"One thing we have to consider, and we believe the intelligence community is considering as an explanation, is that these could be balloons tied to commercial or research entities and therefore totally benign," Kirby said.
More than half of Republicans either agree with or sympathize with Christian nationalism, according to a recent survey by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institute.
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson (D) called one member of the House GOP a "white supremacist" after the member told Pearson he violated dress code by wearing a West African shirt.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are both reportedly considering presidential campaign launches as the 2024 Republican primary field begins to take shape.
The Biden administration has started to grant states’ requests to utilize Medicaid funding to pay for nonmedical but health-related needs like groceries and housing support in order to decrease the need for medical intervention.