Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed the Pentagon last week to prioritize and deploy “advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities” to track down, disrupt and neutralize “foreign actors to protect the 2026 midterm elections" while “maintaining the fundamental freedoms that characterize our country.” “Commander U.S. Cyber Command and the Directors of the Combat Support Agencies will prioritize...
Vice President Vance, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former boxing heavyweight Mike Tyson are slated to speak Tuesday for the second Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Summit in Washington, D.C. The event will conclude with a "fireside chat" between Vance and Kennedy, the summit's agenda online shows. Organizers told...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is refusing a request from the NFL and former Philadelphia Eagles player Brian Dawkins to take down a video it posted using the Hall of Fame safety to promote President Trump's immigration agenda. The video, which was posted Sunday on a DHS social media account, responded to a headline...
Recent polling showing Democrats performing strongly in Senate battlegrounds and more reliably red states is fueling optimism that the party could clinch both chambers in November. An AARP poll released Monday showed Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley by 11 percentage points in the North Carolina Senate race, while recent polls have shown...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Monday that while he likes President Trump’s new ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists,” they “shouldn’t be paid for by taxpayer dollars.” Thune warned Trump about using taxpayer money for ads that resemble the political ads he ran online during the 2024 presidential...
Pennsylvania on Monday surpassed 900 measles cases, after adding more than 100 additional cases in the past week. The Pennsylvania Department of Health updated its measles dashboard Monday, putting the total number of cases in the state at 903, after 115 new infections were recorded in the past week. Pennsylvania is currently reporting the highest...
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Monday said that a new taxpayer-funded TV advertisement from the White House promoting President Trump is "flat out" wrong. The 30-second ad features Trump saying in a voiceover that the U.S. will "cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists" and "rout the fake news media, and...
In today's issue: ▪ Trump’s frustration grows in Florida ▪ Senate’s last week in town ▪ Possible terrorist attack prevented ▪ The administration’s ‘magic’ words President Trump fumed online over the weekend as Republicans face warning signs in Florida, going after a key ally who broke with him on immigration and brushing off the idea...
The data center backlash is intensifying. In fact, more Americans now oppose data centers than fear AI. This is true even though tech companies have plausible defenses to much of the backlash. Data centers, for example, use far less water than the nation's golf courses. There is little evidence so far that they significantly raise...
The return of football season is bringing a major boom in sports gambling activity across the country, and with it, new scrutiny over how online sportsbooks are doing business. Major online betting providers like FanDuel and DraftKings are spending more than ever this fall on extensive advertising campaigns and corporate partnerships marketing themselves to potential...
