Xavier Becerra has decided that the race for governor is in the bag. So he’s not offering policy details, or promises, that anyone might use to hold him accountable...
The Log Cabin Republicans, the nation's largest group representing gay conservatives, have stopped supporting transgender people, dropping the T from what they called their "LGBT advocacy organization."
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed “maximum protection" for Ukraine’s skies on Thursday during a call as the country continues to come under aerial bombardment by Russia with little progress toward peace talks in recent weeks. Zelensky said he and the president had a “very detailed” conversation after Thursday’s meeting of the so-called...
CNN host Kasie Hunt and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) got into a heated debate over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s stances on vaccines, autism and several other issues that the Health and Human Services secretary defended during a congressional hearing Thursday. "Do you believe Kennedy is right on vaccines?" Hunt asked Mullin of the longtime vaccine skeptic during...
A federal appeals court panel on Thursday temporarily lifted a judge’s order that limited the operations of National Guard troops President Trump activated in Los Angeles. The terse order from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals indicated it is only to provide the panel more time to rule on the administration’s request for an indefinite pause...
President Trump took his fight to fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) leaders without cause to the Supreme Court on Thursday, a move that could prompt the justices to overrule a key precedent blessing removal protections at the agency for decades. Trump’s bid to fire Rebecca Slaughter, a Democrat appointed to the FTC in 2018, comes as...
Chicago has unveiled new tools for immigrants in the community to prepare for the possibility that the Trump administration will soon begin cracking down on crime and illegal immigration in the Democratic-run city. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) and the city’s Office of Immigrant, Migrant and Refugee Rights (IMRR) rolled out an updated website with...
New York Attorney General Letitia James has appealed a court's ruling that threw out a colossal penalty imposed upon President Trump and his business empire but kept her sprawling civil fraud case against him intact. Her office filed a notice of appeal Thursday with New York’s highest court, signaling its intention to challenge a midlevel appeals...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his tenure as the nation’s top health official during a contentious Senate hearing Thursday, snapping back at lawmakers who pressed him on the recent upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and changes to vaccine policy. During roughly three hours of testimony, the Health and Human Services...
First lady Melania Trump hosted several top technology leaders at the White House on Thursday for a meeting of an artificial intelligence (AI) education task force, as she increasingly takes up the mantle of AI-related issues. She was joined by Google CEO Sundar Pichai and IBM chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna, while OpenAI CEO Sam...
President Trump's acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey, Alina Habba, is unable to be confirmed due to the blue slip tradition, which requires the consent of both New Jersey senators, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, and is a powerful tool that senators use to assert control over the federal law enforcement presence in their home state.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats are prepping to battle any GOP effort to minimize the severity of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jeffries said he’s in talks with Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, about the party’s best approach to...
A new survey shows parents still overwhelmingly support vaccine mandates for measles and polio, as Florida moves to remove immunization requirements for school-aged children and other states consider changes to their laws. A Washington Post-KFF poll found that 81 percent of parents support requirements for measles and polio, while 18 percent do not. One percent...
After Wednesday night’s drawing yielded no major winners, the Powerball jackpot ticked up another $300 million to a staggering $1.7 billion. That marks the third-largest jackpot in U.S. history, behind only the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot win in November 2022 and the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot win in October 2023. This Saturday will be the...
