Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), are slated to give remarks Wednesday morning on the border security deal, pushing back against the bipartisan deal that was unveiled earlier this year. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) plans to hold a vote to advance the legislation Thursday, but no Republican senator has said they will vote...
Former FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that former President Trump “is coming” for the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Comey was asked by MSNBC’s Alex Wagner what a second Trump term would mean for the FBI, which Comey led from 2013-17. Comey said Trump will be targeting both the FBI and the...
The Biden administration said it has suspended from all federal funding programs the scientist at the heart of the lab leak theory of the origins of the coronavirus, and proposed blocking him from receiving federal funding in the future. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent a letter to Peter Daszak on Tuesday,...
President Biden lauded the transformation artificial intelligence (AI) could have on the world, but he warned the companies that create it they would first have to "earn our trust." “Artificial intelligence and the companies that wield its possibilities are going to transform the lives of people around the world — there's no doubt about that,”...
The Republican National Committee's (RNC) headquarters in Washington, D.C., was placed on lockdown Wednesday, after it received a package containing vials of blood, according to U.S. Capitol Police. Capitol Police responded around 7:45 a.m. to the RNC headquarters for a report of a suspicious package with two vials of blood inside, authorities confirmed to The...
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching a project to attack the list of top Republicans being considered as possible candidates for former President Trump’s running mate. The committee said in a release on Wednesday that “Trump’s MAGA Veepstakes” is designed to hold the potential choices “accountable as they sign onto Trump’s dangerous, out-of-touch MAGA...
If the argument I’ve made here before is right — if people live less in a “jobs economy” and more in a “cost of living economy,” we can understand why they were happier with Trump's administration.
In the United States, IVF regularly involves selective abortion, a procedure that, in other instances, Cruz and Britt have opposed.
Former President Trump is leading President Biden across multiple swing states by 4 points, according to a survey released this week. The Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll found that in a hypothetical rematch between Trump and Biden across seven battleground states — including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — the former president brought...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is slated to testify before the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday in order to discuss his departments budget request for FY2025. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EST. Watch the video above.
On May 9, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed into law the Maryland Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, also known as the Maryland Kids Code, to safeguard children’s online privacy. The Maryland Kids Code is partially modeled after the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act or CAADC, which was enacted in September 2022. Both laws emerged in response to several...
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff called former President Trump a “known antisemite,” piling on the criticism of the former president after he shared a video on social media referencing a “unified Reich.” In a video posted on Tuesday, Emhoff watches a clip of Trump saying, “If Jewish people are going to vote for Joe Biden, they have...
The “uncommitted” vote secured at least five delegates in Kentucky's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), dealing the latest blow to President Biden amid criticism from his own party over the handling of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. More than 32,900 of voters in the state, nearly 18 percent, selected “uncommitted”...
The White House focused on fentanyl trafficking at the U.S. southern border Wednesday when urging Republicans to pass the bipartisan border security bill when it comes up in the Senate later this week. In a memo entitled, “While President Biden sides with U.S. Border Patrol, congressional Republicans side with fentanyl traffickers,” senior deputy press secretary...
What is desperately needed — and this can’t be repeated enough — is a strong ethical code.
While some have blamed lowered standards and too much coddling, Twenge disagreed those were the primary culprits.
Two of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels are driving the U.S. fentanyl crisis by infiltrating all 50 states.
The public has already heard all of the Democrats' charges ad nauseam, nothing has stuck.
The American citizens who are being held hostage should be at the top of Biden's policy priority list, not buried in the ninth point of the ten-point White House briefing of May 13.
The men and women of the U.S. and allied armed forces deserve better than to have our own diplomats parrot enemies' fake casualty numbers and encourage enemies to hide behind human shields.
Noland Arbaugh, the first person to have Elon Musk's Neuralink chip implanted in his head, demonstrates how it works.
The defense rested in the criminal trial of former President Trump on Tuesday, signaling that the proceedings are in the final stretch. With Memorial Day looming, Judge Juan Merchan told jurors they would not be needed until next Tuesday, when he expects both sides to deliver closing arguments. Then, the former president’s fate will be...
Several Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to investigate the data practices of major tax preparation companies after a recent report found that TurboTax repeatedly pressed filers to share sensitive tax data. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) pointed to a...
The Biden administration’s banking regulations hang in the balance as the chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) prepares to step down in the face of reports documenting a toxic workplace culture at the agency. FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg is central to getting several key proposals, including the controversial Basel III Endgame regulations, across the...
With the 2024 general election less than six months away, both President Biden and former President Trump will be eyeing critical endorsements that could put them over the top in November. While experts and voters have raised questions about the influence of these endorsements, figures who are popular with one party or the country at...