Politics

U.S. Department of Transportation (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced Tuesday a multi-part push to hold the freight rail industry accountable in the wake of the East Palestine train derailment. In its announcement, the Department of Transportation set out proposals for the railroad industry, the DOT itself and Congress to follow to improve […]

John Lamparski/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams greeted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with a sarcastic tweet Monday morning ahead of the GOP star’s visit to the borough of Staten Island. Adams, a Democrat, has feuded with the Florida governor repeatedly over DeSantis sending migrants to the Northeast and the state’s […]

Evan Vucci/Pool/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Monday made a surprise visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, to reiterate America’s commitment for the war-torn country one year after Russia’s invasion. Biden’s previously unannounced trip adds him to the list of sitting U.S. presidents who visited a war zone — a list that includes […]

EVAN VUCCI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following President Joe Biden’s surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Monday, senior members of his administration detailed the security discussions that led up to the decision to go on the trip and the content of the meetings Biden had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over […]

DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — President Joe Biden on Monday made an unannounced visit to war-torn Ukraine, arriving in Kyiv as the United States’ signals its ongoing support ahead of the anniversary of Russia’s invasion. Biden planned to meet for extended discussions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials, he said in […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election has recommended to prosecutors that they seek indictments against witnesses who they believe may have lied during their testimony, according to excerpts of the grand jury’s […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday pushed the Biden administration to provide more aid to Ukraine after Vice President Kamala Harris said Russia was committing “crimes against humanity” in its invasion. “I believe a decision will be imminent here when we get back to Washington that the administration will start training […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman on Wednesday checked himself into a Washington hospital “to receive treatment for clinical depression,” his chief of staff said on Thursday. “While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,” Adam Jentleson said in a statement. Jentleson said […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Lindsey Graham and Sheldon Whitehouse on Thursday called for Congress to have the Russian-backed paramilitary Wagner group formally labeled as terrorists. The bipartisan trio want to pass the HARM Act ahead of next week’s one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, they said during a joint press […]

Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach/U.S. Navy (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Navy has ended operations to recover part of the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down earlier this month over the ocean off the South Carolina coast, the U.S. Northern Command said Friday. “Recovery operations concluded Feb. 16 off the coast of South […]