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Latin America swerved to the left and dictators received a blank check — amid unprecedented migration.

White House health officials are cautioning against a rush to panic over the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, which has rapidly grown to account for 40 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases, with officials stating it is not yet known if this version is more dangerous. As of last week, the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant is responsible for at...

Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) said she voted “present” in Wednesday’s Speaker votes to push Republicans to return to deliberations, as the party remains divided on Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid for the Speakership. “My concern is that … we didn’t come together yet,” Spartz told reporters. “So, we have to go back to the conference...

The Biden administration must demonstrate its support for Cuban democracy, not the dictatorship's fabricated stability, which amounts to thinly veiled blackmail.

President Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House next week as Japan boosts its defense spending amid growing security risks in East Asia regarding North Korea and China. The president will welcome Kishida on Friday, Jan. 13, to discuss a "range of regional and global issues" and to "deepen ties"...

President Biden on Wednesday called it “embarrassing” that the vote for House Speaker is “taking so long” following three ballots the day before in which Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) failed to cinch the leadership post, leaving the new Congress in limbo. “It’s a little embarrassing it’s taking so long, and the way they are dealing...

Rep. Nancy Mace (S.C.) branded fellow Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) a “political D-Lister" and knocked him for his opposition to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) during Tuesday’s Speaker votes.   “@RepMattGaetz full ego was on display today. He’s going to screw around and get another [Rep. Nancy] Pelosi [D-Calif.] elected Speaker. I’ll have a lot more to say about this political...

The dynamic always seems to be the same in the House. Ideologues on one end of the intellectual spectrum hijack the broad majority’s agenda with concerns of their own. And when seats are so evenly distributed between the parties, a small handful of votes can be determinative. The Democrats weren’t able to move forward without...

Former President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his wife, former Trump administration Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, for “unnecessary turmoil” within the GOP in the wake of House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy's (Calif.) failure to win the lower chamber's Speakership. “There is so much unnecessary turmoil in the Republican Party,” Trump...

A majority of Republican voters believe the party should move on from Ronna McDaniel and elect a new chairperson for the Republican National Committee (RNC), according to a new poll from a conservative grassroots group. A survey by Convention of States Action conducted by the Trafalgar Group in late December found roughly 73 percent of...