December 5, 2023, 1:31pm Nation & World
Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced Tuesday that he’s ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, following heavy criticism from many of his colleagues about the toll it was taking on military families and clearing the way for hundreds of nominations to be approved soon. Read story
December 5, 2023, 1:30pm Latest News Updated 1 day ago
President Joe Biden struck back at Donald Trump on Tuesday, warning that democracy is “more at risk in 2024" and telling donors that the former president and his allies are determined to “destroy” democratic institutions. Read story
December 5, 2023, 10:53am Latest News Updated 1 day ago
Vice President Kamala Harris broke a nearly 200-year-old record for casting the most tiebreaking votes in the Senate when she voted Tuesday to confirm a new federal judge in Washington, D.C. Read story
December 5, 2023, 10:52am Nation & World
In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department said Tuesday it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of recent attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Read story
December 5, 2023, 10:52am Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson told fellow Republicans on Tuesday that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy would be their “hill to die on” in negotiations over President Joe Biden’s nearly $106 billion package for the wars in Ukraine and Israel and other security needs. Read story
December 5, 2023, 10:49am Latest News
The U.S. House will vote next week on formally authorizing its impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday, asserting Republicans have “no choice” but to push ahead as the White House has rebuffed their requests for information. Read story
December 5, 2023, 10:47am Politics
Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday it has identified the eight service members lost when their Osprey crashed off the coast of Japan last week and was now focused on recovering all of their bodies and the aircraft debris. Read story
December 5, 2023, 8:05am Nation & World
The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said Tuesday, the latest of many U.S. announcements the last week aimed at combatting climate change. Read story