Medicare enrollees will shell out about $10 more next year for their monthly Part B premiums, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday. The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B will be $174.70 for 2024, up from $164.90 this year. Premiums vary depending on a beneficiary’s income.…

Donald Trump’s inflammatory and artless comments about Hamas’ horror in Israel emphasize the defining characteristic of his attitude toward foreign policy and his entire political world view: It’s all about him. Trump criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lauded Hezbollah militants as “very smart” and sought political gain from the…

Trump criticizes Netanyahu and calls Hezbollah ‘very smart.’ CNN correspondent explains why The White House is forcefully pushing back on recent statements from former President Donald Trump critiquing Netanyahu while calling Hamas “very smart.” CNN’s Jamie Gangel breaks down his critique. Read the full article here

A New Hampshire college student on Thursday pleaded guilty to federal charges of threatening to kill a member of Congress after he became angry while drunkenly scrolling on TikTok. While authorities didn’t name the member of Congress, Rep. Matt Gaetz confirmed he was the target when he played the threatening…

One of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the classified documents case told a federal judge Thursday that he’s not concerned his defense lawyer previously represented three witnesses who could testify against him. The court hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, addressed concerns raised by prosecutors about the web of connections between the…

The Biden administration said they’ll begin chartering flights on Friday from Israel to destinations in Europe, as officials scramble to get Americans stranded in the war-ravaged country back home to the US. Once the travelers get from Israel to Europe – on Israeli, Turkish and other regional airlines – they’ll…

While Steve Scalise scrambles to secure the House speakership, the man who previously held the job has taken a back seat. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has actively chosen not to play a prominent role in his conference’s battle to secure the next speaker, though he said he’s backing Scalise…

The former IRS contractor accused of leaking former President Donald Trump’s tax returns and stealing tax information on thousands of the wealthiest people in the US pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday. Prosecutors say Charles Littlejohn of Washington, DC, sent Trump’s tax returns and other data to two media…

President Joe Biden’s graphic description of horrors in Israel was intended to “underscore the utter depravity” of the Hamas attack on civilians, the White House says, even if he hadn’t personally viewed or confirmed the imagery he described. Speaking from the Indian Treaty Room, Biden on Wednesday told a gathering…

“The world is on fire right now” says the chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee House Republican Michael McCaul tells Kasie Hunt that “the world is on fire right now” and “we cannot afford not to have” a House speaker. Read the full article here