Expert Austin Berg warns Chicago's "pay later" debt culture under Mayor Brandon Johnson is alarming markets with a $1 billion budget gap and risky bond deals.
Joe Kent’s resignation from the National Counterterrorism Center over objections to the U.S. war in Iran is putting a spotlight on divisions in the GOP and President Trump’s MAGA coalition. Until Kent’s resignation on Tuesday, criticism of Trump’s foreign policy moves and strikes in Iran had largely come from the usual GOP congressional gadflies, or...
A lawsuit filed on Monday against Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm xAI alleged that photographs of three Tennessee teenagers were used to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) with the Grok tool. The suit, filed in a California federal court, accuses xAI of knowingly designing, marketing and profiting from Grok's image and video generation, while...
Former National Security adviser John Bolton on Monday said President Trump failed to make a “compelling case” to the American people about the threat Iran’s nuclear program and terrorist network pose to the United States. “Trump made some critical mistakes that are becoming – the effects of which are becoming more apparent. Before the war,...
Chicago voters set a new early voting record in the lead up to Tuesday’s primary elections. The Chicago Board of Elections said it received 188,057 votes during the early voting period, topping the city’s previous 2018 record of 106,252. A total of 102,775 of these votes were early vote ballots and 85,282 were cast through...
A retired admiral on Monday accused the U.S. of having "been a little late" to ask for help from allied countries in its conflict with Iran and with reopening the closed Strait of Hormuz. "Well, I definitely think we want allies," Vice Adm. John W. "Fozzie" Miller told "On Balance" host Leland Vittert on NewsNation,...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is calling on Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, to hold a hearing on the "dangerous misinformation campaign" Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has led in linking vaccines to autism. "The reality is that since Secretary Kennedy has...
Smokeless nicotine products are being seen as a “bridge” to quitting cigarettes for former and current members of the military, which has an entrenched culture of tobacco use, multiple experts said during a Tuesday event for The Hill. “I'm a vascular and intervention radiologist, so, over, again, over my career, I've taken care of a...
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday formally subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions about the Epstein files. The committee voted earlier this month to subpoena Bondi, following a motion from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who said it was unclear whether the Justice Department had turned over all records related to the convicted...
Postmaster General David Steiner is testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday afternoon about the financial future of the United States Postal Service. The hearing comes after Steiner warned earlier this month the Postal Service will run out of money within a year. The former Waste Management official told The Associated...
It likely won't be hard to remember the new phone number for a cancer support line: CSC-867-5309. The seven digits, made famous by the 1981 Tommy Tutone hit, "867-5309/Jenny," now directs callers to the nonprofit organization, the Cancer Support Community (CSC), which provides information, support and advice from trained specialists to people affected by cancer....
"We all understood there was clearly an imminent threat,” Johnson said in a press conference, referring to the classified briefings provided to top Congressional leaders.
White House negotiators are reviewing a Democratic proposal to fund and reopen the Department of Homeland Security, but the talks are inching along and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Democrats aren’t serious about getting a deal soon. The White House submitted its last offer to Senate Democrats more than two weeks ago, and Democrats didn’t...
