A new House Republican bill seeks to narrow legal immigration by ending the diversity visa lottery and shifting to a merit-based points system. ... Read full Story
Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Julie Davis will leave her post in June, the State Department told The Hill, retiring after a 30-year tenure as a career foreign service officer. State Department spokesperson Tommy Piggot rejected reporting by the Financial Times that Davis, who also serves as ambassador to Cyprus, is exiting her post over... ... Read full Story
The ADC faces renewed scrutiny as Rep. Rashida Tlaib alleges sexual harassment and a former board member claims retaliation for raising concerns. ... Read full Story
"Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary supports Trump's White House ballroom plan, citing security concerns after the Correspondents' Dinner shooting. ... Read full Story
Chicago-area officials released more than 400 illegal immigrants tied to crimes to prevent ICE from apprehending them, records obtained by AFL show. ... Read full Story
Ex-FBI special agent Nicole Parker says the case against former FBI Director James Comey could be hard to prove but a conviction is possible. ... Read full Story
King Charles delivers a historic speech to Congress celebrating America's semiquincentennial while navigating tensions in the US-UK relationship. ... Read full Story
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles launched an official X account on Tuesday to share “occasional updates” about the Trump administration. “I’m joining X to share occasional updates about the work we do at the White House,” Wiles wrote in her first post from the official account. “We are relentlessly focusing on advancing President... ... Read full Story
President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that their question about a Wednesday Supreme Court ruling on a Louisiana congressional district that weakens the Voting Rights Act was the first time he heard of the decision. “When did it come out? I’ve been with the astronauts. I’ve been with contractors, because we’re trying to... ... Read full Story
Rep. Tom Emmer slams Gov. Tim Walz for claiming credit for Minneapolis fraud raids, saying the FBI and DOJ drafted and executed the search warrants. ... Read full Story
Fidelity has moved to block donor-advised funds for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) following a federal indictment from the Justice Department (DOJ) for alleged bank and wire fraud. “Fidelity Charitable is aware of an ongoing governmental investigation into Southern Poverty Law Center,” reads an email sent to a donor, later obtained by The New... ... Read full Story
Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Gorsuch, says the Voting Rights Act does not regulate redistricting, going beyond the court's 6-3 ruling Wednesday. ... Read full Story
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) does not seem fond of the State Department’s plan to include President Trump’s likeness in new passport designs to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence. Bacon said during an appearance on “CNN News Central” on Wednesday morning that he found the idea “a little silly,” alluding to widespread imagery of... ... Read full Story
Menendez Jr. sparred with EPA chief Lee Zeldin over climate change, energy prices and government waste in another fiery congressional hearing Tuesday. ... Read full Story
President Trump's push to incorporate his name or likeness or both to federal buildings, government-issued documents, online services, battleships and more, has now extended to one of the most common ways to prove U.S. citizenship: passports. On Tuesday, the State Department announced the rollout of "limited edition" passports to coincide with the nation's 250th birthday.... ... Read full Story
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles launched her own X account to share updates about advancing President Trump's agenda and delivering on promises. ... Read full Story
Congress shows little urgency to investigate the third Trump assassination attempt as conspiracies swirl and lawmakers debate whether hearings are needed. ... Read full Story
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he'd encourage King Charles to return the controversial 105.6-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond to India if the two happen to speak at a 9/11 memorial event in New York City. ... Read full Story
The group of progressive House Democrats rolls out a “New Affordability Agenda” tackling issues from oil prices to super PAC spending. ... Read full Story
“I remember sitting alone on the train platform, and then on the train, with no interlocutor but the poem. I read it once. I read it again. And in the blank spaces between the verses, I started to translate.” — Hannah Kauders, LitHub.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Did you know?
It may not necessarily be grandiloquence to use the word interlocutor in casual speech, but if your interlocutors—that is, the people with whom you are speaking—are using it, your conversation is likely a formal one. Interlocutor is one of many English words that comes from the Latin verb loqui, “to speak,” including loquacious (“talkative”), eloquent (“capable of fluent or vivid speech”), and grandiloquence (“extravagant or pompous speech”). In interlocutor, loqui was joined to inter- forming a Latin word meaning “to speak between” or “to issue an interlocutory decree.” An interlocutory decree is a judicial decision that isn’t final, or that deals with a point other than the principal subject matter of the dispute.