Scandal leaves International Criminal Court grasping for legitimacy amid probe of Israel
The International Criminal Court, or ICC, is in the fight of its life. Its top prosecutor, Karim Khan, faces serious allegations of criminal misconduct, including claims of repeated sexual assault. Khan…
201 House Democrats vote against blocking Medicaid dollars for kids’ transgender surgeries
More than 200 House Democrats voted against banning Medicaid dollars from funding transgender treatments for minors. The Do No Harm in Medicaid Act was introduced by Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas,…
Magnitude ‘cannot be overstated’: Feds say Minnesota fraud may be more than $9B
In a Thursday press conference, federal authorities in Minnesota announced new charges in the fraud scandal that has grabbed national headlines and spoke on the scope of the crisis, saying…
China warns of rising war risk after historic US arms sale to Taiwan
China denounced the United States for approving an $11.1 billion weapons package for Taiwan, warning that the deal risks turning the island into a ‘powder keg’ and driving the region…
Board votes Kennedy Center to be renamed ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that the Kennedy Center’s board voted unanimously to rename the institution to the ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’ in recognition of what she described as…
Second lady Usha Vance secures provision to limit cellphone use in DoDEA classrooms
Second lady Usha Vance worked to ensure a provision limiting the use of cellphones in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) classrooms was included in the National Defense Authorization Act,…
Zelenskyy calls for US to respond to ‘signals’ Russia is ‘preparing to make next year a year of war’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday called for the U.S. and other allies to respond to bellicose ‘signals’ from Russia. ‘Today, we again heard signals from Moscow that they are…
DOJ faces Friday deadline to release Epstein files as lawmakers push for transparency
Congress may be winding down for the year, but senators are making one last push for the Trump administration to follow the law and release its trove of files and…
HHS unleashes sweeping crackdown on child ‘sex-rejecting procedures,’ threatens hospital, Medicaid funding
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a sweeping package of proposed regulatory actions Thursday to end ‘sex-rejecting procedures’ on minors as part of President Donald Trump’s…
Texas Republicans launch ‘Sharia Free America Caucus’ aimed at defending ‘Western civilization’
A pair of conservative lawmakers is launching a new group in the House of Representatives to ‘protect Western civilization in the United States,’ according to one of its founders. Reps.…