Category: Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Haley Talks 2024, Foreign Policy, and Government Weaponization

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was in New Hampshire on June 28, taking part in a foreign policy discussion and New Hampshire GOP cookout featuring Gov. Chris Sununu. The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor was scheduled to conduct a town hall on June 27, but it was postponed until…


LIVE NOW: Blinken Hosts Talks for Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosts talks for Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov at 2:30 p.m. on June 29. …


Group That Won Supreme Court Case on Affirmative Action Holds Press Conference

Students for Fair Admissions, the Group that won the case on Affirmative Action against Harvard and University of North Carolina at the Supreme Court, holds a press conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 29 at the National Press Club in Washington. …


Trump, Other GOP Presidential Candidates Respond to Historic Affirmative Action Ruling

Former president Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates–including two who are ethnic minorities–lauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision declaring that colleges cannot use race when considering which students to admit. Because of the ruling nixing this type of affirmative action policy, Trump called June 29 “a great day for America.” “People with extraordinary…


Trump: ‘Great Day for America’ As SCOTUS Rejects Affirmative Action in Colleges

Former president Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates–including two who are ethnic minorities–lauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision declaring that colleges cannot use race when considering which students to admit. Because of the ruling nixing this type of affirmative action policy, Trump called June 29 “a great day for America.” “People with extraordinary…


‘My Aunt’s Facebook Page Has More Credibility Than You Do’: Sen. Kennedy Grills Ethics Expert

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) criticized law professor Richard Painter for his history of making unsubstantiated claims about high-profile conservatives, at a Senate hearing on “Dollars and Degrees: Investigating Fossil Fuel Dark Money’s Systemic Threats to Climate and the Federal Budget” on June 21. …


House Oversight Chair Demands Suspicious Bank Records of Ukrainian Gas Company That Hired Hunter Biden

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is demanding that the U.S. Treasury Department turn over any suspicious activity reports (SARs) it has relating to Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company on whose board President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden sat. On June 28, Comer sent a letter (pdf) to Biden’s Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, demanding…


Asian Americans Rally for Landmark US Supreme Court Decision

Representatives of a coalition of organizations and Asian American community members rally at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 29, right after the release of the Supreme Court decision on the landmark cases of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and University of North Carolina at Chapel…


LIVE NOW: Asian Americans Rally for Historic US Supreme Court Decision

Representatives of a coalition of organizations and Asian American community members rally at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 29, right after the release of the Supreme Court decision on the landmark cases of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and University of North Carolina at Chapel…


3 Supreme Court Justices Dissent in Major Affirmative Action Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that colleges and universities cannot take race into consideration when granting admission, striking down decades of precedent. The case involved the admissions policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a public university, and Harvard University, a private Ivy League college. The court ruled 6–3, with Republican-appointed…