McConnell, 25 GOP senators back Pelosi Taiwan trip
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and 25 other Republican senators released a joint statement on Tuesday praising Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) visit to Taiwan minutes after she landed on the island. Pelosi is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Taiwan in 25 years after firm warnings and opposition from China. “We support Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan,” the statement reads.“For decades, members of the United States Congress, including previous Speakers of the House, have travelled to Taiwan,” it con
Read MoreAxelrod: Biden wins may reduce midterm headwinds facing Democrats to ‘Category 3’
Former Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said President Biden’s recent successes may help Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections, reducing a “Category 5” loss to a “Category 3.” Axelrod said on CNN’s “New Day” that Democrats are still facing “gale force winds” going into the midterm elections, but added “success breeds success.” He pointed to the U.S. military's successful drone strike killing al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and Biden’s legislative success in getting a bill to
Read MoreGeorgians can claim an embryo as a dependent on tax returns
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Read MoreAmerica needs a new approach to Iran
Iran announced plans in recent days to build a new research reactor at its Isfahan nuclear site and more nuclear sites around the country, while the International Atomic Energy Agency’s top official said that Iran’s nuclear program was “galloping along,” with more uranium enriched at c
Read MoreCable news networks have become more polarized in the last decade, study says
Story at a glance Even though TV news audiences have declined in recent years, research shows viewership of partisan news channels is up. A team at the University of Pennsylvania sought to determine to what extent cable news biases have shifted since 2010. After measuring visibility bias, they found CNN, Fox News and MSNBC have all sh
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