Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas refused to call the ongoing influx at the southern border a "crisis," saying that admitting the situation was a crisis would indicate a "withdrawal from our mission."
The Texas State University system this month ordered the withdrawal of its mandatory Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) statements for hiring in compliance with recent orders handed down by Texas’ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
The Biden administration has approved ConocoPhillips' Willow oil project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, allowing the company to establish three drill sites initially and generating controversy from environmentalists who argue that it breaks Biden's campaign promise to stop new oil drilling on public lands.
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews testified about being ignored and disregarded before a suicide bomber attack during the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, which resulted in the loss of American lives and has sparked outrage and condemnation towards the Biden administration.
Sam Bankman-Fried was hit with new criminal charges on Thursday, in an expanded indictment accusing the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of conspiring to make more than 300 illegal political donations.
Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the West must strap in for a “long” war against Russia and that allies should pour weapons and tanks into the conflict.
