The Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to ratify Finland and Sweden’s membership in NATO, in a show of bipartisan support for the Western alliance’s expansion spurred on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The chamber approved the resolution 95-1 with the sole objection coming from Republican […]

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PHOENIX — Arizona voters relegated House Speaker Rusty Bowers to the history books after the conservative Republican crossed former President Donald Trump and refused to back his unsupported claims that he lost in 2020 because of fraud. Bowers was thoroughly trounced in Tuesday’s GOP primary, […]

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A group of biotech investors and doctors are warning that the Senate’s drug-pricing proposal, aimed at lowering skyrocketing prices, would “strike a huge blow” to patient access and halt research on new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease and cancer. Democratic senators last month announced […]

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, said he would have liked to join Speaker Nancy Pelosi on her Taiwan congressional delegation, noting that no Republicans attended. Mr. McCarthy said bringing a bipartisan delegation to Taiwan in an effort to send a message to Beijing […]

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Republican senators teed off against Democrats’ $740 billion climate and tax spending package Wednesday, intensifying their campaign to derail the legislation as the lone Democratic holdout faced mounting pressure from both sides of the aisle. Centrist Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is Republicans’ last […]

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Most Americans favor the major provisions of the Democratic bill endorsed last week by Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia on climate change, health care and taxes, according to a new poll. The Yahoo News/YouGov poll published Tuesday found that 47% of respondents favored […]

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The country’s largest oil companies are back under the spotlight of House Democrats following another quarter of record profits for the industry, thanks to persistently high prices of oil, natural gas and gasoline. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. sent a letter […]

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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has asked an evangelical university in Seattle to turn over a wide range of documents relating to LGBTQ hiring and alleged discrimination. But Seattle Pacific University has filed a federal lawsuit to block the probe, which its attorneys contend […]

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A ship carrying Ukrainian grain has departed the Black Sea for the first time since the start of Russia’s invasion, with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken calling it a “significant step” in moving millions of tons of grain that have been stuck in Ukraine’s […]

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed Taiwan as a model for democracy and a “strong contrast to what’s happening on mainland China” as she met Wednesday with President Tsai Ing-wen as part of her high-stakes visit to the island. Mrs. Pelosi pledged to maintain U.S. solidarity […]

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Legendary broadcaster Vin Scully died Tuesday at age 94, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced on social media. pic.twitter.com/FloR9dBhZj — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 3, 2022 • Victor Morton can be reached at vmorton@washingtontimes.com. Copyright © 2022 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint […]

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Rep. Haley Stevens, a first-term lawmaker, defeated Rep. Andy Levin in a Michigan Democratic House primary Tuesday night that pitted the two incumbents against one another. Ms. Stevens, 39, declared victory when she opened a double-digit lead in the primary battle. Ms. Stevens had  60% […]

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Kansas voters rejected Tuesday a ballot measure to remove abortion rights from the state constitution, handing a resounding victory to the pro-choice movement in the first popular vote on the issue since the fall of Roe v. Wade. With 90% of the vote counted, the […]

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State Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Missouri GOP Senate race Tuesday, emerging victorious in a crowded field of candidates that included disgraced former Gov. Eric Greitens and Rep. Vicky Hartzler. Mr. Schmitt won the election a day after former President Trump announced he had […]

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Apparently pop diva Demi Lovato is also pronoun-fluid. The former Disney Channel star told Spout podcast host Tamara Dhia in an interview posted Monday that she has reincorporated “she/her” after updating her pronouns last year on Instagram to “they/them.” Asked about her pronouns, Ms. Lovato […]

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The White House on Tuesday said it expects China to “continue to react over a longer-term horizon” over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, signaling that the high-profile stopover could cast a far-reaching shadow over already tense U.S.-China relations for the foreseeable future. Minutes […]

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The United States on Tuesday announced new penalties targeting top Russian business figures, a private enterprise and a financial institution that helped a Moscow-backed investment fund evade sanctions as the war in Ukraine continues to grind on after five months. The new sanctions, announced by […]

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You may want to leave that frozen pizza or ice cream in the freezer aisle. A new study has found that eating processed foods could contribute to cognitive decline if they consist of more than 20% of your daily calorie intake, according to CNN. Researchers […]

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Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia has secured a deal for a long-sought $6.6 billion natural gas pipeline in his home state in exchange for his support of a broader tax and climate spending bill. Source: Tammy Bruce  9 total views,  1 views today

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When there’s heavy rain, human waste from the pond of sewage across the street from Charlie Mae Holcomb’s home covers her front yard in rural Alabama. She can’t remember how many times she’s had to rip the flooring out of her small brick house because […]

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