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Smithsonian museum director on hot seat over display of ‘crotch harness’
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History comes with a parental advisory warning, the museum's director told Congress on Wednesday, as she spent a second day struggling to defend a sexually charged exhibit that showed what one congresswoman called a "crotch harness."
Trump warns Houthis over Red Sea blockade, grapples with Hezbollah in Lebanon meeting
President Trump met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday to wind down fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and threatened to bomb Houthi rebels in Yemen if they enforce a blockade in the Red Sea.
Japan’s defense minister calls for debate on nuclear arms
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has urged his countrymen to consider a move unthinkable in the pacifist-leaning nation just a few years ago: adding nuclear arms to the country's arsenal.
Platner ally Troy Jackson stepping in to take on Sen. Susan Collins
Troy Jackson, a former state Senate president and fifth-generation logger, is poised to replace Graham Platner on the Democratic ticket in the U.S. Senate race in Maine.
Kevin Warsh in the land of Oz
Americans are like Dorothy in Oz. We expect the Wizard -- Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh -- to solve our toughest economic problems by manipulating interest rates.
U.S. lawmakers frustrated with Nigeria’s limited success protecting Christians from Islamic terror
Thankful families this month celebrated the July 10 rescue by the Nigerian army of dozens of abducted schoolchildren, but the latest progress in embattled President Bola Tinubu's three-year war on Islamic militants may be too little too late for some American lawmakers.
New Jersey finds 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote and hundreds voting
Thousands of noncitizens were added to New Jersey's voting rolls, and hundreds of them even cast ballots in the state's elections, Gov. Mikie Sherrill acknowledged Tuesday.
House speaker endorses bipartisan push to ban sexual relations between lawmakers, Capitol Hill staff
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he would back a bipartisan effort to ban lawmakers from engaging in sexual relations with congressional staff.
Epstein survivors call on Tillis, Cornyn to block Blanche nomination
A group of women victimized by Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring urged Republican Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn to vote against Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as attorney general.
Trump slaps 50% tariffs on new list of Canadian goods in response to boycotts of U.S. alcohol, dairy
President Trump plans to impose 50% tariffs on a variety of Canadian goods, such as hockey sticks and cement, in retaliation for Canada's treatment of American exports of alcohol, dairy and motor vehicles.
Is Mojtaba Khamenei still in Iran? Supreme leader’s whereabouts unclear as speculation grows
Where exactly is Mojtaba Khamenei?
Houthi blockade opens new front in Middle East war even as mediators work to salvage peace
The Houthis, a Yemen-based rebel faction backed by Iran, announced a new blockade of the Red Sea on Monday, potentially opening a new front in the U.S.-Iran war even as Pakistani and Qatari mediators work to broker a ceasefire.
Republicans flood Congress with bills to confront Supreme Court on birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court may have crushed President Trump's plans to restrict birthright citizenship, but congressional Republicans are seeking legislative alternatives that could restrict it in certain cases.
‘She’ll win’: Trump-endorsed Darline Graham jolts South Carolina’s lightning Senate primary
President Trump's surprise endorsement of Sen. Darline Graham to succeed her late big brother in the Senate pits his powerful influence against the conservative establishment in next month's speedy Republican primary.
More than 100 senior PLA officers purged for corruption, says Air Force think tank report
China's all-powerful civilian and military leader, Xi Jinping, has purged more than 100 senior military leaders in the past four years -- far more than the People's Liberation Army officially acknowledged, according to an Air Force think tank report.
Marco Rubio exposes radical leftism’s violent core
To a large degree in our society, radical left-wing ideology has been normalized -- so much so that the Democratic Socialists of America are openly taking root in the Democratic Party.
Trump urges House Republicans to unify on budget plan to pass SAVE America Act
President Trump is lobbying House Republicans to support a budget resolution needed to unlock the filibuster-proof reconciliation process that could help pass pieces of his priority election integrity legislation.
Political analysts see little chance of GOP renewing Planned Parenthood funding freeze
Political strategists on both sides of the abortion debate say there's little chance of Congress renewing a Trump administration freeze on federal funding to Planned Parenthood that expired this month.
The Democratic Socialists of America flexes its muscles in the Democratic Party
The Democratic Socialists of America, riding high from primary victories in several Democratic-run states, have unveiled a "Workers Deserve More" platform.
El-Sayed pushes back on Tapper’s Iran questions in contentious interview
Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, pushed back Sunday on questions by CNN host Jake Tapper in a contentious interview about Iran and Israel.
