The House of Representatives voted to publicly rebuke retiring Rep. Chuy García, D-Ill., over his plan to handpick his successor. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., authored the resolution and said she disapproved of García’s actions. Twenty-three Democrats joined almost all Republicans to vote yes on the resolution. The legislation accuses García of “undermining the process […]
A House lawmaker is now calling for a new investigation into the attempted assassination of then-candidate Donald Trump, after newly surfaced online posts have been tied to gunman Thomas Crooks, according to a whistleblower who spoke to the New York Post. The social media imagery and screenshots were never released by the FBI, and the […]
NEW YORK — Isabelle Brourman’s art has been likened to that of the German Expressionists, painters like Ernst Kirchner and Max Beckmann who documented post-World War I Germany with fierce and vibrant brushstrokes. Major art collectors have purchased Brourman’s sketches, she had a solo show at New York City’s Will Shott Gallery, and her work […]
Congress approved a bill to disclose all Jeffrey Epstein case files, including court documents, internal communications and investigation records related to his death. The bill now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature, and once he signs it, a 30-day countdown to release the files begins. Plus, Trump rolled out the red carpet […]
President Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet Tuesday for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. It was a high-profile visit featuring military pomp, a trillion-dollar deal and one Oval Office moment that caught D.C.’s attention. It was the crown prince’s first time at the White House since the 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist […]
Federal investigators say the six construction workers killed in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse could have survived if they had been warned. It’s one of several new findings released Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) laid out the most detailed account yet of what went wrong before a cargo ship slammed into the […]
A rare Gustav Klimt portrait with a remarkable survival story just set auction records. Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold for $236.4 million after a 20-minute bidding war at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday — setting a new record as the second most expensive piece of modern art ever sold at auction. The 6-foot-tall portrait was […]
Larry Summers, the former treasury secretary and Harvard University president, announced he is resigning from the OpenAI board and leaving numerous other roles. The news comes after legislators released emails between Summers and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “In line with my announcement to step away from my public commitments, I have also decided to […]
The Trump administration has ordered 250 Border Patrol agents to New Orleans for an immigration crackdown dubbed “Swamp Sweep,” according to the Associated Press. The two-month mission — expected to begin Dec. 1 — aims to arrest roughly 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi. The deployment marks the latest escalation in the administration’s […]
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has condemned a recent wave of violence in the occupied West Bank, calling it “shocking and serious.” According to The Washington Post, Herzog said the attacks against Palestinians by Jewish settlers crossed a red line. Herzog’s comments followed a series of incidents, including arson at a mosque in Deir Istiya and […]
