Politics

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who has been appointed to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, has an interesting history of proclaiming far-left positions and promoting conspiracy theories, including about the event he is investigating. No mere unbiased observer, he has claimed that U.S. Capitol Police and Sergeant at …

Senator John Thune, who serves as the Senate GOP whip and is a deputy of Mitch McConnell, decried punishing Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump as a form of “cancel culture.” Thune (R-SD), in an interview with the Associated Press, defended colleagues such as Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Ben …

Fox News’s Bill Hemmer claimed that if statues are removed, Democrats will cancel Bible characters next. Video of Hemmer: “If they start canceling these American presidents, they’re gonna come after Bible characters next. Mark my words” — Fox News “news side” host Bill Hemmer pic.twitter.com/qTPV0NERv8 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February …

“Senator Cruz was playing politics in 2012, trying to make himself look like the biggest conservative in the world,” Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said in 2017. “What I said at the time, both to him and to everyone else, was if you represent a coastal state, don’t do …

Child care remains an issue for working mothers, and it was a major theme of the round table on Thursday. Nearly 400,000 child care jobs have been lost since the outset of the pandemic, Ms. Harris said. The closings of small businesses and the loss of millions of jobs have …

The humanitarian crisis in Texas continued to rage on Thursday night, from ongoing power outages to a lack of access to safe drinking water. But the number of people losing their lives as a result of the winter emergency also continues to rise. As Harris County Judge Linda Hidalgo said …

Bob Dole, the former Republican senator and 1996 presidential nominee, announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer at the age of 97. Dole Reveals Cancer Diagnosis  In a brief statement, Dole said that he was only recently diagnosed, and that he will start treatment …

Amid much speculation about his future in politics and more specifically with the Republican Party, former President Donald Trump gave an interview to Newsmax indicating he could run for President again. During an interview with Newsmax’s Greg Kelly on Wednesday, the 45th President would not commit to a second White …

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized Governor Andrew Cuomo amid reports that Cuomo threatened a lawmaker who opposed the state’s decision not to immediately release data on Covid-19-related deaths in nursing homes. “It’s a sad thing to say, Mika, but that’s classic Andrew Cuomo. A lot of people …

(Related: Brooklyn Woman Fired From Job After Not Getting Vaccine Because She Wanted to Wait For More Data on Pregnancy Effects) Twenty years ago, when I was pregnant with my first child, I transformed into a total health nut. A lifelong couch potato, I started exercising, enrolled in Lamaze classes …