Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has announced that she will retire from Congress at the end of her term. She broke the news in an interview with the Miami Herald. Ros-Lehtinen, who has served in Congress for thirty-eight years, is the dean of the Florida congressional delegation and was the first Cuban-American elected to Congress. […]
Reporters Without Borders, an international non-governmental organization, has released their annual press freedom ranking. Norway took first place, displacing former first place Finland. North Korea took last place in the ranking after Eritrea moved up one position. Eritrea had been in last place since 2007. In 62.2% of the countries, […]
The United States Senate approved appointee Rod Rosenstein as Deputy Attorney General on Tuesday. The Senate voted 94-6 on Rosenstein’s appointment, making it an easy victory for the nominee. Rosenstein was Maryland’s top federal prosecutor for the last twelve years, and was appointed to the office of attorney under President […]
“Hey, I missed you guys,” with that statement Bill O’Reilly resurfaced less than a week after being fired from Fox News for sexual harassment. O’Reilly came out with a new edition of his No Spin News podcast on Monday which also provided a hint of what is to come for the […]
Robert Costa of the Washington Post has been named moderator of Washington Week, PBS’s weekly round-up of political news with a panel of journalists. Costa, who has been frequently substitute hosting over the past several weeks, takes over from the late Gwen Ifill. Costa is the eighth moderator in the […]
