Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted into the critical care unit for a bladder issue Sunday night after transferring his duties to the deputy Defense secretary earlier Sunday‚ Walter Reed Military Medical Center officials announced. Austin‚ 70‚ underwent a series of tests and evaluations Sunday night at Walter Reed after showing symptoms “suggesting an emergent bladder issue” earlier in the day‚ the hospital’s doctors said in a statement. He was later admitted into the critical care...

Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to extend the delay in his election interference trial‚ saying he is immune from prosecution on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. His lawyers filed an emergency appeal with the court on Monday‚ just four days after the justices heard Trump’s separate appeal to remain on the presidential ballot despite attempts to kick him off because of his efforts following his election loss in 2020. “Without immunity from...

Patti Davis‚ daughter of former President Ronald Reagan‚ said he doesn’t think her father would be embraced by today’s Republican Party ― and that the feeling would be mutual. “I don’t think he would... and I don’t see how he would want to be in it‚” she told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Sunday. “It’s so diametrically opposed to what he believed and to the dignity that he felt that people in government should have.” She mentioned Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) trying to get into a physical fight...

President Biden's re-election campaign officially launched its TikTok account on Sunday with a Super Bowl-themed video. Why it matters: The move comes after Axios first reported in November that the Biden campaign has been weighing joining the app to reach younger voters on the platform‚ despite data security concerns surrounding the Chinese-owned company. Driving the news: In a video captioned "lol hey guys‚" Biden answered fun Super Bowl related questions such as "game or commercials"...

President Biden has expressed growing frustrations behind closed doors over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his refusal to scale back Israel’s military ambitions in Gaza‚ according to an NBC News report. Biden‚ in private conversations‚ has said Netanyahu is “giving him hell” as the White House seeks to broker a cease-fire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and negotiate a longer-term plan for peace in the Gaza Strip‚ NBC News reported Monday‚ citing five...

As mortgage rates hit two-decade highs in October and for a significant part of November‚ home affordability remained at its lowest level in more than 10 years‚ according to the the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Interest on a home loan hovered at or around 8 percent in the fall of 2023 but property prices remained high. This meant that for households earning a median income of a little over $96‚000‚ many homes were priced beyond their reach. The NAHB pointed out that about...

A preliminary analysis concluded that Russia hit Kyiv last week with the hypersonic Zircon missile‚ its first use in the nearly two-year-old war‚ the head of a Kyiv research institute said on Monday‚ presenting a new challenge to Ukraine's air defences. Oleksandr Ruvin‚ director of the Kyiv Scientific-Research Institute for Forensic Examinations‚ said on his Telegram channel that his institute completed a preliminary analysis of missile fragments from a Russian attack on Feb. 7. He...

Then-top Biden aide Susan Rice would privately slam fellow Cabinet member Xavier Becerra as a “b—h a–’’ and “idiot’’ over the migrant crisis — yet another sign of a White House in turmoil‚ a report said Monday. Rice insulted the Health and Human Services secretary and clashed with Vice President Kamala Harris‚ Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall and other officials while coordinating the administration’s border response as President Biden’s domestic policy adviser from...

Harvard University is set to host a United Nations official today who was just banned by Israel for her comments justifying Hamas’ October 7 slaughter of more than 1‚000 civilians as a “response to Israel’s oppression.” Francesca Albanese‚ the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories‚ was officially banned from Israel on Monday for stating days earlier that the Hamas attack had nothing to do with anti-Semitism‚ according to The Times of Israel. She is still scheduled‚ however‚...

Judge Scott McAfee said Monday that it is “possible” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could be disqualified based on evidence of alleged corruption presented by Trump co-defendant Michael Roman. Roman filed a motion last month claiming Willis benefited from appointing her romantic partner Nathan Wade as special prosecutor on the case against former President Donald Trump when he used funds earned from his “lucrative” contract to take her on vacations. McAfee said the evidence...