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House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi talks with Alex Wagner about Speaker Mike Johnson trying to supply Republican legislators a red meat political stunt to distract constituents from their historically unproductive year by pushing a baseless impeachment of President Joe Biden. View comments

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Japan’s new Chief of Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu announces new cabinet members at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo By John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -A top Japanese minister embroiled in allegations of missing funds survived a no-confidence motion on Tuesday with embattled premier Fumio Kishida…

© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he steps from Air Force One upon his arrival in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 5, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – President Joe Biden kicked off a three-day, star-studded fundraising trip in California on Friday by mocking Republican frontrunner Donald…

© Reuters. An Israeli soldier looks on from a Merkava tank while operating in a location given as Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in this handout picture released on December 7, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Han By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has asked Congress to…

The walls appear to be caving in on the University of Pennsylvania’s president, Liz Magill, who faces scathing criticism over her performance at a House hearing earlier this week.Prominent donor Ross Stevens threatened to claw back a $100 million donation. The university’s board of trustees held an emergency meeting Thursday. And the powerful Wharton Board…

Editor’s Note: Todd Graham is a professor of debate at Southern Illinois University. His teams have won five national championships; he’s been named the national debate coach of the year three times and been presented with the lifetime achievement award in academia and debate. You can find him at his website, on Facebook and on Twitter. The views expressed in this commentary…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walks down the White House colonnade to the Oval Office with U.S. President Joe Biden during a visit to the White House in Washington, U.S., September 21, 2023. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden pleaded…

© Reuters. The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-led U.S. Senate is due to vote later on Wednesday to try to advance security assistance for Ukraine and Israel, despite Republicans’ determination to block the bill in a battle over immigration…

By Tim Reid(Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will not become a dictator if he becomes U.S. president again except “on day one”, after warnings from Democrats and some Republicans that America was in danger of becoming an autocracy if he wins the 2024 election.Republican presidential candidate Trump had to be asked…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The field of candidates onstage for the fourth Republican presidential debate will be the smallest yet.Four hopefuls will participate in Wednesday night’s debate at the Moody Music Hall at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, according to the Republican National Committee.To qualify for the fourth debate, candidates needed at least 6%…