in the dark when he underwent surgery and later when he was admitted to the intensive care unit after suffering complications. “Again, we did not handle […]