Thousands of opponents of abortion rights gathered on a snow-covered National Mall Friday to participate in the 51st annual March for Life‚ headlined by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). The participants gathered for the largest anti-abortion event in the country under the theme “With every woman‚ for every child.”  Johnson and House Pro-Life Caucus Chair Chris Smith (R-N.J.) focused their speeches on  two anti-abortion bills that passed the House Thursday‚ focused on...

Thousands of opponents of abortion rights rallied under falling snow on Friday at the annual March for Life‚ as speakers urged the impassioned crowd to capitalize on the movement’s major victory in the Supreme Court and keep fighting until abortion is eliminated. Months before a presidential election that could be heavily influenced by abortion politics‚ anti-abortion activists packed the National Mall carrying signs with messages such as “Life is precious” and “I am the pro-life generation...

In the latest dig at his rival for the Republican presidential nomination‚ Donald Trump mocked Nikki Haley’s birth name‚ Nimrata Randhawa‚ adding her to the list of foes he’s targeted with racist attacks. The former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador has long used her middle name Nikki and adopted the surname Haley after her marriage in 1996. But Trump repeatedly referred to Haley as “Nimbra” in a Truth Social rant‚ insisting she “doesn’t have what it takes” to be president.

Iran and Pakistan traded missile attacks over the past week‚ supposedly as part of each nation’s efforts to disrupt violence by ethnic separatist groups. The strikes arrived against a backdrop of spiraling conflict in the Middle East‚ meaning any further violence could risk expanding that fighting. To be clear‚ there’s no specific‚ concrete tie between Iran’s conflict with Pakistan and the wider conflicts in the Middle East‚ which include Israel’s war in Gaza as well as a tit-for-tat...

Former first lady Melania Trump delivered a moving eulogy for her mother‚ with many heaping praise on her speech. Amalija Knavs‚ died on January 9 at the age of 78 from an undisclosed illness‚ and the family held a private funeral for her in Palm Beach‚ Florida‚ on Thursday. Former U.S. President Donald Trump was in attendance as was their 17-year-old son‚ Barron.

A Texas prosecutor has convened a grand jury to investigate the Uvalde school shooting that killed 21 people‚ multiple media reported Friday. Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell told the San Antonio Express-News that a grand jury will review evidence related to the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022 that left 19 children and two teachers dead. She did not disclose what the grand jury will focus on‚ the newspaper reported. Mitchell did not immediately respond to emailed...

A deal to reduce taxes for businesses and increase the child tax credit (CTC) made it out of the House Ways and Means Committee with broad bipartisan support Friday. The tax deal advanced with 40 votes in favor and only three opposed. A last-minute substitution amendment to the $79 billion tax bill tweaked it slightly‚ bringing its total savings to $399 million from $262 million over the 10-year budget window‚ according to the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT). The cost of the proposal...

The S&;P 500 closed at an all-time high on Friday as investors returned to buying equities in force following a short-lived market stumble to start the new year. The broad market index rose 1.23% to settle at 4‚839.81‚ surpassing both the prior record intraday and closing highs from January 2022. Meanwhile‚ the Dow Jones Industrial Average‚ which set its own record at the end of last year‚ added 395.19 points‚ or 1.05%‚ to end at 37‚863.80. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.70% to 15‚...

A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that there were major flaws in the government’s tracking of foreign land purchases‚ exposing the United States to national security risks. The report‚ which was requested by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture‚ said that the Department of Agriculture does “not share timely data on foreign investments in agricultural land‚” and that the processes in place for sharing the data are...

Did you hear that Andrew Yang‚ the ninth-place contestant in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries and fourth-place finisher in New York City's 2021 mayoral primary‚ endorsed Rep. Dean Phillips (D–Minn.) for president in New Hampshire Thursday? Probably not‚ but here's the quote anyway: "Joe Biden has been an accomplished and substantial president. I endorsed him and voted for him in 2020 and was even a campaign surrogate‚" Yang‚ the founder of the Forward Party‚ said in his prepared...